The following is a list of awards and nominations received by James Woods.
Woods is an American actor known for his performances on stage and screen. Over his career he has received three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
He has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for his performance as photojournalist Richard Boyle in Oliver Stone's war drama Salvador (1986) and for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in the Rob Reiner courtroom drama Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). He has also received three Screen Actors Guild Award and three Independent Spirit Award nominations winning for Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for Salvador. He was SAG-nominated for Nixon (1995), and Dirty Pictures (2000).
For his work on television he received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning twice for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performances in Promise (1987) and My Name Is Bill W. (1989). For his combined work in film and television he has earned nine Golden Globe Award nominations winning for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Promise.
On October 15, 1998, Woods was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Major awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1987 Best Actor Salvador 1997 Best Supporting Actor Ghosts of Mississippi
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1980 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Onion Field 1987 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Promise 1988 In Love and War 1990 My Name Is Bill W. 1993 Citizen Cohn 1996 Indictment: The McMartin Trial 1997 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Ghosts of Mississippi Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film The Summer of Ben Tyler 2001 Dirty Pictures
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards1987 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Promise 1989 My Name Is Bill W. Outstanding Performance in Informational Programming Crimes of Passion 1993 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Citizen Cohn 1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial 2003 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story 2006 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series ER (for "Body & Soul") 2011 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Too Big to Fail Daytime Emmy Awards 2000 Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Hercules
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1987 Best Male Lead Salvador 1988 Best Seller 1989 The Boost
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1996 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Nixon 2001 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Dirty Pictures 2012 Too Big to Fail
Theatre awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Clarence Derwent Award 1971 Most Promising Performer Saved Theater World Awards 1972 Theater World Award Moonchildren
Miscellaneous Awards Organizations Year Category Work Result CableACE Awards 1993 Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Citizen Cohn 1994 Best Actor in a Dramatic Series Fallen Angels 1995 Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Indictment: The McMartin Trial Satellite Awards 1997 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Killer: A Journal of Murder 2001 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Dirty Pictures 2004 Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story 2007 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Shark 2011 Best Supporting Actor – Television Too Big to Fail Saturn Award 1999 Best Actor Vampires
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Broadcast Film Critics Association 1997 Best Supporting Actor Ghosts of Mississippi Chicago Film Critics Association 1997 Best Supporting Actor Ghosts of Mississippi Kansas City Film Critics Circle 1979 Best Supporting Actor The Onion Field Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2000 Best Supporting Actor The Virgin Suicides National Society of Film Critics 1980 Best Supporting Actor The Onion Field New York Film Critics Circle 1979 Best Supporting Actor The Onion Field
References
External links
James Woods at Emmys.com