+ List of Paul Dano awards

This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Paul Dano.

Paul Dano is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received several awards including two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

For his role as a troubled 16 year old boy in the drama film L.I.E. (2002) he received the Independent Spirit Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. He gained critical acclaim for his role as sullen teenager in the comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and along with the ensemble earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. For his dual roles as Paul and Eli Sunday in the Paul Thomas Anderson directed film There Will Be Blood (2007) he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. For his portrayal of musician Brian Wilson in the biopic Love and Mercy (2015) he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.

Known also for his roles on television, Dano earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role as a convicted murderer in the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora (2018) and for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as a neighbor in the Amazon Prime Video drama series Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024).

Major associations BAFTA Awards Year Category Work Result 2007 Best Actor in a Supporting Role There Will Be Blood

Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2006 Best Young PerformerLittle Miss Sunshine Best Acting Ensemble 2013 12 Years a Slave 2015 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy 2022The FabelmansBest Acting EnsembleCritics' Choice Television Awards 2018 Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Escape at Dannemora

Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Work Result 2019 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Escape at Dannemora 2024 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Golden Globe Awards Year Category Work Result 2016 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Love & Mercy

Independent Spirit Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2002 Best Debut Performance L.I.E. 2007Best Supporting Male Little Miss Sunshine 2016 Love & Mercy 2019 Best First Feature Wildlife

Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Work Result 2007 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Little Miss Sunshine 2014 12 Years a Slave 2023The Fabelmans Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role

Other awards and nominations

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Year Award/Category Work Result 2013 Best Ensemble Cast 12 Years a Slave 2016 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy

Black Reel Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2014 Outstanding Ensemble 12 Years a Slave

Boston Online Film Critics Association Year Award/Category Work Result 2013 Best Ensemble 12 Years a Slave

Boston Society of Film Critics Year Award/Category Work Result 2015 Best Actor Love & Mercy

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Year Award/Category Work Result 2015 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy

Detroit Film Critics Society Year Award/Category Work Result 2007 Best Supporting Actor There Will Be Blood 2013 Best Ensemble Cast 12 Years a Slave 2015 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy

Directors' Week Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2001 L.I.E. Best Actor

Florida Film Critics Circle Year Award/Category Work Result 2015 Best Actor Love & Mercy 2022Best Supporting ActorThe Fabelmans

Empire Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2007 Best Male Newcomer Little Miss Sunshine

Gotham Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2006 Best Ensemble Cast Little Miss Sunshine 2015 Best Actor Love & Mercy

Grand Jury Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2001 Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film L.I.E.

International Online Cinema Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2007 Best Supporting Actor There Will Be Blood

Kermode Award Year Award/Category Work Result 2014 Best Actor Love & Mercy

London Film Critics' Circle Year Award/Category Work Result 2016 London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year Love & Mercy

National Board of Review Year Award/Category Work Result 2013 Best Cast Prisoners

New York Film Critics Online Year Award/Category Work Result 2015 Best Actor Love & Mercy

North Carolina Film Critics Association Year Award/Category Work Result 2016 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy

San Diego Film Critics Society Year Award/Category Work Result 2013 Best Performance by an Ensemble 12 Years a Slave Prisoners 2015 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Year Award/Category Work Result 2015 Best Actor Love & Mercy Best Supporting Actor

Satellite Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2016 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Love & Mercy

Saturn Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2022 Best Supporting Actor in a Film The Batman

Stockholm International Film Festival Year Award/Category Work Result 2001 Stockholm International Film Festival Award for Best Actor L.I.E.

St. Louis Film Critics Association Year Award/Category Work Result 2014 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy

Village Voice Film Poll Awards Year Award/Category Work Result 2007 Best Supporting Actor There Will Be Blood

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Year Award/Category Work Result 2013 Best Ensemble 12 Years a Slave Best Ensemble Prisoners 2015 Best Supporting Actor Love & Mercy

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