Gary Busey
Awards and nominations

Gary Busey

Section Title: Awards and nominations
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Year	Association	Category	Work	Result

1978	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Actor	The Buddy Holly Story	3rd place

New Generation Award	Won

New York Film Critics Circle	Best Actor	2nd place

1979	Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards	Best Motion Picture Actor – Musical/Comedy	Nominated

National Society of Film Critics	Best Actor	Won

1980	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles	Nominated

1987	CableACE Awards	Actor in a Dramatic Series	The Hitchhiker	Won

1994	Fallen Angels	Nominated

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For the movie, The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Busey earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.

final_sentence: For the movie, The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Busey earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.