# List of awards and nominations received by James Woods

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. |
| 1986 | Best Actor | Salvador | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Ghosts of Mississippi | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1980 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Onion Field | Nominated |
| 1987 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Promise | Won |
| 1988 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | In Love and War | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | My Name Is Bill W. | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Citizen Cohn | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Ghosts of Mississippi | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Dirty Pictures | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1987 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Promise | Won |
| 1989 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | My Name Is Bill W. | Won |
| 1989 | Outstanding Performance in Informational Programming | Crimes of Passion | Nominated |
| 1993 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Citizen Cohn | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | ER | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Too Big to Fail | Nominated |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2000 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Hercules | Won |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1987 | Best Male Lead | Salvador | Won |
| 1988 | Best Male Lead | Best Seller | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Male Lead | The Boost | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Nixon | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Dirty Pictures | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Too Big to Fail | Nominated |

## Theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| Clarence Derwent Award | 1971 | Most Promising Performer | Saved | Won | |
| Theater World Awards | 1972 | Theater World Award | Moonchildren | Won | |

## Miscellaneous Awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| CableACE Awards | 1993 | Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Citizen Cohn | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1994 | Best Actor in a Dramatic Series | Fallen Angels | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1995 | Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 1997 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2001 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Dirty Pictures | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2004 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2007 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Shark | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Too Big to Fail | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 1999 | Best Actor | Vampires | Won |

## Critics awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 1997 | Best Supporting Actor | Ghosts of Mississippi | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1997 | Best Supporting Actor | Ghosts of Mississippi | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1979 | Best Supporting Actor | The Onion Field | Won |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | The Virgin Suicides | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1980 | Best Supporting Actor | The Onion Field | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1979 | Best Supporting Actor | The Onion Field | Nominated |