# List of awards and nominations received by J. K. Simmons

This is a list of awards and nominations that was received by actor J. K. Simmons. His performance as Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014) received widespread critical acclaim and earned him 40 accolades, including the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2022, his performance as William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021) earned him his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won | |
| 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Being the Ricardos | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Whiplash | Won | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Whiplash | Won | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2006 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Closer | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Closer | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Closer | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Closer | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Closer | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Whiplash | Won |

## Industry awards
### Australian Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best International Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won | |

### Alliance of Women Film Journalists

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won | |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Best Cast | Juno | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Cast | Up in the Air | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Being the Ricardos | Nominated |

### Drama Desk Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1995 | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Das Barbecü | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Male | Whiplash | Won | |

### MTV Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Villain | Whiplash | Nominated | |

## Festival awards
### Palm Springs International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Spotlight Award | Whiplash | Won | |

### Santa Barbara International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Virtuoso Award | Whiplash | Won | |

## Miscellaneous awards
### Satellite Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Whiplash | Won |
| 2019 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Counterpart | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Being the Ricardos | Nominated |

### Saturn Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Nominated | |

### Village Voice

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won | |

## Critics associations

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2009 | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Acting Ensemble | I Love You, Man | Nominated |
| 2009 | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Acting Ensemble | Up in the Air | Nominated |
| 2009 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Up in the Air | Nominated |
| 2014 | African-American Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Florida Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Houston Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | London Film Critics' Circle | Supporting Actor of the Year | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | New York Film Critics Online | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Nominated |
| 2014 | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Nominated |
| 2014 | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Utah Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2014 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2015 | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2015 | Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2015 | Iowa Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2015 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2015 | North Texas Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |
| 2015 | Online Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Nominated |
| 2015 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Whiplash | Won |