# List of awards and nominations received by Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne is an American actor of the stage and screen.
He has received various accolades throughout is career, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor thanks to his portrayal of Ike Turner in the film What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). He has also received a Golden Globe Award and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
For his work on television, he has earned eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning three times for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for TriBeCa (1993), Outstanding Made for Television Movie as a producer of Miss Evers' Boys (1997), and Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for #FreeRayshawn (2017). He has also been nominated five times at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, thanks to The Tuskegee Airmen (1996), Mystic River (2003), Bobby (2006), Thurgood (2011), and Black-ish (2017, 2018).
For his work on stage, he has received two Tony Award nominations, winning once for Best Featured Actor in a Play for August Wilson's Two Trains Running in 1992.

## Major associations
### Academy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominated | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1993 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | TriBeCa: The Box | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | The Tuskegee Airmen | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Miss Evers' Boys | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 2011 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Thurgood | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Narrator | Roots | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Narrator | Year Million: Homo Sapien 2.0 | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Series | #FreeRayshawn | Won |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2017 | Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program | The Snowy Day | Won |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards |||||
| 2023 | Outstanding Children's or Young Teen Animated Series | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Animated Special | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Won |
| 2023 | Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1996 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | The Tuskegee Airmen | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1992 | Best Male Lead | Deep Cover | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | The Tuskegee Airmen | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Mystic River | Nominated |
| 2007 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Bobby | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Thurgood | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1992 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Two Trains Running | Won | |
| 2008 | Best Actor in a Play | Thurgood | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards
### Saturn Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | The Matrix | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Hannibal | Won | |

### Acapulco Black Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1997 | Best Actor | Hoodlum | Nominated | |

### BET Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| BET Film Awards |||||
| 2004 | Best Actor | The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions Mystic River | Nominated | |

### Black Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Outstanding Motion Picture (Producer) | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Akeelah and the Bee | Won | |

### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Best Actor | The Matrix | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Motion Picture (Producer) | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated |

### MTV Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Best Fight (shared with Keanu Reeves) | The Matrix | Won | |
| 2000 | Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Keanu Reeves) | The Matrix | Nominated | |

### NAACP Image Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| NAACP Film Award |||||
| 1994 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | What's Love Got to Do with It | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Higher Learning | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Othello | Nominated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Hoodlum | Nominated |
| 2000 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | The Matrix | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | The Matrix Revolutions | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Assault on Precinct 13 | Nominated |
| 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Akeelah and the Bee | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Contagion | Nominated |
| NAACP Television Award |||||
| 1996 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | The Tuskegee Airmen | Won |
| 1998 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | Miss Evers' Boys | Won |
| 1999 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | Always Outnumbered | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Black-ish | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Performance in a Short-Form Series | #FreeRayshawn | Won |
| NAACP Theatre Awards ||||
| 2005 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| 2007 | Best Male Lead – Equity | Without Walls | Won |

### San Diego Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Gregory Peck Award | Lifetime Achievement | Awarded | |

### Theatre World Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1992 | Theatre World Award | Two Trains Running | Won | |