# List of awards and nominations received by Paul Dano

This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Paul Dano.
Paul Dano is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and musician. 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 | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | There Will Be Blood | Nominated | |

### Critics' Choice Awards

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

### Emmy Awards

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

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Love & Mercy | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

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

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 2007 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Little Miss Sunshine | Won |
| 2014 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | The Fabelmans | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | The Fabelmans | Nominated |

## Other awards and nominations
### Alliance of Women Film Journalists

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Ensemble Cast | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |

### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Outstanding Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Won | |

### Boston Online Film Critics Association

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Won | |

### Boston Society of Film Critics

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |

### Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |

### Detroit Film Critics Society

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

### Directors' Week Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2001 | L.I.E. | Best Actor | Won | |

### Florida Film Critics Circle

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |
| 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | The Fabelmans | Nominated | |

### Empire Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Male Newcomer | Little Miss Sunshine | Nominated | |

### Gotham Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Ensemble Cast | Little Miss Sunshine | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Best Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |

### Grand Jury Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2001 | Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film | L.I.E. | Won | |

### International Online Cinema Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | There Will Be Blood | Nominated | |

### Kermode Award

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |

### London Film Critics' Circle

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

### National Board of Review

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Cast | Prisoners | Won | |

### New York Film Critics Online

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |

### North Carolina Film Critics Association

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Love & Mercy | Nominated | |

### San Diego Film Critics Society

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result |
| 2013 | Best Performance by an Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Performance by an Ensemble | Prisoners | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Love & Mercy | Nominated |

### San Francisco Film Critics Circle

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Actor | Love & Mercy | Won | |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Love & Mercy | Nominated | |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Love & Mercy | Nominated | |

### Saturn Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | The Batman | Nominated | |

### Stockholm International Film Festival

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

### St. Louis Film Critics Association

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Love & Mercy | Nominated | |

### Village Voice Film Poll Awards

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | There Will Be Blood | Nominated | |

### Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result |
| 2013 | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Best Ensemble | Prisoners | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Love & Mercy | Nominated |