# List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Walken

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Walken.
Christopher Walken is an American actor known for his performances on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. Walken's films have grossed more than $1.8 billion in the United States.
Walken won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a rural Pennsylvania steel worker who goes to fight in Vietnam in the Michael Cimino war drama The Deer Hunter (1978). He was Oscar-nominated for playing the father of con man Frank Abagnale in the Steven Spielberg directed biographical crime comedy-drama Catch Me If You Can (2002). The role for the later earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.
For his roles on television, he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for playing a widowed farmer in the CBS movie Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991), and for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for playing an elderly worker at a biotechnology corporation in the Apple TV+ psychological thriller series Severance (2022–present).
On stage, he received two Tony Award nominations, his first for Best Actor in a Musical for playing the protagonist in the Broadway musical James Joyce's The Dead (2000) and for Best Actor in a Play for mysterious one handed man in Martin McDonagh's black comedy play A Behanding in Spokane (2010). For his roles off Broadway he won a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and a Theatre World Award.

## Major association
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1979 | Best Supporting Actor | The Deer Hunter | Won | |
| 2003 | Best Supporting Actor | Catch Me If You Can | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1980 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Deer Hunter | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Catch Me If You Can | Won | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1979 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Deer Hunter | Nominated | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1991 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Severance | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2003 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Catch Me If You Can | Won |
| 2008 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Hairspray | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Severance | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Best Actor in a Musical | James Joyce's The Dead | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Best Actor in a Play | A Behanding in Spokane | Nominated | |

## Other theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1970 | Special Award | Lemon Sky | Won |
| Drama Desk Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | A Behanding in Spokane | Nominated |
| Jeff Awards | 1975 | Best Guest Artist | Sweet Bird of Youth | Nominated |
| Obie Awards | 1975 | Distinguished Performance by an Actor | Kid Champion | Won |
| Obie Awards | 1981 | Distinguished Performance by an Actor | The Sea Gulf | Won |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | A Behanding in Spokane | Nominated |
| Theatre World Awards | 1967 | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut | The Rose Tattoo | Won |

## Critics awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2012 | Best Cast | Seven Psychopaths | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2008 | Best Acting Ensemble | Hairspray | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Catch Me If You Can | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2007 | Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast | Hairspray | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Catch Me If You Can | Runner-up |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1978 | Best Supporting Actor | The Deer Hunter | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Catch Me If You Can | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1978 | Best Supporting Actor | The Deer Hunter | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Seven Psychopaths | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2012 | Best Performance by an Ensemble | Seven Psychopaths | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Catch Me If You Can | Runner-up |

## Miscellaneous associations

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2003 | Best Breakaway Performance | Catch Me If You Can | Nominated |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2008 | Best Grownup Love Story | Hairspray | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 2001 | Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a Television Series | Saturday Night Live | Won |
| Clarence Derwent Awards | 1966 | Most Promising Male | The Lion in Winter | Won |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | 1996 | Best Actor | The Prophecy | Won |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | 1996 | Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame | Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame | Won |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 2003 | Worst Supporting Actor | The Country Bears | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 2004 | Worst Supporting Actor | Gigli / Kangaroo Jack | Nominated |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2007 | Ensemble of the Year | Hairspray | Won |
| Montreal World Film Festival | 2004 | Best Actor | Around the Bend | Won |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2000 | Best Villain | Sleepy Hollow | Nominated |
| MTV Video Music Awards | 2001 | Best Choreography | "Weapon of Choice" | Won |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2008 | Best Ensemble Cast | Hairspray | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2005 | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Around the Bend | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 1984 | Best Actor | The Dead Zone | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | The Prophecy | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | Sleepy Hollow | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | The Jungle Book | Nominated |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | 2003 | Worst Supporting Actor | The Country Bears | Nominated |

## Honorary awards

Other accolades received by Christopher Walken :
| Year | Organization | Honor |
| 1995 | Gotham Awards | Career Tribute |
| 1999 | Florida Film Festival | Artistic Achievement Award |
| 2001 | Deauville Film Festival | Special Tribute Award |
| 2005 | CineVegas | Marquee Award |
| 2008 | Hasty Pudding Theatricals | Man of the Year |