# List of awards and nominations received by Sam Shepard

This is a list of awards and nominations received by Sam Shepard. Overall, Sam Shepard, an American playwright and actor, has received 24 awards and 45 nominations.

## Awards and nominations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |

### American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1992 | Himself | Gold Medal for Drama | Won |

### American Theater Hall of Fame

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1994 | Himself | Theater Hall of Fame | Won |

### British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1984 | Paris, Texas | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |

### Capri Hollywood Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Ensemble Cast | Won |

### Cinema Writers Circle Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2012 | Blackthorn | Best Actor | Nominated |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |

### Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Best Ensemble | Nominated |

### Drama Desk Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1983 | True West | Outstanding Play | Nominated |
| 1986 | A Lie of the Mind | Outstanding Play | Won |
| 2000 | True West | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards ||||
| 1999 | Dash and Lilly | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |

### Film Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | Mud | Robert Altman Award | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1999 | Dash and Lilly | Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Nominated |

### Gradiva Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | When the World Was Green | Best Play | Won |

### Guggenheim Fellowship Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1968 | Himself | Creative Arts - Drama & Performance Art | Won |
| 1971 | Himself | Creative Arts - Drama & Performance Art | Won |

### Hollywood Film Festival Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Ensemble of the Year | Won |

### Lone Star Film & Television Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | Lily Dale | Best TV Supporting Actor | Won |

### Lucille Lortel Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2010 | A Lie of the Mind | Outstanding Revival | Nominated |

### New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1986 | A Lie of the Mind | Best Play | Won |

### Obie Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1966 | Chicago | Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1966 | Icarus's Mother | Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1966 | Red Cross | Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1967 | La Turista | Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1968 | Forensic and the Navigator | Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1968 | Melodrama Play | Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1973 | The Tooth of Crime | Best Distinguished Play(s) | Won |
| 1975 | Action | Best Playwriting | Won |
| 1977 | Curse of the Starving Class | Best New American Play | Won |
| 1979 | Buried Child | Best Playwriting | Won |
| 1980 | Himself | Sustained Achievement Award | Won |
| 1984 | Fool for Love | Best New American Play | Won |
| 1984 | Fool for Love | Best Direction | Won |

### Olivier Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1987 | A Lie of the Mind | Play of the Year | Nominated |

### Outer Critics Circle Award Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1986 | A Lie of the Mind | Best Off-Broadway Play | Won |

### PEN American Center Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2009 | Himself | PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award | Won |

### Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |

### Pulitzer Prizes

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1979 | Buried Child | Drama | Won |
| 1983 | True West | Drama | Nominated |
| 1984 | Fool for Love | Drama | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | Ruffian | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Nominated |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |

### Tokyo International Film Festival Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1993 | Silent Tongue | Grand Prix | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1996 | Buried Child | Best Play | Nominated |
| 2000 | True West | Best Play | Nominated |

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

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |

### Western Heritage Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2000 | Purgatory | Bronze Wrangler for TV Feature Film | Won |