Jabarkan Razzie Awards dari Forest Whitaker

2001 Nominasi Worst Supporting Actor (Razzie Award) lewat film Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000

1989 Menang Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) (Sant Jordi) lewat film Bird dan Good Morning, Vietnam

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2007 Menang (Riviera Award) lewat film The Last King of Scotland

2006 Menang Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama (Satellite Award) lewat film The Last King of Scotland

2006 Nominasi Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Satellite Award) lewat film "The Shield"