Awards
Academy Awards
- 1971 Best Actor in a Leading Role – The Great White Hope (Nominated)
- 2011 Academy Honorary Award
Emmy Awards
- 1964 Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie/East Side/West Side (Nominated)
- 1990 Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie/By Dawn's Early Light (Nominated)
- 1991 Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series/Gabriel's Fire
- 1991 Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie/Heat Wave
- 1994 Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series/Picket Fences (Nominated)
- 1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama Series/Under One Roof (Nominated)
- 1997 Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series/Frasier (Nominated)
- 2000 Outstanding Performer Children's Special/Summer's End
- 2004 Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series/Everwood (Nominated)
Golden Globe Awards
- 1971 New Star of the Year – Actor/The Great White Hope
- 1971 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama/The Great White Hope (Nominated)
- 1975 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy/Claudine (Nominated)
- 1991 Best Actor in a Drama Series/Gabriel's Fire (Nominated)
- 1992 Best Actor in a Drama Series/Pros and Cons (Nominated)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 1987 Best Supporting Male/Matewan (Nominated)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 1996 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role/Cry, the Beloved Country (Nominated)
- 2009 Life Achievement Award
Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play
- 1969 Best Leading Actor in a Play/The Great White Hope
- 1987 Best Leading Actor in a Play/Fences
- 2005 Best Leading Actor in a Play/On Golden Pond (Nominated)
- 2012 Best Leading Actor in a Play/The Best Man (Nominated)
Other awards
- 1991 Common Wealth Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Dramatic Arts
- 1992 National Medal of Arts
- 1996 Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars
- 2011 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Monte Cristo Award Recipient
- 2012 Marian Anderson Award Recipient
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