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Ossie Davis
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Acapulco Black Film Festival (1)
Daytime Emmy Awards (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (4)
Golden Globes, USA (1)
Satellite Awards (1)
Grammy Awards (2)
Image Awards (NAACP) (9)
NAMIC Vision Awards (1)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1)
St. Louis International Film Festival (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Western Heritage Awards (1)
Black Reel Awards (1)
Chlotrudis Awards (1)
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (1)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1)
12 wins & 16 nominations
Acapulco Black Film Festival
1997 Winner
Black Film Award
Best Actor
Get on the Bus
Daytime Emmy Awards
2001 Winner
Daytime Emmy
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
Finding Buck McHenry
For playing "Buck McHenry".
Primetime Emmy Awards
2005 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
The L Word
For playing "Melvin Porter". Posthumously.
1997 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
Miss Evers' Boys
For playing: "Mr. Evers".
1978 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
King
For playing: "Martin Luther King, Sr.".
1969 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Teacher, Teacher
For playing: "Charles Carter".
Golden Globes, USA
1969 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Supporting Actor
The Scalphunters
Satellite Awards
1998 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Miss Evers' Boys
Grammy Awards
2007 Winner
Grammy
Best Spoken Word Album
For the album "With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together"
Shared with:
Ruby Dee
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Steve Strassman
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Peter Pantelis
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Taro Meyer
2001 Nominee
Grammy
Best Spoken Word Album
For "The Complete Shakespeare Sonnets"
Shared with:
Gerry Bamman
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Robert Bella
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Lindsay Crouse
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Ruby Dee
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Brian Dennehy
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Denise Dumont
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Jill Gascoine
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Amy Irving
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Anne Jackson
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Jordan Lage
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Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Alfred Molina
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Al Pacino
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Natasha Richardson
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Patrick Stewart
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Allyson Tucker
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Kathleen Turner
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Eli Wallach
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Fritz Weaver
Image Awards (NAACP)
2004 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special
Deacons for Defense
2001 Winner
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
City of Angels
2001 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/Special
Finding Buck McHenry
1999 Winner
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Promised Land
1997 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture
Get on the Bus
4 more
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NAMIC Vision Awards
2004 Nominee
Vision Award
Best Dramatic Performance
Deacons for Defense
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2001 Winner
Life Achievement Award
St. Louis International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shared with:
Ruby Dee
Writers Guild of America, USA
1984 Winner
WGA Award (TV)
Adapted Drama Anthology
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story
Shared with:
Ken Rotcop
Western Heritage Awards
1970 Winner
Bronze Wrangler
Fictional Television Drama
Bonanza
For episode "The Wish".
Shared with:
David Dortort
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Michael Landon
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Richard Collins
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Lorne Greene
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Dan Blocker
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Roy Jenson
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Harrison Page
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Barbara Parrio
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George Spell
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Jerry Summers
Black Reel Awards
2004 Nominee
Black Reel
Television: Best Supporting Actor
Deacons for Defense
Chlotrudis Awards
2004 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Supporting Actor
Bubba Ho-Tep
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2004 Nominee
Chainsaw Award
Best Supporting Actor
Bubba Ho-Tep
The Kennedy Center Honors
2004 Winner
Kennedy Center Honors
Shared with:
Ruby Dee
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