List of awards and nominations received by Jeffrey Wright

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Jeffrey Wright at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018

This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Jeffrey Wright.

Jeffrey Wright is an American actor known for his roles on stage and film. Wright has received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as a nomination for the Academy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

For his role as a frustrated writer Dr. Thelonious "Monk" Ellison in American Fiction (2023) he received nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his playing numerous roles including Mr. Lies, Norman "Belize" Arriaga, and the Angel Europa in the Broadway play Angels in America (1994). He received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Topdog/Underdog (2002). Angels in America was adapted into the 2003 HBO miniseries of the same name for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

Major associations[edit]

Academy Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2023 Best Actor American Fiction Nominated [1]

Emmy Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Award
2004 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Angels in America Won [2]
2017 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Westworld Nominated [3]
2018 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated [4]
2020 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated [5]
2022 Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance What If...?: What If... Ultron Won? Nominated [6]

Golden Globe Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 Best Supporting Actor – Television Angels in America Won [7]
2023 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy American Fiction Nominated [8]

Screen Actors Guild Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie Angels in America Nominated [9]
2016 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Westworld Nominated [10]
2023 Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role American Fiction Nominated [11]
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated

Tony Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Featured Actor in a Play Angels in America: Perestroika Won [12]
2002 Best Actor in a Play Topdog/Underdog Nominated [13]

Miscellaneous awards[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result
2002 AFI Awards AFI Actor of the Year – Male – Movie or Mini-Series Boycott Won
2005 Black Movie Awards Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Syriana Nominated
2002 Black Reel Awards Network/Cable – Best Actor Boycott Nominated
2004 Television: Best Supporting Actor Angels in America Won
2005 Best Supporting Actor The Manchurian Candidate Nominated
2006 Best Supporting Actor – Television Lackawanna Blues Won
Best Supporting Actor Syriana Nominated
2008 Cadillac Records Won
Best Ensemble Won
2016 Outstanding Voice Performance The Good Dinosaur Nominated
2022 Outstanding Supporting Actor The French Dispatch Nominated
2023 Outstanding Supporting Actor The Batman Nominated
2024 Outstanding Lead Performance American Fiction Won
2007 Chicago International Film Festival Career Achievement Award Won
2012 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Acting Ensemble The Ides of March Nominated
2024 Best Actor American Fiction Nominated
1997 Independent Spirit Awards Best Debut Performance Basquiat Nominated
2006 Best Supporting Male Broken Flowers Nominated
2024 Best Lead Performance American Fiction Won
2002 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Boycott Nominated
2006 Lackawanna Blues Nominated
2009 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Cadillac Records Nominated
2012 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture The Ides of March Nominated
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actor Broken Flowers Won
2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Montecito Award[14] Honored
2002 Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film Boycott Nominated
2004 Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film Angels in America Nominated
2017 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series Westworld Nominated
2019 Best Actor on a Television Series Nominated
2000 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Performance, Male Shaft (tied with Tobey Maguire for Wonder Boys) Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ "96TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "56th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "69th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "70th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "72nd Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "74th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "Here are the Golden Globes winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "'Oppenheimer' dominates Golden Globes, 'Poor Things' upsets 'Barbie' in comedy". Associated Press. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "1994 Tony Award Winners". Tony Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "2002 Tony Award Winners". Tony Awards. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  14. ^ Scott Feinberg (December 18, 2023). "Santa Barbara Film Fest: 'American Fiction' Star Jeffrey Wright Set for Montecito Award". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 29, 2023.