2000
• Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Tuesdays With Morrie
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for Tuesdays With Morrie
• Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Inherit the Wind

1999
• Emmy (Primetime), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Tuesdays With Morrie
• Emmy (Primetime), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Inherit the Wind

1998
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for 12 Angry Men
• Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for 12 Angry Men
• Emmy (Primetime), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for 12 Angry Men

1994
• Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for A Life in the Theatre

1990
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Dad

1989
• Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Murder of Mary Phagan

1988
• Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Long Day's Journey into Night
• Emmy (Primetime), Outstanding Lead Actor for a Miniseries or Special for The Murder of Mary Phagan

1987
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for That's Life!

1983
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Missing
• Academy Award, Actor in a Leading Role for Missing

1982
• Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor for Missing
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Actor for Missing

1981
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Tribute
• Academy Award, Actor in a Leading Role for Tribute

1980
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for The China Syndrome
• Academy Award, Actor in a Leading Role for The China Syndrome

1979
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Actor for The China Syndrome

1975
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Front Page

1974
• Academy Award, Actor for Save the Tiger
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Save the Tiger

1973
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Avanti!

1971
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Out-of-Towners

1969
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Odd Couple

1966
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for Good Neighbor Sam
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Great Race
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for How to Murder Your Wife

1964
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for Days of Wine and Roses
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Irma La Douce
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Under the Yum Yum Tree

1963
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Days of Wine and Roses
• Academy Award, Actor for Days of Wine and Roses

1961
• Academy Award, Actor for The Apartment
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for The Apartment
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for The Apartment

1960
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Some Like It Hot
• Academy Award, Actor for Some Like It Hot
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for Some Like It Hot

1956
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for Mister Roberts
• Academy Award, Actor in a Supporting Role for Mister Roberts