2013
• Academy Award, Actor in a Supporting Role for Lincoln
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Lincoln
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Supporting Actor for Lincoln
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Lincoln
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Lincoln

2008
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for No Country for Old Men
• Academy Award, Actor in a Leading Role for In the Valley of Elah
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for No Country for Old Men

2005
• Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

1996
• Screen Actors Guild Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for The Good Old Boys

1994
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for The Fugitive
• Academy Award, Actor in a Supporting Role for The Fugitive
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Actor in a Supporting Role for The Fugitive

1993
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Actor in a Supporting Role for JFK

1992
• Academy Award, Actor in a Supporting Role for JFK

1990
• Golden Globe, Best Performance by An Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for Lonesome Dove

1989
• Emmy (Primetime), Outstanding Lead Actor for a Miniseries or Special for Lonesome Dove

1983
• Emmy (Primetime), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special for The Executioner's Song

1981
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Coal Miner's Daughter