Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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2010 | Black Reel Award | Best Ensemble | Passing Strange | Nominated | |
2014 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | Selma | Nominated | |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
2015 | Black Reel Award | Best Ensemble | Won | |
2018 | ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) | Best Drama Actor | Nothingman | Won | [49] |
Newport Beach Film Festival | Artist of Distinction Award | Won | [50] |
2020 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award | Best Ensemble Cast | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Won | [51] |
NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | [52] |
Florida Film Critics Circle Award | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [53] |
NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | [52] |
2021 | Hollywood Critics Association Awards | Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie | Euphoria | Won | [54] |
Imagen Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Television (Drama) | Won | [55] |
Gotham Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performance | Zola | Nominated | [56] |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [57] |
2022 | Austin Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [58] |
Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor | Won | [59] |
Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [60] |
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [61] |
Saturn Awards | Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series | Fear the Walking Dead | Nominated | [62] |
NHMC Impact Awards Gala | Impact Award for Best Performance in a Drama | Euphoria | Won | [63] [64] |
2023 | TIFF Tribute Awards | Actor Award | Rustin , Sing Sing | Won | [65] |
Columbus Film Critics Association | Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) | Rustin , The Color Purple , Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken , Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Nominated | [66] |
Indiana Film Journalists Association | Best Lead Performance | Rustin | Nominated | [67] |
Columbus Film Critics Association | Best Lead Performance | Nominated | [66] |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Nominated | [68] |
Women Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Nominated | [69] |
Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Nominated | [70] |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [71] |
San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Nominated | [72] |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Nominated | [73] |
North Carolina Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Nominated | [74] |
Newport Beach Film Festival | Outstanding Performance Award | Won | [75] |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Virtuoso Award | Won | [76] |
Palm Springs International Film Festival | Spotlight Award | Won | [77] |
Celebration of Cinema and Television | Best Actor | Won | [78] |
Astra Film and Creative Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [79] |
Black Reel Awards | Best Lead Performance | Nominated | [80] |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | Best Actor | Won | [81] |
Astra Film and Creative Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Color Purple | Nominated | [82] |
Astra Film and Creative Awards | Best Ensemble | Won | [83] |
Celebration of Cinema and Television | Best Ensemble | Won | [78] |
Columbus Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [66] |
Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Performance | Nominated | [80] |
2024 | Black Reel Award | Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award | Rustin , The Color Purple | Won | [84] |
London Film Critics' Circle | Derek Malcolm Award For Innovation | Won | [85] |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Actor | Rustin | Won | [86] |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Color Purple | Nominated | [86] |
African-American Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Rustin | Won | [87] |
Dorian Awards | LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer Award "For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity" | Won | [88] |
Film Performance of the Year | Rustin | Nominated | [89] |
Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Rustin | Nominated | [90] |
2025 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Sing Sing | Nominated | [91] |
Online Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Nominated | [92] |
Dorian Awards | Film Performance of the Year | Nominated | [93] |
Chicago Indie Critics | Best Actor | Nominated | [94] |
Denver Film Critics Society | Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male | Nominated | [95] |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Lead Performance | Nominated | [96] |
Portland Critics Association | Best Lead Performance (Male) | Nominated | [97] |
Indiana Film Journalists Association | Best Lead Performance | Nominated | [98] |
San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Won | [99] |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Nominated | [100] |
Michigan Movie Critics Guild | Best Actor | Nominated | [101] |
New York Film Critics Online | Actor | Nominated | [102] |
Atlanta Film Critics Circle | Best Ensemble | Won | [103] |
Hollywood Creative Alliance's (HCA) The Astra Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [104] |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Won | [105] |
St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Won | [106] |
Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Ensemble | Won | [107] |
Seattle Film Critics Society | Lead Actor | Won | [108] |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Won | [109] |
African American Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Won | [110] |
Phoenix Critics Circle | Best Actor | Nominated | [111] |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Actor | Won | [112] |
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