List of awards and nominations received by Jim Parsons

Parsons at PaleyFest in 2013

Jim Parsons is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Tony Award.

Parsons portrayed Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2007 to 2019. For the role he earned three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series as well as nominations for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.

He also received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nominations for his performances as a gay rights activist in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014) and Henry Willson in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood (2020). On film, he played Paul Stafford a scientific head engineer in the biographical drama Hidden Figures (2016), and earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture alongside Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Janelle Monáe, Glen Powell, and Octavia Spencer.

On stage, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in the Paula Vogel play Mother Play (2024).

Major associations

Emmy Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2009	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis")	Nominated	[1]
2010	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Pants Alternative")	Won	[2]
2011	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Agreement Dissection")	Won	[3]
2012	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (episode: ""The Werewolf Transformation")	Nominated	[4]
2013	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Habitation Configuration")	Won	[5]
2014	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Relationship Diremption")	Won	[6]
	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	The Normal Heart	Nominated
2019	Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	Special	Nominated	[7]
2020	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Hollywood	Nominated	[8]

Golden Globe Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Actor– Television Series: Musical or Comedy	The Big Bang Theory	Won	[9]
2013	Best Actor– Television Series: Musical or Comedy		Nominated	[9]
2014	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated	[9]
2021	Best Supporting Actor – Television	Hollywood	Nominated	[9]

Screen Actors Guild Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (season 4)	Nominated	[10]
2012	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (season 5)	Nominated	[11]
	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2013	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (season 6)	Nominated	[12]
	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2014	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (season 7)	Nominated	[13]
	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2015	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (season 8)	Nominated	[14]
	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2016	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory (season 9)	Nominated	[15]
	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Hidden Figures	Won

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2024	Best Featured Actor in a Play	Mother Play	Nominated	[16]

Other theatre awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Broadway.com Audience Awards	2024	Favorite Featured Actor in a Play	Mother Play	Nominated	[17]
Drama League Awards		Distinguished Performance	Mother Play	Nominated
Lucille Lortel Award		Outstanding Performer in a Musical	A Man of No Importance	Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Awards		Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Mother Play	Nominated
Theater World Award		Distinguished Performer	The Normal Heart	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Television Awards	2011	Best Actor in a Comedy Series	The Big Bang Theory	Won	[18]
	2012	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated	[19]
	2013	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated	[20]
	2014	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Won	[21]
	2019	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated	[22]
Dorian TV Awards	2020	Best Supporting TV Performance - Actor	Hollywood	Nominated
GLAAD Media Awards	2018	Stephen F. Kolzak Award	Himself	Won	[23]
Gold Derby TV Awards	2020	Limited/Series Supporting Actor	Hollywood	Won	[24]
Kids' Choice Awards	2015	Favorite TV Actor	The Big Bang Theory	Nominated
	2016	Favorite TV Actor - Family Show		Won
	2018	Favorite TV Actor		Nominated
	2019	Favorite Male TV Star		Nominated
	2020	Favorite Male TV Star		Nominated
Online Film & Television Association	2010	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Won
	2011	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Won
	2012	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Won
	2014	Best Actor in a Comedy Series		Won
	2020	Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series	Hollywood	Nominated
People's Choice Awards	2010	Favorite TV Comedy Actor	The Big Bang Theory	Nominated
	2011	Favorite TV Comedy Actor		Nominated
	2012	Favorite TV Comedy Actor		Nominated
	2013	Favorite TV Comedy Actor		Nominated
	2014	Favorite TV Comedy Actor		Nominated
		Favorite TV Bromance (with Johnny Galecki, Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg)		Nominated
	2015	Favorite TV Comedic Actor		Nominated
	2016	Favorite TV Comedic Actor		Won
	2017	Favorite TV Comedic Actor		Won
	2018	Comedy TV Star of the Year		Won
	2019	Male TV Star of the year		Nominated
		Comedy TV Star of the year		Nominated
Satellite Awards	2009	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated	[25]
	2010	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated	[26]
	2012	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated	[27]
	2013	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated	[28]
	2014	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated	[29]
	2016	Best Ensemble – Motion Picture	Hidden Figures	Won	[30]
TCA Awards	2009	Individual Achievement in Comedy	The Big Bang Theory	Won
	2010	Individual Achievement in Comedy		Nominated
	2012	Individual Achievement in Comedy		Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	2010	Choice TV Actor: Comedy		Nominated
	2011	Choice TV Actor: Comedy		Nominated
	2012	Choice TV Actor: Comedy		Nominated
	2013	Choice TV Actor: Comedy		Won
	2014	Choice TV Actor: Comedy		Nominated
	2015	Choice TV Actor: Comedy		Nominated
	2016	Choice TV Actor: Comedy		Nominated
	2019	Choice Comedy TV Actor		Nominated
TV Guide Award	2013	Favorite Actor		Won

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