Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Nominated |
Best Actor Mississippi Burning |
1988 |
| Won |
Best Actor The French Connection |
1971 |
| Won |
Best Supporting Actor Unforgiven |
1992 |
| Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor I Never Sang for My Father |
1970 |
| Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor Bonnie and Clyde |
1967 |
American Film Institute
| Won |
Best Supporting Actor The Royal Tenenbaums |
2001 |
Berlin International Film Festival
| Won |
Silver Bear for Best Actor Mississippi Burning |
1989 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Won |
Best Actor The French Connection |
1972 |
| Won |
Best Actor The Poseidon Adventure |
1972 |
| Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor Unforgiven |
1992 |
Chicago Film Critics Association
| Won |
Best Actor The Royal Tenenbaums |
2001 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama The French Connection II |
1975 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama The Conversation |
1974 |
| Won |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama The French Connection |
1971 |
| Won |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy The Royal Tenenbaums |
2001 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Mississippi Burning |
1988 |
| Won |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Unforgiven |
1992 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Under Fire |
1983 |
| Won |
Cecil B. DeMille Award |
2002 |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
| Won |
Best Supporting Actor Unforgiven |
1991 |
National Board of Review
| Won |
Best Actor Mississippi Burning |
1988 |
| Won |
Best Actor The Conversation |
1974 |
| Won |
Best Actor The French Connection |
1971 |
National Society of Film Critics
| Won |
Best Actor The Royal Tenenbaums |
2001 |
| Won |
Best Supporting Actor Unforgiven |
1991 |
| Won |
Best Supporting Actor Bonnie and Clyde |
1967 |
New York Film Critics Circle
| Won |
Best Actor The French Connection |
1971 |
| Won |
Best Supporting Actor Unforgiven |
1992 |
