| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| nom |
Best Actor Runaway Train |
1985 |
| won |
Best Actor Coming Home |
1978 |
| nom |
Best Actor Midnight Cowboy |
1969 |
| nom |
Best Supporting Actor Ali |
2001 |
| Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| nom |
Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Pope John Paul II |
2006 |
| ACE |
| won |
Best Actor The Last of His Tribe |
1993 |
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| won |
Most Promising Newcomer Midnight Cowboy |
1969 |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association |
| nom |
Best Supporting Actor Ali |
2001 |
| Cannes Film Festival |
| won |
Best Actor Coming Home |
1978 |
| Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| nom |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama The Champ |
1979 |
| won |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Coming Home |
1978 |
| nom |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Deliverance |
1972 |
| nom |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Midnight Cowboy |
1969 |
| won |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Runaway Train |
1985 |
| nom |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Ali |
2001 |
| nom |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture The Rainmaker |
1997 |
| won |
New Star of the Year - Male Midnight Cowboy |
1969 |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association |
| won |
Best Actor Coming Home |
1978 |
| National Board of Review |
| won |
Best Actor Coming Home |
1978 |
| won |
Career Achievement Award
|
2001 |
| National Society of Film Critics |
| won |
Best Actor Midnight Cowboy |
1969 |
| New York Film Critics Circle |
| won |
Best Actor Coming Home |
1978 |
| won |
Best Actor Midnight Cowboy |
1969 |