Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Nominated |
Best Actor Runaway Train |
1985 |
| Won |
Best Actor Coming Home |
1978 |
| Nominated |
Best Actor Midnight Cowboy |
1969 |
| Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor Ali |
2001 |
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
| Nominated |
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
| Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor Ali |
2001 |
Cannes Film Festival
| Won |
Best Actor Coming Home |
1978 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
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 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Deliverance |
1972 |
| Nominated |
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 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Ali |
2001 |
| Nominated |
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 |
