Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Won |
Best Actor Lilies of the Field |
1963 |
| Nominated |
Best Actor The Defiant Ones |
1958 |
| Won |
Honorary Award |
2001 |
American Film Institute
| Won |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
1992 |
Berlin International Film Festival
| Won |
Silver Bear for Best Actor Lilies of the Field |
1963 |
| Won |
Silver Bear for Best Actor The Defiant Ones |
1958 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Won |
Best Foreign Actor The Defiant Ones |
1958 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama In the Heat of the Night |
1967 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama A Patch of Blue |
1965 |
| Won |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Lilies of the Field |
1963 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama A Raisin in the Sun |
1961 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama The Defiant Ones |
1958 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Porgy and Bess |
1959 |
| Won |
Cecil B. DeMille Award |
1981 |
| Won |
Henrietta Award |
1968 |
National Board of Review
| Won |
Career Achievement Award |
1994 |
Screen Actors Guild
| Won |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
1999 |
