Awards
- 1999
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
- Inherit the Wind
- win
- 1999
- Screen Actors Guild
- Best Male Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie
- Tuesdays With Morrie
- win
- 1999
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
- Tuesdays With Morrie
- nom
- 1992
- National Board of Review
- Best Actor
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- win
- 1992
- Venice International Film Festival
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- win
- 1989
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- Dad
- nom
- 1986
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- That's Life!
- nom
- 1982
- Cannes Film Festival
- Best Actor
- Missing
- win
- 1982
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Missing
- nom
- 1982
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- Missing
- nom
- 1981
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Silver Bear for Best Actor
- Tribute
- win
- 1981
- Genie Awards
- Best Actor - Foreign
- Tribute
- win
- 1980
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Tribute
- nom
- 1980
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- Tribute
- nom
- 1979
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Actor
- The China Syndrome
- win
- 1979
- Cannes Film Festival
- Best Actor
- The China Syndrome
- win
- 1979
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- The China Syndrome
- nom
- 1979
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- The China Syndrome
- nom
- 1974
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- The Front Page
- nom
- 1973
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- Save the Tiger
- win
- 1973
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Save the Tiger
- nom
- 1972
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- Avanti!
- win
- 1970
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- The Out-of-Towners
- nom
- 1968
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- The Odd Couple
- nom
- 1965
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- The Great Race
- nom
- 1963
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- Irma La Douce
- nom
- 1963
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- Under the Yum-Yum Tree
- nom
- 1962
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Days of Wine and Roses
- nom
- 1962
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- Days of Wine and Roses
- nom
- 1960
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Foreign Actor
- The Apartment
- win
- 1960
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- The Apartment
- win
- 1960
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- The Apartment
- nom
- 1959
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Foreign Actor
- Some Like It Hot
- win
- 1959
- Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- Some Like It Hot
- win
- 1959
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- Some Like It Hot
- nom
- 1955
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
- Mister Roberts
- win






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