This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Paul Dano.
Paul Dano is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received several awards including two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
For his role as a troubled 16 year old boy in the drama film L.I.E. (2002) he received the Independent Spirit Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. He gained critical acclaim for his role as sullen teenager in the comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and along with the ensemble earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. For his dual roles as Paul and Eli Sunday in the Paul Thomas Anderson directed film There Will Be Blood (2007) he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. For his portrayal of musician Brian Wilson in the biopic Love and Mercy (2015) he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor â Motion Picture.
Known also for his roles on television, Dano earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role as a convicted murderer in the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora (2018) and for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as a neighbor in the Amazon Prime Video drama series Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024).