American character actor Sam Elliott has received a number of awards and nominations for his screen performances. These include a Screen Actors Guild Award, a National Board of Review Award and nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
After gaining early recognition in western films of the late 1960s and continuing into the 1970s and 1980s, Elliott received two Golden Globe Award nominationsfor Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film and Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Filmfor his respective roles in the television film Conagher (1991) and miniseries Buffalo Girls (1995), the latter of which also earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special. His voice-over performance in Robot Chicken (20122020) earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. Elliott's guest role in Justified (2015) earned him a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series.
As a member of the ensemble cast of Up in the Air (2009), Elliott was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble. For starring opposite Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in Cooper's 2018 adaptation of A Star Is Born, Elliott won the National Board of Review Award and received nominations for the AACTA International, Academy Award, Critics' Choice and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as another nomination for the SAG Award for Outstanding Cast. His role in the Paramount+ miniseries 1883 (20212022) won him the SAG Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.