List of awards and nominations received by Danny Glover

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor Danny Glover.

Glover is an actor of film, television and theatre. He has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in Mandela (1988), Loneseome Dove (1989), Fallen Angels (1996), and Freedom Song (2000). He also earned two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Fallen Angels (2000) and for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Dreamgirls (2006). In 1991 he earned an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in To Sleep with Anger.

In 2021, it was announced by the Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that he would receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for "[his] decades-long advocacy for justice and human rights reflects his dedication to recognizing our shared humanity on and off the screen".

Major associations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award	Himself	Won	^[1]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1988	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Mandela	Nominated	^[2]
1989	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Lonesome Dove	Nominated
1996	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Fallen Angels	Nominated
2000	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Freedom Song	Nominated
Daytime Emmy Awards
2003	Outstanding Directing for a Children's Special	Just a Dream	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1991	Best Recording for Children	How the Leopard Got His Spots	Nominated	^[3]
1992		Brer Rabbit And The Wonderful Tar Baby	Nominated
1994		Brer Rabbit And Boss Lion	Nominated
1996	Best Spoken Word	Long Walk to Freedom	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Fallen Angels	Nominated
2006	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture	Dreamgirls	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1991	Best Male Lead	To Sleep with Anger	Won

Year	Category	Work
1989	Actor in a Movie or Miniseries	Mandela
1996	Dramatic or Theatrical Special	America's Dream
1996	Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series	America's Dream

Year	Category	Work
1988	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Mandela
1989	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Lethal Weapon
1995	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series	Queen
1999	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Beloved
2001	Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Freedom Song

Year	Category	Work
1993	Best On-Screen Duo	Lethal Weapon 3 (Shared with Mel Gibson)

Year	Work
1982	"Master Harold"...and the Boys ^[4]

Year	Category	Work
1994	Humanitarian Award	Himself

Year	Award	Category
1993	San Francisco International Film Festival	Piper-Heidsieck Award
2002	Jamerican International Film Festival	Lifetime Achievement Award
2008	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Festival President's Award
2003	Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival	Lifetime Achievement Award

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