| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Vancouver Film Critics | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | London Film Critics Association | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Las Vegas Film Critics Association | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Screen Actors Guild | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Actor | |||
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | |||
| 2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Actor | |||
| 2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Actor | |||
| 2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | |||
| 2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | |||
| 2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | Golden Satellite Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up) | |||
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up) | |||
| 1970 | Diary of a Mad Housewife | National Board of Review | Best Supporting Actor | |||
| 1970 | Diary of a Mad Housewife | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | New Star of the Year - Male |