| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 2001 | The Day Reagan Was Shot | Screen Actors Guild | Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | |||
| 2001 | The Education of Max Bickford [TV Series] | Screen Actors Guild | Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama | |||
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1978 | The Goodbye Girl | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actor | |||
| 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Actor | |||
| 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com | |||
| 1973 | American Graffiti | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com |