James Earl Jones

honorary doctor of Harvard University

Outer Critics Circle Award

The Best Man

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Paul Robeson Award

Academy Honorary Award

Outer Critics Circle Award

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Humanitarian of the Year

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Everwood

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special

Summer's End

Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor

Santa and Pete

Horatio Alger Award

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Frasier

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award

Cry, the Beloved Country

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Cry, the Beloved Country

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Under One Roof

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Picket Fences

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Gabriel's Fire

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Heat Wave

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Gabriel's Fire

CableACE Award

The American Playwrights Theater: The One Acts

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special

CBS Schoolbreak Special

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Outer Critics Circle Award

Fences

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Claudine

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Great White Hope

Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor

The Great White Hope

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Theatre World Award

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

National Medal of Arts

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Daytime Emmy Award

Kennedy Center Honors

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special