Sidney Poitier

BAFTA Fellowship

Spingarn Medal

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Paul Robeson Award

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

Marian Anderson Award

Academy Honorary Award

NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

For The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

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

For The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

For Mandela and De Klerk

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

For Mandela and De Klerk

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

For Mandela and De Klerk

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

For Children of the Dust

Kennedy Center Honors

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

For Sneakers

AFI Life Achievement Award

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

For Separate But Equal

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

For Separate But Equal

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

For Shoot to Kill

honorary doctor of the University of Miami

Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

Coretta Scott King Award

Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Silver Shell for Best Actor

Henrietta Award

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

For In the Heat of the Night

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

For A Patch of Blue

Academy Award for Best Actor

For Lilies of the Field

Silver Bear

For Lilies of the Field

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

For Lilies of the Field

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

For A Raisin in the Sun

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

For Porgy and Bess

Silver Bear

For The Defiant Ones

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors