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List of awards and nominations received by Mahershala Ali

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List of Mahershala Ali awards
Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
2 2
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
1 3
Emmy Awards (Primetime)
1 5
Golden Globe Awards
1 3
Screen Actors Guild Awards
3 7

Mahershala Ali has received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

As a part of the ensemble cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) earned him a nomination for the SAG Award for Outstanding Cast, which he would later win for Hidden Figures (2016). He received Primetime Emmy and SAG Award nominations for his role in House of Cards (2013–2016).

Ali received critical acclaim and won Academy Awards and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the biographical comedy-drama Green Book (2018), as well as a BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for the latter. He is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar, as well as the second black actor to win multiple acting Oscars and the only black actor to win twice in the same acting category.

Ali was nominated for the Primetime Emmy and SAG Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for playing Wayne Hays in the third season of the HBO crime anthology True Detective (2019). The next year, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020), and received another Emmy nomination for his role in the second season of Ramy (2020). He received nominations for the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in the science fiction romance Swan Song (2021). His narration of the Netflix documentary Chimp Empire (2023) earned him his fifth Emmy nomination.

Major associations

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Year Category Nominated work Result
2017 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
2019 Green Book Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2017 Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role Moonlight Nominated
2019 Green Book Won
2022 Best Film Actor in a Leading Role Swan Song Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series House of Cards Nominated
2019 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie True Detective Nominated
2020 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Ramy Nominated
Outstanding Children's Program We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest Won[a]
2023 Outstanding Narrator Chimp Empire Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2017 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Moonlight Nominated
2019 Green Book Won
2022 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Swan Song Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2009 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominated[b]
2016 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series House of Cards Nominated[b]
2017 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Moonlight Won
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated[b]
Hidden Figures Won[b]
2019 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Green Book Won
2020 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television True Detective Nominated

Other awards and nominations

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Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2017 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won[1]
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best International Supporting Actor – Cinema Moonlight Nominated
2019 Green Book Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2017 Best Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Outstanding Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won

Critics' Choice Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Television Drama Series Guest Performer House of Cards Nominated
2017 Best Movie Cast Hidden Figures Nominated[b]
Moonlight Won[b]
Best Movie Supporting Actor Won
2018 Green Book Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2022 Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie Swan Song Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2017 Robert Altman Award Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Film Ensemble Moonlight Won[b]
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Supporting Actor of the Year Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2010 Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special The Wronged Man Nominated
2016 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Moonlight Won
2022 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Swan Song Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Breakthrough Performance Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Drama Moonlight Nominated
Best Ensemble Cast – Motion Picture Hidden Figures Won[b]
2018 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Green Book Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won
Year Category Nominated work Result
2016 Best Supporting Actor Moonlight Won

References

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  1. ^ "Las mejores películas de temática LGTB del 2017: ganadores de los III Premios Apolo de cine LGTB" [The best LGTB-themed films of 2017: winners of the III Apolo LGTB Film Awards]. Dos Manzanas (in Spanish). Spain. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

Notes

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  1. ^ Tied with The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Shared with the cast.
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