Dennis Quaid awards
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion (nominee)
- Far from Heaven
- 2002
Independent Spirit Awards
- Best Supporting Actor (winner)
- Far from Heaven
- 2002
- Best Actor (winner)
- The Big Easy
- 1987
New York Film Critics Circle
- Best Supporting Actor (winner)
- Far from Heaven
- 2002
Screen Actors Guild
- Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
- Far from Heaven
- 2002
Chicago Film Critics Association
- Best Supporting Actor (winner)
- Far from Heaven
- 2002
Toronto Film Critics Association
- Best Supporting Actor [Runner-up] (winner)
- Far from Heaven
- 2002




