Kirk Douglas Awards

Academy Awards, USA

1996

Won Academy Honorary Award
category (for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community)

1957

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lust for Life (1956)

1953

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

1950

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Actor in a Leading Role for Champion (1949)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

1981

Got nomination for Saturn Award
category Best Actor for The Final Countdown (1980)

American Cinema Foundation, USA

1996

Won Carl Foreman Prize

American Film Institute, USA

1991

Won American Film Institute Life Achievement Award

BAFTA Awards

1963

Got nomination for BAFTA Film Award
category Best Foreign Actor for Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

Berlin International Film Festival

2001

Won Honorary Golden Berlin Bear

1975

Got nomination for Golden Berlin Bear
for Posse (1975)

César Awards, France

1980

Won Honorary César

Emmy Awards

2000

Got nomination for Emmy
category Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (for playing "Ros") for Touched by an Angel (1994)

1992

Got nomination for Emmy
category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Tales from the Crypt (1989)

1986

Got nomination for Emmy
category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for Amos (1985) (TV)

Golden Apple Awards

1949

Won Golden Apple
category Most Cooperative Actor

Golden Boot Awards

1999

Won Golden Boot

Golden Globes, USA

1986

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for Amos (1985) (TV)

1968

Won Cecil B. DeMille Award

1957

Won Golden Globe
category Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for Lust for Life (1956)

1952

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for Detective Story (1951)

Hollywood Film Festival

1997

Won Hollywood Film Lifetime Achievement Award

Laurel Awards

1968

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Male Star (15th place)

1963

Won Golden Laurel
category Top Action Performance (3rd place) for Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

1962

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Top Action Performance (4th place) for The Last Sunset (1961)

1962

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Top Male Star (5th place)

1961

Won Golden Laurel
category Top Male Dramatic Performance (3rd place) for Spartacus (1960)

1961

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Top Male Star (7th place)

1960

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Top Male Star (11th place)

1958

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Top Male Action Star (5th place) for Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

National Board of Review, USA

1988

Won National Board of Review Career Achievement Award

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1956

Won NYFCC Award
category Best Actor for Lust for Life (1956)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2005

Won Palm Springs International Film Lifetime Achievement Award

PGA Golden Laurel Awards

2001

Won Milestone Award

Razzie Awards

1981

Got nomination for Razzie Award
category Worst Actor for Saturn 3 (1980)

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1958

Won Zulueta Prize
category Best Actor for The Vikings (1958)

Sant Jordi Awards

1957

Won Sant Jordi Special Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1999

Won Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

ShoWest Convention, USA

1994

Won ShoWest Convention Lifetime Achievement Award

Walk of Fame

Won Star on the Walk of Fame
category Motion Picture (At 6263 Hollywood Blvd.)

Wine Country Film Festival

2000

Won Wine Country Film Lifetime Achievement Award

Writers Guild of America, USA

1991

Won Meltzer Award
category (In recognition of his action in 1960 to ensure that Dalton Trumbo received screen credit for writing Spartacus (1960))