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Kumail Nanjiani
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (3)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (2)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Gotham Awards (1)
Hamptons International Film Festival (1)
Humanitas Prize (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (2)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (2)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (1)
San Diego International Film Festival (1)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle (1)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Austin Film Critics Association (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (1)
CinemaCon, USA (1)
North Texas Film Critics Association, US (1)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (1)
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Denver Film Critics Society (1)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (5)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
Hawaii Film Critics Society (2)
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
The BAM Awards (2)
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Columbus Film Critics Association (2)
Seattle Film Critics Society (1)
San Francisco Film Awards Night (1)
Astra Television Awards (1)
5 wins & 46 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2018 Nominee
Oscar
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
BAFTA Awards
2021 Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
International
Little America
Shared with:
Lee Eisenberg
·
Alan Yang
·
Emily V. Gordon
Critics Choice Awards
2018 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
2018 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Actor in a Comedy
The Big Sick
2018 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Silicon Valley
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2017 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Primetime Emmy Awards
2023 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Welcome to Chippendales
2019 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
The Twilight Zone
For episode "The Comedian" for playing "Samir Wassan"
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2017 Nominee
FFCC Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Gotham Awards
2017 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Hamptons International Film Festival
2017 Winner
Variety 10 Actors to Watch
Humanitas Prize
2018 Nominee
Humanitas Prize
Comedy Feature Film
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Image Awards (NAACP)
2021 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Little America
Episode: "
The Rock (2020)
"
Shared with:
Lee Eisenberg
·
Emily V. Gordon
2018 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2021 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best New Scripted Series
Little America
Shared with:
Lee Eisenberg
·
Joshuah Bearman
·
Joshua Davis
·
Arthur Spector
·
Alan Yang
·
Sian Heder
·
Emily V. Gordon
2018 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best First Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2017 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
San Diego International Film Festival
2017 Winner
Special Achievement Award
Auteur Award
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2018 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Adeel Akhtar
·
Holly Hunter
·
Zoe Kazan
·
Anupam Kher
·
Ray Romano
·
Zenobia Shroff
Writers Guild of America, USA
2018 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2017 Nominee
SFFCC Award
Best Screenplay, Original
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2017 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Austin Film Critics Association
2018 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2017 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
CinemaCon, USA
2017 Winner
CinemaCon Award
Comedy Star of the Year
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
2017 Nominee
NTFCA Award
Best Actor
The Big Sick
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2017 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2017 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2017 Nominee
DFCC
Best Screenplay
The Big Sick
4th place
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Denver Film Critics Society
2018 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2018 Nominee
GAFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2018 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Online Film & Television Association
2023 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Limited or Anthology Series
Welcome to Chippendales
2019 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
The Twilight Zone
2018 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Breakthrough Performance: Male
The Big Sick
2018 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Feature Debut
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
2018 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2017 Nominee
ACCA
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2017 Nominee
Halfway Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Gold Derby Awards
2018 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Hawaii Film Critics Society
2024 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance
Migration
2018 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards
2017 Nominee
CIFCC Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
The BAM Awards
2017 Nominee
The BAM Award
Best Actor
The Big Sick
2017 Nominee
The BAM Award
Best Cast
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Zoe Kazan
·
Bo Burnham
·
Aidy Bryant
·
Holly Hunter
·
Ray Romano
·
Anupam Kher
·
Zenobia Shroff
·
Adeel Akhtar
·
Kurt Braunohler
·
Vella Lovell
·
David Alan Grier
·
Ed Herbstman
·
Shenaz Treasury
·
Kuhoo Verma
·
Mitra Jouhari
·
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards
2017 Nominee
LAOFCS Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Columbus Film Critics Association
2018 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
2018 Nominee
COFCA Award
Breakthrough Film Artist
The Big Sick
Seattle Film Critics Society
2017 Nominee
SFCS Award
Best Screenplay
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
San Francisco Film Awards Night
2017 Winner
Kanbar Award for Storytelling
The Big Sick
Shared with:
Emily V. Gordon
Astra Television Awards
2024 Nominee
Astra Award
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Streaming Movie
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