Walter MatthauAwards

Born:
October 1, 1920 in New York City, NY
Occupation:
Actor
Biography:
Specializing in playing shambling, cantankerous cynics, Walter Matthau, with his jowly features, slightly stooped posture, and seedy, rumpled demeanor, looked as if he would be more at home as a laborer or small-time insurance salesman than as a popular movie star equally adept at drama and...Read More

  • First Monday in October

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1981

  • Hopscotch

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1980

  • The Sunshine Boys

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Won
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1975

  • The Sunshine Boys

    Best Actor

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1975

  • The Front Page

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1974

  • Charley Varrick

    Best Actor

    Won
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    1973

  • Kotch

    Best Actor

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1971

  • Kotch

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1971

  • The Odd Couple

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1968

  • The Fortune Cookie

    Best Supporting Actor

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1966

  • The Fortune Cookie

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1966

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