Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na manumalo Colfer i le tele o faailoga mo lana talaaga o Kurt. Na faaigoaina o ia o le Best Supporting Actor i se Faasologa, Miniseries po o le Televise Ata i le 68th Golden Globe Awards. O lana faatinoga i le matafaioi groundbreaking maua ia te ia se nofoaga i luga o le 2011 Taimi 100, "Taimi" 2011 lisi o le 100 sili ona faatosina tagata i le lalolagi. O ia ma isi faʻasologa masani na manumalo i le Favorite New Diverse Ensemble Cast i le 2009 Diversity Awards. I le 2010, na maua ai e Colfer le Faʻailoga o le Faʻafiafiaga Faʻafiafiaga, Faʻafiafiaga TV Faʻafiafiaga ma Gay / Bi Man o le Tausaga e le gay faʻafiafiaga 'upega tafaʻilagi "AfterElton.com", o ia foi na faʻamauina Kurt o le lona fitu sili gay gay tagata o taimi uma. Na taʻua e le "AfterElton.com", "O le ata na faia e Colfer o Kurt, o le avea lea o ia ma tagata e masani ona iai i le itu faaleituaiga o tagata o le itupā e tasi... ma liua ai o ia i se tagata e mafai ona faafiafiaina i tatou ma momomo ai o tatou loto". Na manumalo foi Colfer i le 2010 Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer accolade i le Teen Choice Awards, ma o se vaega o le "Glee" cast ensemble na tuuina atu le Outstanding Performance e se Ensemble i se Comedy Series award i le 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards
. I le 2011 Dorian Awards, na faʻatasi ai Colfer ma lana paʻaga o Jane Lynch mo le TV Comedy Performance of the Year award. I le faaopoopo atu i le 2010 Golden Globe Award a Colfer, na manumalo ai le ata i le Best Television Series <unk> Musical poʻo le Comedy. Na maua foi e le "Glee" le 2010 ma le 2011 GLAAD Media Awards mo le Outstanding Series Comedy.