Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - O le matafaioi na maua ai e Colfer ni isi faailoga. Na filifilia o ia i le vaega o le Best Supporting Actor i se Comedy Series i le 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards mo lana faatinoga i le vaega "Laryngitis", ma i le 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards mo lana faatinoga i le "Grilled Cheesus". Na ia mauaina faʻasologa o le Best Supporting Actor i se Faʻasologa, Miniseries poʻo le Televise Ata i le 2009 ma le 2010 Satellite Awards. I le 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards
, na filifilia o ia mo le Faʻatinoga Faʻatinoina e se Aliʻi Tagata Taʻalo i se Faʻasologa o Faʻafiafiaga, ma na aofia ai i le cast ensemble filifilia mo le Faʻatinoga Faʻatinoina e se Faʻapotopotoga i se Faʻasologa o Faʻafiafiaga, ma na toe aofia ai i le cast ensemble filifilia mo le 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards.