List of awards and nominations received by Richard Pryor
# List of awards and nominations received by Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor was an American comedian, writer and actor.

Pryor is considered one of the greatest standup comedians of all time.

Over his career Pryor received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for Lily in 1974. He also received ten Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations winning five times for That Nigger's Crazy (1973), ...Is It Something I Said? (1974), Bicentennial Nigger (1975), and Rev. Du Rite (1982), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1983). In 2006 he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1998 he became the first Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honoree presented to him at the Kennedy Center. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974 for Blazing Saddles. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.

## Major associations

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1973 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | The Lily Tomlin Show | Nominated |
| 1974 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Lily | Won |
| 1983 | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety Program | Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | Nominated |
| 1996 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Chicago Hope | Nominated |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1985 | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Programming | Pryor's Place | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1975 | Best Comedy Album | That Nigger's Crazy | Won |
| 1976 | Best Comedy Album | ...Is It Something I Said? | Won |
| 1977 | Best Comedy Album | Bicentennial Nigger | Won |
| 1978 | Best Comedy Album | Are You Serious??? | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Comedy Album | The Wizard of Comedy | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Comedy Album | Wanted: Live in Concert | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Comedy Album | Holy Smoke | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Comedy Album | Rev. Du Rite | Won |
| 1983 | Best Comedy Album | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | Won |
| 1985 | Best Comedy Album | Richard Pryor: Here and Now | Nominated |
| 2006 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Received |

## Industry awards

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1974 | Best Screenplay | Blazing Saddles | Nominated |

### National Society of Film Critics

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1979 | Best Actor | Richard Pryor: Live in Concert | Won | |

### New York Film Critics Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1976 | Best Supporting Actor | Silver Streak | Nominated | |

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1973 | Best Written Variety Script | Lily | Nominated | |
| 1974 | Best Original Screenplay | Blazing Saddles | Won | |

## Honorary awards

* 1993 - Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
* 1993 - American Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Awards
* 1997 - New York Comedy Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
* 1998 - Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
