page_title: Hal Holbrook
section_title: Awards and nominations
hierarchical_section_title: Hal Holbrook / Awards and nominations
caption_attribution_description: A scene from the daytime drama The Brighter Day. Three of Reverend Dennis' children are shown. From left: Mary Linn Beller (Babby), Hal Holbrook (Grayling), and Lois Nettleton (Patsy). Grayling was in charge of the house hold while his father was in Chicago with another of his daughters, Althea.
context_page_description: Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook is an American movie, television, stage and voice actor. Holbrook is known to the general audience for playing famous author Mark Twain in plays or on biographical shows.
  Holbrook was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He began acting in 1954. He began his Mark Twain routine, so that he can earn money.
  Holbrook soon began appearing on plays. He then called his Twain show Mark Twain Tonight. He is also known for his fictional-political shows and as "Deep Throat" in All the President's Men. He also played Abraham Lincoln in several biographical television movies.
  Holbrook was nominated for many awards during his career. He is the oldest actor to have nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
  Holbrook now lives in his wife, Dixie Carter's home, McLemoresville, Tennessee and in Beverly Hills, California.
context_section_description: Holbrook has won three Tony Awards, in 1971, 1974, and in 1976. He won a Drama Desk Award in 1989. He also won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1966. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2007 for his role in Into the Wild. In 2008, at age 82, he became the oldest male actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. His nomination displaced Ralph Richardson, who previously held that distinction. Here is the list of nominations or winning awards:
  Academy Awards
  (2008) Nominated - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role / Into the Wild
  Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
  (2008) Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor / Into the Wild
  Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
  (2007) Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor / Into the Wild
  Online Film Critics Society Awards
  (2008) Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor / Into the Wild
  Screen Actors Guild Awards
  (2008) Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture / Into the Wild
  Primetime Emmy Awards
  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie-
  (1967) Nominated - Mark Twain Tonight!
  (1971) Nominated - A Clear and Present Danger
  (1973) Nominated - That Certain Summer
  (1974) Won - Pueblo
  (1976) Won - Sandburg's Lincoln
  (1978) Nominated - The Awakening Land
  (1969) Nominated - 'The Whole World is Watching
  Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama or Comedy Special
  (1978) Nominated - Our Town
  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series
  (1971) Won - The Bold Ones: The Senator
  Outstanding Informational Series
  (1988) Nominated - Portrait of America (segment: New York City)
  Outstanding Performance in Informational Programing
  (1989) Won - Portrait of America (segment: Alaska)
  Primetime Emmy Award for Actor of the Year (Retired category)
  (1974) Won - Pueblo
caption: Hal Holbrook in The Brighter Day Scene, August 1954
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