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).^[1] 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.^[2] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.^[3]

Major associations[edit]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1973	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special	The Lily Tomlin Show	Nominated	^[4]
1974	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special	Lily	Won	^[5]
1983	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety Program	Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever	Nominated	^[6]
1996	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Chicago Hope	Nominated	^[7]
Daytime Emmy Awards
1985	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Programming	Pryor's Place	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1975	Best Comedy Album	That Nigger's Crazy	Won	^[8]
1976		...Is It Something I Said?	Won	^[9]
1977		Bicentennial Nigger	Won	^[10]
1978		Are You Serious???	Nominated	^[11]
1979		The Wizard of Comedy	Nominated	^[12]
1980		Wanted: Live in Concert	Nominated	^[13]
1981		Holy Smoke	Nominated	^[14]
1982		Rev. Du Rite	Won	^[15]
1983		Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip	Won	^[16]
1985		Richard Pryor: Here and Now	Nominated	^[17]
2006	Lifetime Achievement Award		Received	^[18]

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

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

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

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

^ "Richard Pryor". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. November 23, 2020.
^ "Why Chappelle is the man". Vox Magazine. September 30, 2004. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016. Pryor was voted No. 1 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time in April.
^ The 50 Best Stand-up Comics of All Time. Rollingstone.com, retrieved February 15, 2017.
^ "25th Primetime Emmy Awards". emmys.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "26th Primetime Emmy Awards". emmys.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "35th Primetime Emmy Awards". emmys.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "48th Primetime Emmy Awards". emmys.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "17th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "18th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "19th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "20th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "21st Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "22nd Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "23rd Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "24th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "25th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "27th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ "17th Annual Grammy Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.