Emmy Award | Grammy Award | Tony Award | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | National Book Award | Daytime Emmy Award | Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Juno Award | Obie Award | Golden Globe Award | Primetime Emmy Award | Drama Desk Award | César Award | Academy Award for Best Picture | Edgar Award | Konex Award | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | Horatio Nelson | Academy Award for Best Original Song | Eisner Award | Latin Grammy Award | Hugo Award | Peabody Award | Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | award | Academy Award for Best Actress | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam | BAFTA Award for Best Film | Award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
Over his career Whitaker received more than 150 awards from art organizations across the United States, among them the Horatio Alger Award, and was made a Fellow of Britain's Royal Society of Arts.
He also received the Norman Vincent and Ruth Stafford Peale Humanitarian Award, the Horatio Alger Award, the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership, and the Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Award.