Awards and nominations received by True Detective
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 24 38
Footnotes

True Detective is an American television crime drama that premiered on January 12, 2014 on the HBO network. It was created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. Conceived as an anthology, each season will be engineered as a disparate, self-contained narrative, employing new cast ensembles and following various sets of characters and settings.

True Detective was a candidate for television awards in a variety of categories recognizing its writing, acting, production, and direction. The show received eleven Primetime Emmy nominations heading into the 2014 Emmy season, scooping up five wins, among them being Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Cary Joji Fukunaga. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, the show scored three Golden Globe nominations, including Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson and Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for Michelle Monaghan. Other substantial nominations include four TCA Awards (two wins), three Satellite Awards, and a BAFTA (one win).

McConaughey is the most decorated of the show's actors, with ten nominations. Pizzolatto earned two Writers Guild of America Awards (WGAs) for his work as a writer for the series. To date, True Detective has been nominated for 37 awards and has won 24.

British Academy Television Awards

The British Academy Television Awards, presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), recognize distinguished artistic achievement in British television. True Detective has won one award.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2015 Best International Programme[1][2] Won

Critics' Choice Television Awards

The Critics' Choice Television Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association in recognition of outstanding achievements in television, since 2011. True Detective has received one award from four nominations.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2014 Best Drama Series Nominated
Best Actor in a Drama Series Matthew McConaughey Won
2016 Best Actress in a Movie/Limited Series Rachel McAdams Nominated
2020 Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series Mahershala Ali Nominated

Emmy Awards

In 2014, Cary Fukunaga won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

The Primetime Emmy Awards are awarded annually by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for excellence and outstanding achievements in American primetime television.[3] The branch of awards recognizing technical and production-based work (such as cinematography, editing, and music) are designated as Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[3] True Detective has received five awards from thirteen nominations.

Primetime Emmy Awards

Award Category Nominee(s) Result
2014 Outstanding Drama Series[4] Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[4] Woody Harrelson Nominated
Matthew McConaughey Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series[4] Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" Won
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series[4] Nic Pizzolatto for "The Secret Fate of All Life" Nominated
2019 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie[4] Mahershala Ali Nominated

Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Award Category Nominee(s) Result
2014 Outstanding Music Composition for a Series[4] T Bone Burnett for "Form and Void" Nominated
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series[4] Alexa L. Fogel, Christine Kromer and Meagan Lewis Won
Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)[4] Felicity Bowring, Wendy Bell, Ann Pala, Kim Perrodin, Linda Dowds for "The Secret Fate of All Life" Won
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series[4] Adam Arkapaw for "Who Goes There" Won
Outstanding Main Title Design[4] Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks, Jennifer Sofio Hall Won
Outstanding Art Direction for a Contemporary or Fantasy Series[4] Alex DiGerlando, Mara LePere-Schloop, Tim Beach, Cynthia Slagter for "Form and Void" Nominated
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series[4] Affonso Goncalves for "Who Goes There" Nominated
2016 Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie[4] Daniel J. Leahy, Steve Pederson, Geoffrey Patterson, Ron Bedrosian for "Down Will Come" Nominated
2019 Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie[4] Germain McMicking for "The Great War and Modern Memory" Nominated
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie[4] Brian B. Badie, Andrea Mona Bowman and Lawrence Cornell Davis Nominated
Outstanding Main Title Design[4] Patrick Clair, Victor Joy, Kyle Moore, Nic Pizzolatto, Raoul Marks and Woosung Kang Nominated
Outstanding Make-up for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)[4] John Blake, Francisco X. Perez and Debi Young Nominated
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)[4] Keefus Ciancia and T Bone Burnett for "The Final Country" Nominated
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie[4] Leo Trombetta for "If You Have Ghosts" Nominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special[4] for "The Great War and Modern Memory" Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie[4] for "The Great War and Modern Memory" Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Harrelson (left) and McConaughey (right) were both nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film in 2015.

Awarded since 1944, the Golden Globe Award is an annual accolade bestowed by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association honoring outstanding achievements in television and film.[5] True Detective received four nominations.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2015 Best Miniseries or Television Film[6][7] Nominated
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film[6] Woody Harrelson Nominated
Matthew McConaughey Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film[6] Michelle Monaghan Nominated

Producers Guild of America Awards

The Producers Guild of America Awards were created in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America to acknowledge the contributions of film and television producers in American entertainment. True Detective has been nominated once.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2015 Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama[8][9] Nominated
2020 David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television[10] Nominated

Satellite Awards

Monaghan was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2015.

The Satellite Awards are the International Press Academy's annual entertainment awards, since 1997.[11] True Detective has been nominated for three awards.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2015 Best Drama Series[12] Nominated
Best Actor in a Drama Series[12] Woody Harrelson Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film[12] Michelle Monaghan Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Presented since 1995, the Screen Actors Guild Award is an annual accolade honoring excellence and outstanding achievement in television acting. Winners are chosen by members of the Screen Actors Guild.[13] True Detective has been nominated three times.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2015 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series[14][15] Woody Harrelson Nominated
Matthew McConaughey Nominated
2020 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie[16] Mahershala Ali Nominated

Television Critics Association Awards

The TCA Awards are distributed by the Television Critics Association in recognition of distinguished artistic contribution in the television industry.[17] True Detective has won two awards from four nominations.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2014 Outstanding New Program[18][19] True Detective Nominated
Program of the Year[18][19] Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials[18][19] Won
Individual Achievement in Drama[18][19] Matthew McConaughey Won

Writers Guild of America Awards

The Writers Guild of America Awards are presented annually to writers to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in American entertainment. Winners are chosen jointly by the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West. True Detective has won two awards.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2015 Dramatic Series[20] Nic Pizzolatto Won
New Series[20] Won
2020 Long Form – Original[21] Alessandra DiMona, Graham Gordy, Gabriel Hobson, David Milch and Nic Pizzolatto Nominated

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