How many Golden Globe nominations did "Captain Phillips" receive?
Answer
Four Nominations
Answer
Four Nominations
Captain Phillips received four Golden Globe nominations.
The nominations were announced for the 2014 Golden Globe Awards, honoring films released in 2013. Captain Phillips competed for Best Motion Picture—Drama, while Tom Hanks was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture—Drama. Barkhad Abdi received a supporting-actor nomination, and Paul Greengrass was nominated for Best Director.
The film dramatizes the 2009 hijacking of the American container ship Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates and the capture of its captain, Richard Phillips. Tom Hanks played Phillips, and Abdi made his screen debut as Abduwali Muse, the pirate leader. The movie was directed by Paul Greengrass and adapted from Phillips’s memoir.
The four nominations did not produce a Golden Globe win. Captain Phillips is sometimes confused with its larger awards-season haul: it received additional recognition from organizations such as the Academy Awards and BAFTAs, but those ceremonies had different categories and nomination totals. The Golden Globe count specifically was four.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026