Stuhlbarg was awarded the Chaplin Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and nominated for Best Actor at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards . Stuhlbarg , Kind , Melamed and Lennick were nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast . Ethan Coen , Joel Coen , casting directors Ellen Chenoweth and Rachel Tenner , and actors Kind , Lennick , Melamed , Stuhlbarg , Wolff and McManus were awarded the 2010 Robert Altman Spirit Award by Film Independent for Excellence in Collaborative Cinematic Achievement by Directors , Casting Directors alongside an Ensemble Cast and Best Cinematography at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
26th Independent Spirit Awards
A Serious Man