Pepper won the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance in "Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000". He has stated that, had he known in advance he was going to win the award, he would have gladly accepted it in person. He also appeared in Jagged Edge's music video for "Goodbye". In 2011, he starred as Robert F. Kennedy in the Canadian-American TV mini-series "The Kennedys", for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.