Awards and Nominations
Tracy was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor, a category record he holds with Laurence Olivier. He was the first of nine actors to win the award twice, a record which remains unbeaten, and is one of two actors to receive it consecutively, the other being Tom Hanks. Tracy was also nominated for five British Academy Film Awards, of which he won two, and four Golden Globe Awards, winning once. In addition, he received the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor and was once named Best Actor by the National Board of Review.
Tracy was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:
- 1937: Nomination for San Francisco
- 1938: Win for Captains Courageous
- 1939: Win for Boys Town
- 1951: Nomination for Father of the Bride
- 1956: Nomination for Bad Day at Black Rock
- 1959: Nomination for The Old Man and the Sea
- 1961: Nomination for Inherit the Wind
- 1962: Nomination for Judgment at Nuremberg
- 1968: Nomination for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (posthumous nomination)
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