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The following article is a List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon.
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Nominations | 95 |
Matt Damon is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has received several awards including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
Damon and Ben Affleck co-wrote Good Will Hunting (1997), a screenplay about a young math genius,[1] which received nine Academy Awards nominations, earning Damon and Affleck Oscars[2][3] and Golden Globes for Best Screenplay.[4] Damon was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film.[2] Since then he has received dozens of nominations and awards for his work as an actor, screenwriter, and producer including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in The Martian (2015).
Since Good Will Hunting Damon has received three Academy Award nominations. For his performance as Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Invictus he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. For his role as the botanist and mechanical engineer Mark Watney in Ridley Scott's science fiction film The Martian (2015) he received his second Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. In 2017 he received the Academy Award for Best Picture nomination for the Kenneth Lonergan drama Manchester by the Sea (2016).
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Best Actor | Good Will Hunting | Nominated | [5] |
Best Original Screenplay | Won | [5] | ||
2009 | Best Supporting Actor | Invictus | Nominated | [5] |
2015 | Best Actor | The Martian | Nominated | [5] |
2016 | Best Picture | Manchester by the Sea | Nominated | [5] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
2014 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Behind the Candelabra | Nominated | [6] |
2016 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Martian | Nominated | [7] |
2017 | Best Film | Manchester by the Sea | Nominated | [8] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Outstanding Reality Program | Project Greenlight | Nominated | [9] |
2004 | Project Greenlight 2 | Nominated | [10] | |
2005 | Project Greenlight 3 | Nominated | [11] | |
2011 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock (episode: "Double-Edged Sword") | Nominated | [12] |
2013 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Behind the Candelabra | Nominated | [13] |
2016 | Outstanding Reality Program | Project Greenlight 4 | Nominated | [14] |
2019 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | [15] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Good Will Hunting | Nominated | [16] |
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Won | [16] | ||
2000 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Nominated | [16] |
2010 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Informant! | Nominated | [16] |
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Invictus | Nominated | [16] | |
2014 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Behind the Candelabra | Nominated | [17] |
2016 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Martian | Won | [16] |
2017 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Manchester by the Sea | Nominated | [16] |
2024 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Air | Nominated | [18] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Good Will Hunting | Nominated | [19] |
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Nominated | [20] | |
2006 | The Departed | Nominated | [21] | |
2009 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Invictus | Nominated | [22] |
2013 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Behind the Candelabra | Nominated | [22] |
2023 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Oppenheimer | Won | [23] |
On June 3, 2016, Matt Damon served as commencement speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 2016 commencement exercises.[60] MIT President L. Rafael Reif noted that in The Martian, Damon's character Mark Watney declares himself a "space pirate":[61] in parodic honor, Reif presented Damon with an honorary pirate's diploma, which is bestowed to select MIT students on completion of certain Physical Education requirements.[62]
Organizations | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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Hollywood Walk of Fame | 2007 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Honored | [63] |
American Cinematheque Award | 2010 | Statue | Honored | [64] |
Brown University | 2013 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) degree | Honored | [65] |
Britannia Award | 2017 | Stanley Kubrick Award | Honored | [66] |
Anthem Award | 2024 | Special Achievement Award | Honored | [67] |