List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon

Matt Damon awards and nominations

Damon at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Awards and nominations Major Awards Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 5 American Cinematheque Award 1 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 0 7 Berlin International Film Festival 2 2 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1 4 Boston Society of Film Critics 0 2 British Academy Film Awards 0 3 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2 6 Chicago Film Critics Association 1 2 Empire Awards 2 3 Florida Film Critics Circle 1 1 Golden Globe Awards 2 9 Humanitas Prize 1 1 Satellite Awards 2 5 Saturn Awards 0 2 Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2 4 London Film Critics' Circle 0 2 MTV Movie Awards 0 9 National Board of Review 2 2 Online Film Critics Society 1 2 People's Choice Awards 1 6 Phoenix Film Critics Society 0 2 Producers Guild of America Awards 0 2 San Diego Film Critics Society 0 1 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 7 ShoWest Convention, USA 2 2 Spike Guys' Choice Awards 1 1 Teen Choice Awards 0 6 Western Heritage Awards 2 2 Writers Guild of America Awards 0 1
Wins	27
Nominations	95

The following article is a List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon.

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).

Major award associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1998	Best Actor	Good Will Hunting	Nominated	[5]
	Best Original Screenplay		Won	[5]
2010	Best Supporting Actor	Invictus	Nominated	[5]
2016	Best Actor	The Martian	Nominated	[5]
2017	Best Picture	Manchester by the Sea	Nominated	[5]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
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]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
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]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
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]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1998	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	Good Will Hunting	Nominated	[19]
	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
1999		Saving Private Ryan	Nominated	[20]
2007		The Departed	Nominated	[21]
2010	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	Invictus	Nominated	[22]
2014	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Behind the Candelabra	Nominated	[22]
2024	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Oppenheimer	Won	[23]

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Boston Society of Film Critics	1997	Best Screenplay (shared with Ben Affleck)	Good Will Hunting	Nominated
	2006	Best Cast	The Departed	Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	1997	Best Breakout Artist	Good Will Hunting	Won
		Best Screenplay (Original)		Won
	2004	Best Acting Ensemble	Ocean's Twelve	Nominated
	2006		The Departed	Nominated
	2009	Best Supporting Actor	Invictus	Nominated
	2012	Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	Behind the Candelabra	Nominated
	2015	Best Actor	The Martian	Nominated
	2016	Best Actor in an Action Movie	Jason Bourne	Nominated
	2023	Best Acting Ensemble	Oppenheimer	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	1997	Most Promising Actor	Good Will Hunting	Won
	2009	Best Actor	The Informant!	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle	1997	Newcomer of the Year	Good Will Hunting	Won
Hollywood Critics Association	2023	Best Actor	Air	Won	[24]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	1997	Most Promising Actor	The Rainmaker	Won	[25]
			Good Will Hunting	Won
	1999	Best Actor	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Nominated
	2000		All the Pretty Horses	Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle	1998	Actor of the Year	The Rainmaker / Good Will Hunting / The Talented Mr. Ripley	Nominated
	1999	Screenwriter of the Year (shared with Ben Affleck)	Good Will Hunting	Nominated
National Board of Review	1998	Special Achievement in Filmmaking (shared with Ben Affleck)	Good Will Hunting	Won	[26]
	2007	Best Cast	The Departed	Won	[27]
	2015	Best Actor	The Martian	Won
Online Film Critics Society	1998	Best Screenplay	Good Will Hunting	Nominated	[28]
		Best Cast	Saving Private Ryan	Won	[29]
	2015	Best Actor	The Martian	Nominated	[30]
Phoenix Film Critics Society	2001	Best Cast	Ocean's Eleven	Nominated
	2010	Best Supporting Actor	True Grit	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society	2009	Best Actor	The Informant!	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	2010	Best Supporting Actor	True Grit	Nominated	[31]
	2015	Best Actor	The Martian	Nominated	[32]
Audie Awards	2010	Audiobook of the Year	Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales	Won	[33]
		Multi-Voiced Performance			[34]
AACTA Awards	2016	Best Actor	The Martian	Nominated	[35]
Awards Circuit Community Awards	1997	Best Actor	Good Will Hunting	Nominated	[36]
		Best Original Screenplay		Won	[36]
	2006	Best Cast Ensemble	The Departed	Nominated	[37]
	2015	Best Actor	The Martian	Nominated	[38]
Berlin International Film Festival	1998	Outstanding Single Achievement	Good Will Hunting	Won	[39]
	2007	Outstanding Artistic Contribution – Ensemble Cast	The Good Shepherd	Won	[40]
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1998	Favorite Actor – Drama	The Rainmaker	Nominated
	1999	Favorite Actor – Video	Good Will Hunting	Won
	2000	Favorite Actor – Suspense	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Nominated	[41]
		Favorite Actor – Drama/Romance	All the Pretty Horses	Nominated
Empire Awards	2005	Best Actor	The Bourne Supremacy	Won
	2008		The Bourne Ultimatum	Nominated
	2016		The Martian	Won
Humanitas Prize	1997	Feature Film Category (shared with Ben Affleck)	Good Will Hunting	Won	[42]
MTV Movie Awards	1998	Best Male Performance	Good Will Hunting	Nominated	[43]
		Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Ben Affleck)		Nominated	[43]
		Best Kiss (shared with Minnie Driver)		Nominated	[43]
	1999	Best Villain	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Nominated	[44]
		Best Musical Performance		Nominated	[44]
	2002	Best On-Screen Duo	Ocean's Eleven	Nominated	[45]
	2005	Best Male Performance	The Bourne Supremacy	Nominated	[46]
	2008	Best Fight	The Bourne Ultimatum	Nominated	[47]
		Best Male Performance		Nominated	[47]
	2016		The Martian	Nominated	[48]
People's Choice Awards	2005	Favorite Male Action Movie Star	The Bourne Supremacy	Nominated	[49]
	2007	Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (shared with Leonardo DiCaprio & Jack Nicholson)	The Departed	Nominated	[50]
		Favorite Leading Man		Nominated	[50]
	2008	Favorite Male Action Star	The Bourne Ultimatum	Won	[51]
	2015	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor	The Monuments Men	Nominated	[52]
	2016		The Martian	Nominated	[53]
Producers Guild of America	2002	Outstanding Producer of an Informational Series	Project Greenlight	Nominated
	2003		Project Greenlight 2	Nominated
Satellite Awards	1998	Best Original Screenplay (shared with Ben Affleck)	Good Will Hunting	Won	[54]
		Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama		Nominated	[54]
	2006	Best Cast – Motion Picture	The Departed	Won
	2009	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Informant!	Nominated	[55]
	2014	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Behind the Candelabra	Nominated	[56]
	2016	Best Actor – Motion Picture	The Martian	Nominated
Saturn Award	2005	Best Actor	The Bourne Supremacy	Nominated
	2016		The Martian	Nominated	[57]
ShoWest Convention, USA	1998	Male Star of Tomorrow	Himself	Won
	2005	Male Star of the Year	Himself	Won
Spike Guys' Choice Awards	2008	Ass-Kicker Award	Himself	Won	[58]
Teen Choice Awards	1999	Choice Movie: Actor	Rounders	Nominated
	2000		The Talented Mr. Ripley	Nominated
		Choice Movie: Liar		Nominated
	2005	Choice Movie Actor: Action/Thriller	The Bourne Supremacy	Nominated
	2007	Choice Movie: Chemistry	Ocean's Thirteen	Nominated
	2012	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	We Bought a Zoo	Nominated
Western Heritage Awards	2003	Theatrical Motion Picture	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Won	[59]
	2011		True Grit	Won	[59]
Writers Guild of America	1997	Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (shared with Ben Affleck)	Good Will Hunting	Nominated	[42]

Honorary awards

Matt Damon's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Handprints and footprints of Damon in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre

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.
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]

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