The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, producer, and screenwriter Matt Damon throughout his career.
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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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] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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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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1998 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Good Will Hunting | Nominated | [9] |
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Won | [9] | ||
2000 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Nominated | [9] |
2010 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Informant! | Nominated | [9] |
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Invictus | Nominated | [9] | |
2014 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Behind the Candelabra | Nominated | [9] |
2016 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Martian | Won | |
2017 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Manchester by the Sea | Nominated | |
2024 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Air | Nominated | [10] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Outstanding Reality Program | Project Greenlight | Nominated | [11] |
2004 | Project Greenlight 2 | Nominated | [11] | |
2005 | Project Greenlight 3 | Nominated | [11] | |
2011 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated | [11] |
2013 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Behind the Candelabra | Nominated | [11] |
2016 | Outstanding Reality Program | Project Greenlight 4 | Nominated | [11] |
2019 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | [11] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Good Will Hunting | Nominated | [12] |
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | [12] | ||
1999 | Saving Private Ryan | Nominated | [12] | |
2007 | The Departed | Nominated | [12] | |
2010 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Invictus | Nominated | [12] |
2014 | Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Behind the Candelabra | Nominated | [12] |
2024 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Oppenheimer | Pending | [13] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | True Grit | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [14] |
2015 | The Martian | Best Actor | Nominated | [15] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | — | Contribution to the art of the Moving Picture (Presented by Ben Affleck) | Won | [16] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Audiobook of the Year | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales | Won | [17] [18] |
Multi-Voiced Performance | ||||
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | The Martian | Best Actor | Nominated | [19] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Good Will Hunting | Best Actor | Nominated | [20] |
Best Original Screenplay | Won | [20] | ||
2006 | The Departed | Best Cast Ensemble | Nominated | [21] |
2015 | The Martian | Best Actor | Nominated | [22] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Good Will Hunting | Outstanding Single Achievement | Won | [23] |
2007 | The Good Shepherd | Outstanding Artistic Contribution – Ensemble cast | Won | [24] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | The Rainmaker | Favorite Actor – Drama | Nominated | |
1999 | Good Will Hunting | Favorite Actor – Video | Won | |
2000 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Favorite Actor – Suspense | Nominated | [25] |
All the Pretty Horses | Favorite Actor – Drama/Romance | Nominated | ||
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Good Will Hunting | Best Screenplay (shared with Ben Affleck) | Nominated | |
2006 | The Departed | Best Cast | Nominated | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Good Will Hunting | Best Breakout Artist | Won | |
Best Screenplay (Original) | Won | |||
2005 | Ocean's Twelve | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated | |
2007 | The Departed | Nominated | ||
2010 | Invictus | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
2013 | Behind the Candelabra | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Nominated | |
2016 | The Martian | Best Actor | Nominated | |
2016 | Jason Bourne | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Nominated | |
2024 | Oppenheimer | Best Acting Ensemble | Won |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Good Will Hunting | Most Promising Actor | Won | |
2009 | The Informant! | Best Actor | Nominated | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | The Bourne Supremacy | Best Actor | Won | |
2008 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Nominated | ||
2016 | The Martian | Won | ||
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Good Will Hunting | Newcomer of the Year | Won | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Air | Best Actor | Won | [26] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Good Will Hunting | Feature Film Category (shared with Ben Affleck) | Won | [27] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | The Rainmaker | Most Promising Actor | Won | [28] |
Good Will Hunting | Won | |||
1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Best Actor | Nominated | |
2000 | All the Pretty Horses | Nominated | ||
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | The Rainmaker , Good Will Hunting , and The Talented Mr. Ripley | Actor of the Year | Nominated | |
1999 | Good Will Hunting | Screenwriter of the Year (shared with Ben Affleck) | Nominated | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Good Will Hunting | Best Male Performance | Nominated | [29] |
Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Ben Affleck) | Nominated | [29] | ||
Best Kiss (shared with Minnie Driver) | Nominated | [29] | ||
1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Best Villain | Nominated | [30] |
Best Musical Performance | Nominated | [30] | ||
2002 | Ocean's Eleven | Best On-Screen Duo | Nominated | [31] |
2005 | The Bourne Supremacy | Best Male Performance | Nominated | [32] |
2008 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Best Fight | Nominated | [33] |
Best Male Performance | Nominated | [33] | ||
2016 | The Martian | Nominated | [34] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Good Will Hunting | Special Achievement in Filmmaking (shared with Ben Affleck) | Won | [35] |
2007 | The Departed | Best Cast | Won | [36] |
2015 | The Martian | Best Actor | Won |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Good Will Hunting | Best Screenplay | Nominated | [37] |
Saving Private Ryan | Best Cast | Won | [38] | |
2015 | The Martian | Best Actor | Nominated | [39] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | The Bourne Supremacy | Favorite Male Action Movie Star | Nominated | [40] |
2007 | The Departed | Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (shared with Leonardo DiCaprio & Jack Nicholson) | Nominated | [41] |
Favorite Leading Man | Nominated | [41] | ||
2008 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Favorite Male Action Star | Won | [42] |
2015 | The Monuments Men | Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor | Nominated | [43] |
2016 | The Martian | Nominated | [44] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Best Cast | Nominated | |
2010 | True Grit | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Project Greenlight | Outstanding Producer of Reality/Game/Informational Series Television | Nominated | |
2003 | Project Greenlight 2 | Nominated | ||
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2009 | The Informant! | Best Actor | Nominated | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Good Will Hunting | Best Original Screenplay (shared with Ben Affleck) | Won | [45] |
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Nominated | [45] | ||
2006 | The Departed | Best Cast – Motion Picture | Won | [ citation needed ] |
2009 | The Informant! | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [46] |
2014 | Behind the Candelabra | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | [47] |
2016 | The Martian | Best Actor – Motion Picture | Nominated | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | The Bourne Supremacy | Best Actor | Nominated | [ citation needed ] |
2016 | The Martian | Nominated | [48] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | — | Male Star of Tomorrow | Won | |
2005 | — | Male Star of the Year | Won | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | — | Ass-Kicker Award | Won | [49] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | Rounders | Choice Movie: Actor | Nominated | |
2000 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Nominated | ||
Choice Movie: Liar | Nominated | |||
2005 | The Bourne Supremacy | Choice Movie Actor: Action/Thriller | Nominated | |
2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Choice Movie: Chemistry | Nominated | |
2012 | We Bought a Zoo | Choice Movie Actor: Drama | Nominated | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | — | Star on the Walk of Fame | Won | [50] |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2003 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Theatrical Motion Picture | Won | [51] |
2011 | True Grit | Won | [51] | |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Good Will Hunting | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (shared with Ben Affleck) | Nominated | [27] |
On June 3, 2016, Matt Damon served as commencement speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 2016 commencement exercises. [52] MIT President L. Rafael Reif noted that in The Martian , Damon's character Mark Watney declares himself a "space pirate": [53] 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. [54]
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American psychological drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. It stars Robin Williams, Damon, Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver. The film tells the story of janitor Will Hunting, whose mathematical genius is discovered by a professor at MIT.
Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars in 2007, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North American box office, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
American actor Matt Damon made his film debut with a small role in Mystic Pizza (1988), after which he played several supporting roles. His first leading role was in the legal drama film The Rainmaker (1997). His breakthrough came later that year when he played the title role of an unrecognized genius in Good Will Hunting, which he also co-wrote with Ben Affleck. They won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Damon was nominated for Best Actor. He followed it by playing the title roles of a soldier in Steven Spielberg's war drama Saving Private Ryan (1998) and of the criminal Tom Ripley in the thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), both of which gained critical and commercial success. Damon and Sean Bailey worked on the television series Project Greenlight since 2000, helping newcomers make their first film.