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, which received nine Academy Awards nominations, earning Damon and Affleck Oscars and Golden Globes for Best Screenplay. Damon was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film. 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 associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Best Actor Good Will Hunting Best Original Screenplay 2010 Best Supporting Actor Invictus 2016 Best Actor The Martian 2017 Best Picture Manchester by the Sea
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role Good Will Hunting Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 1999 Saving Private Ryan 2007 The Departed 2010 Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role Invictus 2014 Outstanding Male Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Behind the Candelabra 2024 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Oppenheimer
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2014 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Behind the Candelabra 2016 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Martian 2017 Best Film Manchester by the Sea
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1998 Best Breakout Artist Good Will Hunting Best Original Screenplay 2005 Best Acting Ensemble Ocean's Twelve 2007 The Departed 2010 Best Supporting Actor Invictus 2016 Best Actor The Martian 2016 Best Picture Manchester by the Sea Best Actor in an Action Movie Jason Bourne 2024 Best Acting Ensemble Oppenheimer Critics' Choice Television Awards 2013 Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Behind the Candelabra Critics' Choice Super Awards2026Best Actor in an Action MovieThe Rip
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Reality Program Project Greenlight 2004 Project Greenlight 2 2005 Project Greenlight 3 2011 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series 30 Rock (episode: "Double-Edged Sword") 2013 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Behind the Candelabra 2016 Outstanding Reality Program Project Greenlight 4 2019 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Good Will Hunting Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 2000 The Talented Mr. Ripley 2010 Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy The Informant! Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Invictus 2014 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Behind the Candelabra 2016 Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy The Martian 2024 Air
Producers Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2003 Best Non-Fiction Television Project Greenlight 2004 Project Greenlight 2 2017 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Manchester by the Sea
Writers Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1998 Best Original Screenplay Good Will Hunting
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Boston Society of Film Critics 1997 Best Screenplay Good Will Hunting 2006 Best Cast The Departed Chicago Film Critics Association 1997 Most Promising Actor Good Will Hunting 2009 Best Actor The Informant! Florida Film Critics Circle 1997 Newcomer of the Year Good Will Hunting Hollywood Critics Association 2023 Best Actor Air Las Vegas Film Critics Society 1997 Most Promising Actor The Rainmaker Good Will Hunting 1999 Best Actor The Talented Mr. Ripley 2000 All the Pretty Horses London Film Critics' Circle 1998 Actor of the Year The Rainmaker / Good Will Hunting / The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Screenwriter of the Year Good Will Hunting National Board of Review 1998 Special Achievement in Filmmaking Good Will Hunting 2007 Best Cast The Departed 2015 Best Actor The Martian Online Film Critics Society 1998 Best Screenplay Good Will Hunting Best Cast Saving Private Ryan 2015 Best Actor The Martian Phoenix Film Critics Society 2001 Best Cast Ocean's Eleven 2010 Best Supporting Actor True Grit San Diego Film Critics Society 2009 Best Actor The Informant!
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 Best Supporting Actor True Grit 2015 Best Actor The Martian Audie Awards 2010 Audiobook of the YearNelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales rowspan=2 Multi-Voiced Performance AACTA Awards 2016 Best Actor The Martian Awards Circuit Community Awards 1997 Best Actor Good Will Hunting Best Original Screenplay 2006 Best Cast Ensemble The Departed 2015 Best Actor The Martian Berlin International Film Festival 1998 Outstanding Single Achievement Good Will Hunting 2007 Outstanding Artistic Contribution – Ensemble Cast The Good Shepherd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1998 Favorite Actor – Drama The Rainmaker 1999 Favorite Actor – Video Good Will Hunting 2000 Favorite Actor – Suspense The Talented Mr. Ripley Favorite Actor – Drama/Romance All the Pretty Horses Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2023Best Ensemble CastOppenheimerEmpire Awards 2005 Best Actor The Bourne Supremacy 2008 The Bourne Ultimatum 2016 The Martian Humanitas Prize 1997 Feature Film Category Good Will Hunting MTV Movie Awards 1998 Best Male Performance Good Will Hunting Best On-Screen Duo Best Kiss 1999 Best Villain The Talented Mr. Ripley Best Musical Performance 2002 Best On-Screen Duo Ocean's Eleven 2005 Best Male Performance The Bourne Supremacy 2008 Best Fight The Bourne Ultimatum Best Male Performance 2016 The Martian People's Choice Awards 2005 Favorite Male Action Movie Star The Bourne Supremacy 2007 Favorite On-Screen Match-Up The Departed Favorite Leading Man 2008 Favorite Male Action Star The Bourne Ultimatum 2015 Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor The Monuments Men 2016 The Martian Satellite Awards 1998 Best Original Screenplay Good Will Hunting Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 2006 Best Cast – Motion Picture The Departed 2009 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Informant! 2014 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Behind the Candelabra 2016 Best Actor – Motion Picture The Martian Saturn Award 2005 Best Actor The Bourne Supremacy 2016 The Martian ShoWest Convention, USA 1998 Male Star of Tomorrow Himself 2005 Male Star of the Year Himself Spike Guys' Choice Awards 2008 Ass-Kicker Award Himself Teen Choice Awards 1999 Choice Movie: Actor Rounders 2000 The Talented Mr. Ripley Choice Movie: Liar 2005 Choice Movie Actor: Action/Thriller The Bourne Supremacy 2007 Choice Movie: Chemistry Ocean's Thirteen 2012 Choice Movie Actor: Drama We Bought a Zoo Western Heritage Awards 2003 Theatrical Motion Picture Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 2011 True Grit
Honorary awards
On June 3, 2016, Matt Damon served as commencement speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 2016 commencement exercises. MIT President L. Rafael Reif noted that in The Martian, Damon's character Mark Watney declares himself a "space pirate": 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.
Organizations Year Award Result Hollywood Walk of Fame 2007 Star on the Walk of Fame American Cinematheque Award 2010 Statue Brown University2013 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) degree Britannia Award 2017 Stanley Kubrick Award Anthem Award2024 Special Achievement Award
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