Matt Damon awards and nominations

Damon at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival

Wins 27
Nominations 95

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).

Major award associations

Academy Awards

Main article: 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]

British Academy Film Awards

Main article: British Academy Film Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
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]

Golden Globe Awards

Main article: Golden Globe Award
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
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]

Primetime Emmy Awards

Main article: Primetime Emmy Award
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
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]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Main article: Screen Actors Guild Award
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
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 Won [13]

Others

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Main article: Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2010 True Grit Best Supporting Actor Nominated [14]
2015 The Martian Best Actor Nominated [15]

American Cinematheque Award

Main article: American Cinematheque Award
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2010 — Contribution to the art of the Moving Picture
(Presented by Ben Affleck) 		Won [16]

Audie Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2010 Audiobook of the Year Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales Won [17][18]
Multi-Voiced Performance

Australian Film Institute/AACTA

Main article: AACTA Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2016 The Martian Best Actor Nominated [19]

Awards Circuit Community Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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]

Berlin International Film Festival

Main article: Berlin International Film Festival
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1998 Good Will Hunting Outstanding Single Achievement Won [23]
2007 The Good Shepherd Outstanding Artistic Contribution – Ensemble cast Won [24]

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

Main article: Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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

Boston Society of Film Critics Award

Main article: Boston Society of Film Critics
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Good Will Hunting Best Screenplay (shared with Ben Affleck) Nominated
2006 The Departed Best Cast Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award

Main article: Critics' Choice Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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

Chicago Film Critics Association

Main article: Chicago Film Critics Association
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Good Will Hunting Most Promising Actor Won
2009 The Informant! Best Actor Nominated

Empire Awards

Main article: Empire Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2005 The Bourne Supremacy Best Actor Won
2008 The Bourne Ultimatum Nominated
2016 The Martian Won

Florida Film Critics Circle Award

Main article: Florida Film Critics Circle
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Good Will Hunting Newcomer of the Year Won

Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards

Main article: Hollywood Critics Association
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2023 Air Best Actor Won [26]

Humanitas Prize

Main article: Humanitas Prize
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Good Will Hunting Feature Film Category (shared with Ben Affleck) Won [27]

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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

London Film Critics' Circle

Main article: London Film Critics' Circle
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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

MTV Movie Awards

Main article: MTV Movie & TV Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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]

National Board of Review

Main article: National Board of Review
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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

Online Film Critics Society

Main article: Online Film Critics Society
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1998 Good Will Hunting Best Screenplay Nominated [37]
Saving Private Ryan Best Cast Won [38]
2015 The Martian Best Actor Nominated [39]

People's Choice Awards

Main article: People's Choice Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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]

Phoenix Film Critics Society

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2001 Ocean's Eleven Best Cast Nominated
2010 True Grit Best Supporting Actor Nominated

Producers Guild of America

Main article: Producers Guild of America
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2002 Project Greenlight Outstanding Producer of Reality/Game/Informational
Series Television 		Nominated
2003 Project Greenlight 2 Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society

Main article: San Diego Film Critics Society
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2009 The Informant! Best Actor Nominated

Satellite Awards

Main article: Satellite Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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

Saturn Awards

Main article: Saturn Award
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2005 The Bourne Supremacy Best Actor Nominated [citation needed]
2016 The Martian Nominated [48]

ShoWest Convention, USA

Main article: National Association of Theatre Owners
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1998 — Male Star of Tomorrow Won
2005 — Male Star of the Year Won

Spike Guys' Choice Awards

Main article: Guys Choice
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2008 — Ass-Kicker Award Won [49]

Teen Choice Awards

Main article: Teen Choice Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
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

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Main article: Hollywood Walk of Fame
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2007 — Star on the Walk of Fame Won [50]

Western Heritage Awards

Main article: Bronze Wrangler
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2003 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Theatrical Motion Picture Won [51]
2011 True Grit Won [51]

Writers Guild of America

Main article: Writers Guild of America
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1998 Good Will Hunting Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
(shared with Ben Affleck) 		Nominated [27]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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]

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