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

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]

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

Pink granite star on a black granite side-walk
Matt Damon's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hand and foot prints in cement dated of June 6, 2007
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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