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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).
- ^ Matthew Jacobs (August 15, 2013). "Ben Affleck's 41st Birthday Recalls Actor's Early Roles, Surprising Hobbies And Political Activism". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ a b Amy Wallace; Robert W. Welkos; Susan King (February 11, 1998). "'Titanic' Ties Record for Oscar Nominations". The Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- ^ Waxman, Sharon; William Booth (March 23, 1998). "'Titanic's' 11 Oscars Ties Record; Night 'Good' for Nicholson, Hunt". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- ^ Corrine Heller (October 2, 2014). "Ben Affleck's Most Awkward Smiles". E! Entertainment. Retrieved October 3, 2014.