‘All our friends and family, and everybody back in Boston watching us tonight’ — List of Matt Damon Oscar nominations
Posted: January 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Matt Damon. Matt Damon has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards, across 4 categories, and won 1. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2016: Manchester by the Sea (Best Picture) (shared with Lauren Beck, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Kevin J. Walsh) — lost to Moonlight (Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski). Other nominees: La La Land (Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt), Fences (Todd Black, Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington), Arrival (Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde), Hidden Figures (Peter Chernin, Donna Gigliotti, Theodore Melfi, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams), Hacksaw Ridge (Bill Mechanic, David Permut), Lion (Iain Canning, Angie Fielder, Emile Sherman), Hell or High Water (Carla Hacken, Julie Yorn)
2015: The Martian (Best Actor) (Mark Watney) — lost to Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant). Other nominees: Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) (The Martian directed by Ridley Scott)
2009: Invictus (Best Supporting Actor) (Francois Pienaar) — lost to Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds). Other nominees: Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) (Directed by Clint Eastwood)
1997: Good Will Hunting (Best Actor) (Will) — lost to Jack Nicholson (As Good as It Gets). Other nominees: Peter Fonda (Ulee’s Gold), Robert Duvall (The Apostle), Dustin Hoffman (Wag the Dog) (Directed by Gus Van Sant)
WON: 1997: Good Will Hunting (Best Original Screenplay) (shared with Ben Affleck) — Other nominees: Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson), As Good as It Gets (Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks), The Full Monty (Simon Beaufoy), Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen)
