List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon
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, 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". Others. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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.