MATT DAMON

 

His Oscar nominations have been for:

Best Leading Actor (1998) - Good Will Hunting (as Will Hunting)

Best Supporting Actor (2010) - Invictus (as Francois Pienaar)

Best Leading Actor (2016) - The Martian (as Mark Watney)

 

Best Original Screenplay (1998) - Good Will Hunting

Best Motion Picture of the Year (2017) - Manchester by the Sea

 

How would you rank these performances? Do you think he deserved to win in any of these years? Do you think he deserved nominations for any other performances?

 

Here are some other awards nominations/wins he has received:

GOLDEN GLOBES

Good Will Hunting (Best Leading Actor - Drama)

Good Will Hunting (Best Screenplay - Motion Picture)

The Talented Mr. Ripley (Best Leading Actor - Drama)

Invictus (Best Supporting Actor)

The Informant! (Best Leading Actor - Comedy/Musical)

The Martian (Best Leading Actor - Comedy/Musical)

 

BAFTAS

Behind the Candelabra (Best Supporting Actor)

The Martian (Best Leading Actor)

 

SAG AWARDS

Good Will Hunting (Best Leading Actor)

Invictus (Best Supporting Actor)

I really like Matt as an actor in pretty much everything I've seen him in and he seems like a really nice guy too. I'm glad he's got a screenplay Oscar because he's probably not going to win one for acting and the screenplay for GWH is really special :wub:

 

In terms of performances:

1 Good Will Hunting

2 The Martian

3 Invictus

 

I loved him in GWH and a lot of his scenes made me really emotional toward the end, he was a little overshadowed by Robin Williams though. He was loads of fun in The Martian and carried the film in his back very well, it is hard to judge a comedic performance against a more dramatic one though so I'm not sad he didn't win (I preferred Redmayne that year anyway) . He was decent in Invictus too but it's not the most challenging role, he had a convincing South African accent though!

I've never been much of a fan tbh.He just blends into the background :lol: