The Talented Mr. Damon Gets Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

Matt Damon who is only 38 years old has just been tapped to receive his first lifetime achievement honor, the American Cinematheque Award. A great honor for such a young Actor. I personally think he deserves it just for his roles in the Bourne Trilogy.

According to Variety, Damon has agreed to accept the award in person, leading ABC to schedule the kudoscast for prime time. AMC had hosted the event the past four years.

The actor will have to wait a while, though—the Cinematheque folks have decided to push the ceremony from its usual October birth to March 27, 2010, so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle of awards season. Consequently, the honor will technically be skipped in 2009.

Damon, who won an Oscar over a decade ago for penning Good Will Hunting (which he also starred in), has gone on to headline several Hollywood blockbusters, including Ocean's Eleven and its sequels and the Bourne trilogy.

His performances have also been heralded in such films as The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving Private Ryan, All the Pretty Horses, Syriana, The Departed and The Good Shepherd.

The Cinematheque award is given out annually to artists who are "committed to making a significant contribution to the art of the motion pictures."

Past honorees include Samuel L. Jackson, who was lauded last year, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Al Pacino, Steve Martin, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster.