 He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a police officer in the crime drama "The Departed" (2006).He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the biographical sports drama "The Fighter" (2010), in which he starred as Micky Ward.In the 2010s, he landed successful comedy roles with "The Other Guys" (2010), "Ted" (2012), its 2015 sequel, "Daddy's Home" (2015), and its 2017 sequel.