Matt Damon
Born: 08-10-1970
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: /
Known For: Acting
Appeared in:
Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Syriana, Ocean's Thirteen, Saving Private Ryan, Good Will Hunting, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Good Shepherd, The Departed, Rounders, Chasing Amy, Stuck on You, Dogma, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Gerry, Courage Under Fire, The Third Wheel, The Brothers Grimm, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Mystic Pizza, All the Pretty Horses, Invictus, Green Zone, The Informant!, Titan A.E., Youth Without Youth, The Making of the Last Duel, The Rainmaker, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, EuroTrip, Geronimo: An American Legend, Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma, School Ties, The Adjustment Bureau, Hereafter, Inside Job, Margaret, True Grit, Clerk, Drive-Away Dolls, Contagion, Heath Ledger: A Tribute, Happy Feet Two, Elysium, Coda: Thirty Years Later, We Bought a Zoo, Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen, Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley', The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the SoundtrackBiography
Matthew Paige Damon (/ˈdeɪmən/ DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars in 2007 and, in 2010, was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
Damon made his acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988) before gaining prominence in 1997 when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting, which won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. He established himself as a leading man by starring as Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise (2002–2007; 2016), and Linus Caldwell in the Ocean'strilogy (2001–2007). He received a nomination for an Academy Award. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for playing an astronaut stranded on Mars in The Martian (2015). He also acted in The Rainmaker (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Syriana (2005), The Departed(2006), The Informant! (2009), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Contagion (2011), Ford v Ferrari(2019), Stillwater (2021), Air (2023), and Oppenheimer (2023), the last of which is his highest-grossing feature.
On television, Damon portrayed Scott Thorson in the HBO biopic Behind the Candelabra (2013), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He was Emmy-nominated for his guest role in 30 Rock in 2011 and hosting Saturday Night Live in 2019. He also produced the reality series Project Greenlight (2001–2015) and the film Manchester by the Sea (2016). Damon has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films and established two production companies with Affleck, Artists Equity, and Pearl Street Films. He has been involved in charitable work with organizations including the One Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, Feeding America, and Water.org.
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