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Matt Damon
Actor, Writer, Producer, Editor
Born October 8, 1970 (54 years)
Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award from five nominations, and two Golden Globe Awards. He also received three BAFTA Award nominations, seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and six Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Damon made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988). He came to prominence when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting (1997), which won them the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. He continued to garner praise for his roles in Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), the Ocean's trilogy (2001-2007), the Bourne franchise (2002-2016), The Departed (2006), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Behind The Candelabra (2013), The Martian (2015), Ford v Ferrari (2019), and Air (2023).
Damon has co-written the feature films Good Will Hunting (1997), Gerry (2002), Promised Land (2012) and The Last Duel (2021).
He has produced the reality series Project Greenlight (2001-2015) as well as multiple films including Manchester by the Sea (2016) and The Last Duel (2021). In 2022, he co-founded the production company Artists Equity.
Damon made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988). He came to prominence when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting (1997), which won them the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. He continued to garner praise for his roles in Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), the Ocean's trilogy (2001-2007), the Bourne franchise (2002-2016), The Departed (2006), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Behind The Candelabra (2013), The Martian (2015), Ford v Ferrari (2019), and Air (2023).
Damon has co-written the feature films Good Will Hunting (1997), Gerry (2002), Promised Land (2012) and The Last Duel (2021).
He has produced the reality series Project Greenlight (2001-2015) as well as multiple films including Manchester by the Sea (2016) and The Last Duel (2021). In 2022, he co-founded the production company Artists Equity.
Known For
Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2024 | The Instigators · as Rory |
| 2024 | IF · as Flower (voice) |
| 2024 | Drive-Away Dolls · as Senator Gary Channel |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer · as Leslie Groves |
| 2023 | SmartLess: On the Road (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Air · as Sonny Vaccaro |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as Actor Loki |
| 2021 | The Last Duel · as Sir Jean De Carrouges |
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2021 | Stillwater · as Bill Baker |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move · as Mike Lowen (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot · as Loki (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Ford v Ferrari · as Carroll Shelby |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool · as Redneck #2 |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 · as Redneck #2 |
| 2018 | Unsane · as Detective Ferguson |
| 2017 | Downsizing · as Paul Safranek |
| 2017 | Suburbicon · as Gardner Lodge |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok · as Actor Loki (uncredited) |
| 2017 | BOSTON: An American Running Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | The Great Wall · as William |
| 2016 | Backpack Full of Cash · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne · as Jason Bourne |
| 2016 | Ares III: The Untold Story · as Mark Watney |
| 2015 | The Martian · as Mark Watney |
| 2014 | Interstellar · as Mann |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men · as Lt. James Granger |
| 2013 | The Zero Theorem · as Management |
| 2013 | Elysium · as Max |
| 2013 | Behind the Candelabra · as Scott Thorson |
| 2012 | Promised Land · as Steve Butler |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Loki Actor (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | We Bought a Zoo · as Benjamin Mee |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two · as Bill (voice) |
| 2011 | Margaret · as Aaron Caije |
| 2011 | American Teacher · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Contagion · as Mitch Emhoff |
| 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau · as David Norris |
| 2010 | True Grit · as Laboeuf |
| 2010 | Hereafter · as George Lonegan |
| 2010 | Green Zone · as Roy Miller |
| 2010 | Inside Job · as Narrator |
| 2009 | Invictus · as Francois Pienaar |
| 2009 | The Informant! · as Mark Whitacre |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two · as Fr. Schwartz |
| 2008 | Ponyo · as Kôichi |
| 2007 | Youth Without Youth · as Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited) |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum · as Jason Bourne |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen · as Linus Caldwell |
| 2007 | Running the Sahara · as Narrator |
| 2007 | Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood · as John Grady Cole |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd · as Edward Bell Wilson |
| 2006 | 30 Rock (TV Series) · as Carol Burnett |
| 2006 | The Departed · as Colin |
| 2005 | Syriana · as Bryan Woodman |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon · as Al Shepard (voice) |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm · as Wilhelm Grimm |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve · as Linus Caldwell |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tracy Morgan · as Sean Kelly |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy · as Jason Bourne |
| 2004 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Jersey Girl · as Pr Exec #2 |
| 2004 | EuroTrip · as Donny |
| 2003 | Stuck on You · as Bob |
| 2003 | Journey To Planet Earth (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind · as Bachelor Matt |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity · as Jason Bourne |
| 2002 | The Third Wheel · as Kevin (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron · as Spirit (voice) |
| 2001 | The Majestic · as Luke Trimble (voice) |
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven · as Linus Caldwell |
| 2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back · as Matt Damon / Will Hunting (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester · as Steven Sanderson |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses · as John Grady |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance · as Rannulph Junuh |
| 2000 | Titan A.E. · as Cale Tucker (voice) |
| 2000 | The 72nd Annual Academy Awards · as Tom Ripley |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley · as Tom Ripley |
| 1999 | Dogma · as Loki |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Owen |
| 1998 | Rounders · as Mike Mcdermott |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan · as Private Ryan |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting · as Will Hunting |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Rudy Baylor |
| 1997 | Chasing Amy · as Shawn Oran |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire · as Ilario |
| 1995 | Glory Daze · as Edgar Pudwhacker |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys · as Cotton Calloway |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend · as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis |
| 1992 | School Ties · as Charlie Dillon |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Rising Son · as Charlie Robinson |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams · as Baseball Fan At Fenway Park (uncredited) |
| 1988 | The Good Mother · as Extra |
| 1988 | Mystic Pizza · as Steamer |