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Matt Damon
Actor, Writer, Producer, EditorBorn October 8, 1970 (54 years)
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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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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| 2026 | The Odyssey · as Odysseus |
| 2025 | |
| 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 | Stillwater · as Bill Baker |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move · as Mike Lowen (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot · as Loki |
| 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 | SNL Digital Shorts (TV Series) |
| 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 |
| 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' Windsor |