1970-10-08 ( 54 years old ) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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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Movies
The Odyssey
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The Instigators
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IF
2024-05-08
The Roast of Tom Brady
2024-05-05
Drive-Away Dolls
2024-02-22
Oppenheimer
2023-07-19
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
2023-07-15
Air
2023-04-05
Time Bomb Y2K
2023-03-03
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022-07-06
The Making of the Last Duel
2021-11-29
The Last Duel
2021-10-13
Stillwater
2021-07-29
No Sudden Move
2021-06-24
Clerk
2021-03-17
Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life
2020-02-11
Ford v Ferrari
2019-11-13
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019-10-15
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018-12-11
Deadpool 2
2018-05-15
Unsane
2018-03-22
Die Clint Eastwood Story
2018-02-07
Downsizing
2017-12-22
Suburbicon
2017-10-26
Thor: Ragnarok
2017-10-02
Boston
2017-02-23
The Great Wall
2016-12-16
Backpack Full of Cash
2016-10-22
Jason Bourne
2016-07-27
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016-06-07
The Martian
2015-09-30
Interstellar
2014-11-05
The Man Who Saved the World
2014-08-13
The Monuments Men
2014-01-24
The Zero Theorem
2013-09-20
Elysium
2013-08-07
Behind the Candelabra
2013-05-26
Radioman
2012-12-07
Promised Land
2012-09-23
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
We Bought a Zoo
2011-12-08
Happy Feet Two
2011-11-17
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
2011-10-01
Margaret
2011-09-30
Contagion
2011-09-08
American Teacher
2011-05-03
Plan B
2011-03-30
His Way
2011-03-04
The Adjustment Bureau
2011-03-03
True Grit
2010-12-22
14 Actors Acting
2010-12-08
Hereafter
2010-10-22
Inside Job
2010-10-08
Green Zone
2010-03-11
Teenage Paparazzo
2010-01-22
Invictus
2009-12-11
The Informant!
2009-09-18
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009-06-01
Che: Part Two
2008-12-12
Prince: 21 Nights in London
2008-06-07
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008-01-01
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007-12-09
Youth Without Youth
2007-10-26
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007-08-03
Ocean's Thirteen
2007-06-05
Crossing Criminal Cultures
2007-02-13
The Good Shepherd
2006-12-11
The Departed
2006-10-04
Syriana
2005-11-23
After Frank
2005-09-30
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005-09-23
The Brothers Grimm
2005-08-26
Ocean's Twelve
2004-12-09
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004-11-17
The Bourne Supremacy
2004-07-23
Jersey Girl
2004-03-25
EuroTrip
2004-02-20
Stuck on You
2003-12-10
Saltlake Van Sant
2003-11-11
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002-12-31
Gerry
2002-09-20
The Bourne Identity
2002-06-14
The Third Wheel
2002-05-31
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002-05-24
The Majestic
2001-12-21
Ocean's Eleven
2001-12-07
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001-08-22
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
2001-01-01
Finding Forrester
2000-12-21
All the Pretty Horses
2000-12-11
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000-11-02
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000-06-27
Titan A.E.
2000-06-16
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000-01-01
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999-12-25
Dogma
1999-11-12
Rounders
1998-09-11
Saving Private Ryan
1998-07-24
Good Will Hunting
1997-12-05
The Rainmaker
1997-11-18
Chasing Amy
1997-04-04
Courage Under Fire
1996-07-04
Glory Daze
1995-10-01
The Good Old Boys
1995-03-05
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993-12-10
School Ties
1992-09-18
Rising Son
1990-07-23
Field of Dreams
1989-04-21
Mystic Pizza
1988-10-13
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