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Birthday

08 October

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Massachusetts, United States

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Matt Damon

Biography

Matthew Paige Damon (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 and Golden Globe 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's trilogy (2001–2007). He received a nomination for an Academy Award and 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), Rounders (1998), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Dogma (1999), Syriana (2005), The Departed (2006), The Informant! (2009), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Contagion (2011), Ford v Ferrari (2019), Stillwater (2021), The Last Duel (2021), Air (2023), and Oppenheimer (2023), the last of which is his highest-grossing feature.

Actor
2016

Jason Bourne as Jason Bourne

2007

The Bourne Ultimatum as Jason Bourne

2007

Ocean's Thirteen as Linus Caldwell

2004

Ocean's Twelve as Linus Caldwell

2004

The Bourne Supremacy as Jason Bourne

2002

The Bourne Identity as Jason Bourne

2001

Ocean's Eleven as Linus Caldwell

Producer