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Matt Damon

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Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a sculptor. His father was of English and Scottish descent, and his mother is of Finnish and Swedish ancestry. The family lived in Newton until his parents divorced in 1973, when Damon and his brother moved with his mother to Cambridge. He grew up in a stable community, and was raised near actor Ben Affleck.

Damon attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and he performed in a number of theater productions during his time there. He attended Harvard University as an English major. While in Harvard, he kept on skipping classes to pursue acting projects, which included the TNT original film, Rising Son (1990), and prep-school drama, School Ties (1992). It was until his film, Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), was expected to be a big success that he decided to drop out of university completely. Arriving in Hollywood, Matt managed to get his first break with a part in the romantic comedy, Mystic Pizza (1988). However, the film did not do too well and his film career failed to take off. Not letting failure discourage him from acting, he went for another audition, and managed to get a starring role in School Ties (1992). Up next for Matt was a role as a soldier who had problems with drug-addiction in the movie, Courage Under Fire (1996). Matt had, in fact, lost forty pounds for his role which resulted in health problems.

The following year, he garnered accolades for Good Will Hunting (1997), a screenplay he had originally written for an English class at Harvard University. Good Will Hunting (1997) was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, one of which, Matt won for Best Original Screenplay along with Ben Affleck. In the year 1998, Matt played the title role in Steven Spielberg's film, Saving Private Ryan (1998), which was one of the most acclaimed films in that year. Matt had the opportunity of working with Tom Hanks and Vin Diesel while filming that movie. That same year, he starred as an earnest law student and reformed poker player in Rounders (1998), starring opposite Edward Norton and John Malkovich. The next year, Matt rejoined his childhood friend, Ben Affleck and fellow comedian, Chris Rock, in the comedy Dogma (1999).

Towards the end of 1999, Matt played "Tom Ripley", a working-class young man who tastes the good life and will do anything to live it. Both Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow also starred in the movie. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) earned mixed reviews from critics, but even so, Matt earned praise for his performance. Matt lent his voice to the animated movie, Titan A.E. (2000) in the year 2000, which also earned mixed reviews from the public. He also starred in two other movies, All the Pretty Horses (2000) and the golf comedy-drama, The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), starring alongside Will Smith. In the year 2003, he signed on to star in The Informant! (2009) by Steven Soderbergh and the Farrelly Brothers' Stuck on You (2003). He also starred in Gerry (2002), a film he co-wrote with his friends, Gus Van Sant and Casey Affleck. One of Matt's most recognizable work to date is his role in the "Bourne" movie franchise. He plays an amnesiac assassin, "Jason Bourne", in The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). Another praised role is that as "Linus Caldwell" in the "Ocean's" movie franchise. He had the opportunity to star opposite George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Don Cheadle in Ocean's Eleven (2001). The successful crime comedy-drama eventually had two other sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). Among other highly acclaimed movies that Matt has been a part of are Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm (2005), George Clooney's Syriana (2005), Martin Scorsese's The Departed (2006) and Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd (2006).

In his personal life, Matt is now happily married to Argentine-born Luciana Barroso, whom he met in Miami, where she was working as a bartender. They married in a private civil ceremony on December 9, 2005, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. The couple have four daughters Alexia, Luciana's daughter from a previous relationship, as well as Isabella, Gia and Stella. Matt is a big fan of the Boston Red Sox and he tries to attend their games whenever possible. He has also formed great friendships with his Ocean's co-stars, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, whom he works on charity projects with. He and actor Ben Affleck, together with Ben's wife, Jennifer Garner, are also good family friends.
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Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Cole Hauser, Andrew Lowery, and Anthony Rapp in School Ties (1992)
Matt Damon in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Matt Damon, The Kid Mero, and Desus Nice in Space Law (2021)
Matt Damon in The Last Duel (2021)
Matt Damon and Jodie Comer in The Last Duel (2021)
Matt Damon in Stillwater (2021)
Matt Damon, Lilou Siauvaud, and Camille Cottin in Stillwater (2021)
Matt Damon, Brendan Fraser, and Randall Batinkoff in School Ties (1992)

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Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)
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Matt Damon in The Martian (2015)
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  • Mark Watney
  • 2015
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, and Matt Damon in The Departed (2006)
The Departed
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  • Colin
  • 2006
Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
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  • Tom Ripley
  • 1999

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Producer

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    • Completed
  • For people in trouble
    • Post-production
  • Apostle Paul
    • Pre-production
  • Thirst
    • In Development
  • Witness for the Prosecution
    • In Development
  • Green Beret's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse
    • Post-production
  • Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge in City on a Hill (2019)
    City on a Hill
  • Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver in The Last Duel (2021)
    The Last Duel
    • (produced by, p.g.a.)
  • Sean Teale in Incorporated (2016)
    Incorporated
  • Bending the Arc (2017)
    Bending the Arc
  • The Runner (2016)
    The Runner
  • Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander in Jason Bourne (2016)
    Jason Bourne
  • Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams in Manchester by the Sea (2016)
    Manchester by the Sea
    • (produced by)
  • The Leisure Class (2015)
    The Leisure Class
  • Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Project Greenlight (2001)
    Project Greenlight
  • More Time with Family
  • Promised Land (2012)
    Promised Land
  • The People Speak UK
  • The People Speak (2009)
    The People Speak
  • Running the Sahara (2007)
    Running the Sahara
  • Feast (2005)
    Feast

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  • Oppenheimer
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  • The King of Oil
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  • Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
    Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver in The Last Duel (2021)
    The Last Duel
  • Matt Damon in Stillwater (2021)
    Stillwater
  • Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro in No Sudden Move (2021)
    No Sudden Move
    • (uncredited)
  • Val Kilmer, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Joey Lauren Adams, Tommy Chong, Shannon Elizabeth, Kevin Smith, James Van Der Beek, Jason Biggs, Jason Lee, Fred Armisen, Diedrich Bader, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Garman, Chris Jericho, Justin Long, Method Man, Joe Manganiello, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran, Donnell Rawlings, Redman, Joseph D. Reitman, Jake Richardson, Craig Robinson, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Molly Shannon, Harley Quinn Smith, Chris Hemsworth, Frankie Shaw, Kate Micucci, Melissa Benoist, David Dastmalchian, Treshelle Edmond, Alice Wen, Aparna Brielle, and Mickey Gooch Jr. in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
    Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
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  • Christian Bale and Matt Damon in Ford v Ferrari (2019)
    Ford v Ferrari
  • Sasheer Zamata in Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time (2013)
    Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
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  • Brad Pitt, Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgård, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Lewis Tan, Stefan Kapicic, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, and Brianna Hildebrand in Deadpool 2 (2018)
    Deadpool 2
    • (as Dickie Greenleaf)
  • Claire Foy in Unsane (2018)
    Unsane
  • Jimmy Kimmel's the Terrific Ten (2017)
    Jimmy Kimmel's the Terrific Ten
  • Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Karl Urban, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Thor: Ragnarok
    • (uncredited)
  • Julianne Moore, Matt Damon, and Oscar Isaac in Suburbicon (2017)
    Suburbicon
  • Matt Damon in Downsizing (2017)
    Downsizing
  • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
    The Great Wall

Writer

  • Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver in The Last Duel (2021)
    The Last Duel
  • Promised Land (2012)
    Promised Land
  • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)
    Gerry
  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)
    Good Will Hunting
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    • October 8, 1970
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Luciana BarrosoDecember 9, 2005 - present (3 children)
    • Kent Damon
    • (Sibling)
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    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 3 Portrayals
    • 26 Interviews
    • 48 Articles
    • 5 Pictorials
    • 37 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Turned down the role of Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight (2008).
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    Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging. I know that's the way Heath Ledger feels and Ben Affleck feels the same way, too. We want to take the big swings.
    • Often works with actors Ben Affleck and George Clooney
    • Oppenheimer
      (2023)
      $4,000,000 + backend participation

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