
Matt Damon
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Biography
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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Life of Kylie

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IF

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Interstellar

Jersey Girl

Happy Feet Two

Chasing Amy

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

Drive-Away Dolls

Saving Private Ryan

The Zero Theorem

Courage Under Fire

Ocean's Thirteen

Oppenheimer

True Grit

Ocean's Twelve

The Last Duel

School Ties

Dogma

The Departed

Ocean's Eleven

Contagion

Green Zone

The Informant!

Air

The Adjustment Bureau

The Martian

Suburbicon

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Bourne Ultimatum

Elysium

Jason Bourne

The Rainmaker

Rounders

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Inside Job

The Great Wall

The Brothers Grimm

Titan A.E.

Good Will Hunting

The Bourne Supremacy

Downsizing

We Bought a Zoo

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

The Odyssey

The Bourne Identity

The Good Shepherd

Stillwater
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