Matt Damon

Described as

American actor (born 1970)

Other names

Matthew Paige Damon

Born

October 8, 1970 · 10 references

Born in

Cambridge · 2 references

Name at birth

Matthew Paige Damon · 1 reference

Citizen of

United States · 1 reference

Occupation

film actor; screenwriter; film producer · 2 references; writer; voice actor; actor · 2 references; television producer; television actor · 1 reference

Political party

Democratic Party · 1 reference

Education

Harvard University; Cambridge Rindge and Latin School · 1 reference

Member of

SAG-AFTRA; Writers Guild of America West

Awards

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1998) · 1 reference; Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture (2006) · 1 reference; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference

Spouse

Luciana Bozán Barroso (2005–) · 1 reference

Children

Isabella Damon

Father

Kent Telfer Damon · 1 reference

Mother

Nancy June Carlsson Page · 1 reference

Lived in

Los Angeles

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Wikipedias with a page

115

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Matthew Paige Damon ( DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's 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, an Actor 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 further 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 the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a rugby player in Invictus (2009) and received another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor 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), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Syriana (2005), The Departed (2006), The Informant! (2009), True Grit (2010), Contagion (2011), Interstellar (2014), Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Last Duel (2021), Air (2023), Oppenheimer (2023), and played the titular character in The Odyssey (2026).
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 for hosting Saturday Night Live in 2019. He also produced the reality series Project Greenlight (2001–2015) as well as the film Manchester by the Sea (2016). Damon has performed voiceover work in both animated and documentary films and established two production companies with Affleck, Artists Equity and the former Pearl Street Films. He has been involved in charitable work with organizations including the One Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, Feeding America, and Water.org.

Born, in its opening lines

October 8, 1970

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