Matt Damon

Matt Damon
Damon in 2015
Born	Matthew Paige Damon (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Residence	Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Californie, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard Varsity
Thrift	Actor, vyce actor, producer, screenwriter, philanthropist
Years active	1988–present
Hauf-marrae(s)	Luciana Bozán Barroso (2005–present)
Childer	3

Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (/ˈdeɪmən/; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, vyce actor, screenwriter, producer, an philanthropist. He is ranked amang Forbes magazine's maist bankable starns an is ane o the heichest-grossin actors o aw time. Damon haes received various accolades, includin an Academy Awaird, frae five nominations, twa Gowden Globe Awairds, frae aicht nominations, an haes been nominatit for three Breetish Academy Film Awairds an sax Emmy Awairds.

Born an raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Damon begoud his actin career bi appearin in heich schuil theatre productions. He made his perfaisional actin debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988). He came tae prominence in 1997, whan he wrote an starred in Good Will Hunting, alangside Ben Affleck, that wan them the Academy an Gowden Globe awairds for Best Screenplay an earned Damon a nomination for the Academy Awaird for Best Actor. He conteena'd tae gairner praise frae creetics for his roles as the eponymous chairacter in Saving Private Ryan (1998), the antihero in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), a fawen aungel in Dogma (1999), an energy analyst in Syriana (2005), an a corrupt Erse-American polis officer in The Departed (2006).

Damon is an aw kent for his starnin roles as Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise (2002–2016) an as a con man in the Ocean's trilogy (2001–2007). For his supportin role as the rugby player Francois Pienaar in Invictus (2009) an his leadin role as an astronaut strandit on Mars in The Martian (2015), Damon received Academy Awaird nominations for Best Supportin Actor an Best Actor, respectively. The latter an aw wan him a Gowden Globe Awaird for Best Actor. Damon haes received Emmy Awaird nominations for his portrayal o Scott Thorson in the biopic Behind the Candelabra (2013) and for producin the reality series Project Greenlight. He an aw received an Academy Awaird nomination for producin Manchester by the Sea (2016).

In addeetion tae actin in films, Damon haes performed vyce-ower wark in baith animatit an documentary films an haes established twa production companies wi Affleck. He haes been involved in charitable wark, includin the ONE Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, Feeding America, an Water.org. Damon is mairied tae Luciana Bozán Barroso, an thay hae fower dochters thegither.

Filmografie

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Mystic Pizza	Steamer
1988	Good Mother, TheThe Good Mother	Extra
1989	Field of Dreams	Fenway Park Extra
1992	School Ties	Charlie Dillon
1993	Geronimo: An American Legend	2nt Lt. Britton Davis
1995	The Good Old Boys	Cotton Calloway
1996	Glory Daze	Edgar Pudwhacker
1996	Courage Under Fire	Specialist Ilario
1997	Good Will Hunting	Will Hunting	An aa writer
1997	Rainmaker, TheThe Rainmaker	Rudy Baylor
1997	Chasing Amy	Shawn Oran
1998	Rounders	Mike McDermott
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Private James Francis Ryan
1999	Talented Mr. Ripley, TheThe Talented Mr. Ripley	Tom Ripley
1999	Dogma	Loki
2000	Finding Forrester	Steven Sanderson
2000	All the Pretty Horses	John Grady Cole
2000	Legend of Bagger Vance, TheThe Legend of Bagger Vance	Rannulph Junuh
2000	Titan A.E.	Cale Tucker (vyce)
2001	Majestic, TheThe Majestic	Luke Trimble (vyce)
2001	Ocean's Eleven	Linus Caldwell
2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Himsel
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Matt, Bachelor #2	Cameo
2002	Bourne Identity, TheThe Bourne Identity	Jason Bourne
2002	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Spirit (vyce)
2002	Gerry	Gerry	An aa writer
2002	Third Wheel, TheThe Third Wheel	Kevin
2003	Stuck on You	Bob Tenor
2004	Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train	Narrator	Documentary
2004	Ocean's Twelve	Linus Caldwell
2004	Bourne Supremacy, TheThe Bourne Supremacy	Jason Bourne
2004	Jersey Girl	PR Exec #2
2004	EuroTrip	Donny
2005	Syriana	Bryan Woodman
2005	Brothers Grimm, TheThe Brothers Grimm	Will (Wilhelm) Grimm
2006	Good Shepherd, TheThe Good Shepherd	Edward Wilson
2006	Departed, TheThe Departed	Staff Sergeant Colin Sullivan
2007	Bourne Ultimatum, TheThe Bourne Ultimatum	Jason Bourne
2007	Ocean's Thirteen	Linus Caldwell
2007	Youth Without Youth	Ted Jones	Uncreditit
2008	Che: Part Two	Fr. Schwarz
2009	Ponyo	Koichi (vyce)	Inglis dub
2009	Informant!, TheThe Informant!	Mark Whitacre
2009	Invictus	Francois Pienaar
2009	The People Speak	Himsel	Documentary; An aa producer
2010	Green Zone	Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller
2010	Inside Job	Narrator	Documentary
2010	Hereafter	George Lonegan
2010	True Grit	La Boeuf
2011	Adjustment Bureau, TheThe Adjustment Bureau	David Norris
2011	Contagion	Mitch Emhoff
2011	Margaret	Aaron Caije
2011	Happy Feet Two	Bill the Krill (vyce)
2011	We Bought a Zoo	Benjamin Mee
2012	Promised Land	Steve Butler	An aa writer an producer
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Scott Thorson
2013	Elysium	Max Da Costa
2013	The Zero Theorem	Management
2014	The Monuments Men	James Granger
2014	Interstellar	Dr. Mann
2015	The Martian	Mark Watney	Filmin

Televeesion

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Rising Son	Charlie Robinson	TV Movie
2001–2005	Project Greenlight		Executive producer; 33 episodes
2002	Saturday Night Live	Himsel (host)	Episode: "Matt Damon/Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band"
2002	The Bernie Mac Show	Himsel	Episode: "Keep It on the Short Grass"
2002	Will & Grace	Owen	Episode: "A Chorus Lie"
2003–2009	Journey to Planet Earth	Narrator	8 episodes
2007	Arthur	Himsel (vyce)	Episode: "The Making of Arthur/Dancing Fools"
2009	Entourage	Himsel	Episode: "Give a Little Bit"
2010–2011	30 Rock	Carol Burnett	4 episodes
2011	Saturday Night Live	Handsome Drug Addict	Uncreditit Episode: "Katy Perry/Robyn"
2013	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himsel (host)	Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Sucks!"
2013	House of Lies	Himsel	Episode: "Damonschildren.org"
2014	Years of Living Dangerously	Himsel	Episode: "A Dangerous Future"