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Matt Damon

Acting 55 years old Boston, Massachusetts, USA ★ 8.5
Born: October 8, 1970

Biography

Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is a multifaceted American actor, producer, and screenwriter. In 2007, he was highlighted as one of Forbes' most bankable stars, and by 2010, he emerged as one of the highest-grossing actors in cinematic history. His accolades include an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, along with nominations for three BAFTA Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

Damon's journey in acting began with *Mystic Pizza* in 1988, but it was in 1997 that he truly came into the limelight. Collaborating with Ben Affleck on *Good Will Hunting*, they not only starred in the film but also won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. He solidified his reputation as a leading man through iconic roles, such as Tom Ripley in *The Talented Mr. Ripley*, Jason Bourne in the *Bourne* series, and Linus Caldwell in the *Ocean's* trilogy. His portrayal of an astronaut stranded on Mars in *The Martian* earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor, and he has been part of various notable films, including *Saving Private Ryan*, *The Departed*, and *Ford v Ferrari*.

On the small screen, Damon played Scott Thorson in HBO's *Behind the Candelabra*, which garnered him an Emmy nomination. His guest appearances in *30 Rock* and hosting *Saturday Night Live* were also Emmy-nominated. Beyond acting, Damon has produced projects like *Project Greenlight* and *Manchester by the Sea*. He co-founded two production companies with Ben Affleck and has lent his voice to several animated and documentary projects. His philanthropic efforts span multiple organizations, including the One Campaign and Water.org.

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Known For

Interstellar
Interstellar Mann 2014
The Odyssey
The Odyssey Odysseus 2026
The Rip
The Rip Lieutenant Dane Dumars 2026
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Leslie Groves 2023
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan Private Ryan 1998

Jimmy's Seen (6)

Manchester by the Sea
Manchester by the Sea Producer 2016
The Accountant²
The Accountant² Executive Producer 2025
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Leslie Groves 2023
Air
Air Producer 2023
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder Actor Loki 2022
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (179)

Untitled Daniels/Universal Event Film
Untitled Daniels/Universal Event Film 2027
The Odyssey
The Odyssey Odysseus 2026
Influenced
Influenced Self 2026
Skip Intro
Skip Intro Self - Guest 2026
The Rip
The Rip Lieutenant Dane Dumars 2026
Believers: Boston Red Sox
Believers: Boston Red Sox Self 2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
Netflix Tudum 2025 Self 2025
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Clint Eastwood : la légende Self 2025
The Instigators
The Instigators Rory 2024
IF
IF Flower (voice) 2024
The Roast of Tom Brady
The Roast of Tom Brady Self (voice) 2024
Drive-Away Dolls
Drive-Away Dolls Senator Gary Channel 2024
Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth
Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth Self 2023
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Leslie Groves 2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer Self - Leslie Groves Jr. 2023
SmartLess: On the Road
SmartLess: On the Road 2023
Air
Air Sonny Vaccaro 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder Self - Actor Loki 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder Actor Loki 2022
The Making of the Last Duel
The Making of the Last Duel Self 2021
The Last Duel
The Last Duel Sir Jean de Carrouges 2021
Stillwater
Stillwater Bill Baker 2021
No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move Mike Lowen (uncredited) 2021
Clerk
Clerk Self 2021
Dispatches from the Gulf
Dispatches from the Gulf (voice) 2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Self - Contestant 2020
Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life
Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life Self 2020
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis Self 2019
Ford v Ferrari
Ford v Ferrari Carroll Shelby 2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Loki 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
Once Upon a Deadpool Redneck #2 2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 2018
Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 Redneck #2 2018
Unsane
Unsane Detective Ferguson 2018
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Die Clint Eastwood Story Self 2018
Downsizing
Downsizing Paul Safranek 2017
Suburbicon
Suburbicon Gardner Lodge 2017
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok Actor Loki (uncredited) 2017
Life of Kylie
Life of Kylie Self 2017
Boston
Boston Narrator (voice) 2017
The Great Wall
The Great Wall William 2016
Backpack Full of Cash
Backpack Full of Cash Narrator 2016
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne Jason Bourne 2016
Geeking Out
Geeking Out Self 2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' Self 2016
Jay Leno's Garage
Jay Leno's Garage Self 2015
The Martian
The Martian Mark Watney 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
ARES: live
ARES: live Mark Watney 2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones Self 2015
Interstellar
Interstellar Mann 2014
The Man Who Saved the World
The Man Who Saved the World Self 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
The Monuments Men
The Monuments Men Lt. James Granger 2014
The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem Management 2013
Elysium
Elysium Max 2013
Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra Scott Thorson 2013
Radioman
Radioman Self 2012
Promised Land
Promised Land Steve Butler 2012
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later Self 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
We Bought a Zoo
We Bought a Zoo Benjamin Mee 2011
Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet Two Bill (voice) 2011
Women, War & Peace
Women, War & Peace Narrator (voice) 2011
Margaret
Margaret Mr. Aaron 2011
Contagion
Contagion Mitch Emhoff 2011
American Teacher
American Teacher Narrator (voice) 2011
Plan B
Plan B Narrator (voice) 2011
His Way
His Way Self 2011
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau David Norris 2011
True Grit
True Grit LaBoeuf 2010
Conan
Conan Self 2010
Hereafter
Hereafter George Lonegan 2010
Inside Job
Inside Job Narrator 2010
Teenage Paparazzo
Teenage Paparazzo Self 2010
Green Zone
Green Zone Roy Miller 2010
Invictus
Invictus Francois Pienaar 2009
The Informant!
The Informant! Mark Whitacre 2009
The Jay Leno Show
The Jay Leno Show Self 2009
Live from Studio Five
Live from Studio Five Self 2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Heath Ledger: A Tribute Self 2009
Che: Part Two
Che: Part Two Fr. Schwartz 2008
Prince: 21 Nights in London
Prince: 21 Nights in London Self 2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Notes on an American Film Director at Work Self 2008
Coda: Thirty Years Later
Coda: Thirty Years Later Self 2007
2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film Narrator 2007
Youth Without Youth
Youth Without Youth Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited) 2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum Jason Bourne 2007
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' Self 2007
Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Thirteen Linus Caldwell 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' Self 2007
Crossing Criminal Cultures
Crossing Criminal Cultures Self 2007
The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd Edward Bell Wilson 2006
30 Rock
30 Rock Carol Burnett 2006
The Departed
The Departed Colin 2006
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life Self 2005
Syriana
Syriana Bryan Woodman 2005
De Wereld Draait Door
De Wereld Draait Door Self 2005
After Frank
After Frank Self 2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon Al Shepard (voice) 2005
The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm Wilhelm Grimm 2005
Ocean's Twelve
Ocean's Twelve Linus Caldwell 2004
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party Self 2004
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy Jason Bourne 2004
Entourage
Entourage Matt Damon 2004
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Narrator (voice) 2004
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen Self 2004
Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You Self 2004
Jersey Girl
Jersey Girl PR Exec #2 2004
EuroTrip
EuroTrip Donny 2004
Stuck on You
Stuck on You Bob 2003
Saltlake Van Sant
Saltlake Van Sant Self 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Celebrities Uncensored Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Bachelor Matt 2002
Gerry
Gerry Gerry 2002
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma Self 2002
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity Jason Bourne 2002
American Idol
American Idol Self 2002
The Third Wheel
The Third Wheel Kevin (uncredited) 2002
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Spirit (voice) 2002
The Majestic
The Majestic Luke Trimble (voice) 2001
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven Linus Caldwell 2001
Project Greenlight
Project Greenlight Self 2001
The Bernie Mac Show
The Bernie Mac Show Matt Damon 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Matt Damon (voice) 2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Matt Damon / Will Hunting 2001
Finding Forrester
Finding Forrester Steven Sanderson 2000
All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses John Grady 2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Legend of Bagger Vance Rannulph Junuh 2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' Self 2000
Titan A.E.
Titan A.E. Cale (voice) 2000
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' Self 2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley Tom Ripley 1999
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan Self 1999
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
The Early Show
The Early Show Self - Guest 1999
Dogma
Dogma Loki 1999
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards Self 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack Self 1999
Will & Grace
Will & Grace Owen 1998
Rounders
Rounders Mike McDermott 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan Private Ryan 1998
Jay and Silent Bob's Video Stash
Jay and Silent Bob's Video Stash Cable Guy 1998
Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting Will Hunting 1997
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker Rudy Baylor 1997
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997
Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy Shawn Oran 1997
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Courage Under Fire
Courage Under Fire Ilario 1996
Glory Daze
Glory Daze Edgar Pudwhacker 1995
The Good Old Boys
The Good Old Boys Cotton Calloway 1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Geronimo: An American Legend
Geronimo: An American Legend 2nd Lt. Britton Davis 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
School Ties
School Ties Charlie Dillon 1992
Morgenmagazin
Morgenmagazin Self 1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards Self 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Rising Son
Rising Son Charlie Robinson 1990
Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams Baseball Fan (uncredited) 1989
The Good Mother
The Good Mother Extra (uncredited) 1988
Mystic Pizza
Mystic Pizza Steamer 1988
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight Self 1981
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self (uncredited) 1975
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Today
Today Self 1952
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee / Presenter 1944
Ocean's Fourteen
Ocean's Fourteen Linus Caldwell

Writing Credits (4)

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