Matt Damon

Matt Damon

08 Oct 1970 (54 years old) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award from five nominations, and two Golden Globe Awards. He also received three BAFTA Award nominations, seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and six Screen Actors Guild Awards. Damon made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988). He came to prominence when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting (1997), which won them the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. He continued to garner praise for his roles in Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), the Ocean's trilogy (2001-2007), the Bourne franchise (2002-2016), The Departed (2006), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Behind The Candelabra (2013), The Martian (2015), Ford v Ferrari (2019), and Air (2023). Damon has co-written the feature films Good Will Hunting (1997), Gerry (2002), Promised Land (2012) and The Last Duel (2021). He has produced the reality series Project Greenlight (2001-2015) as well as multiple films including Manchester by the Sea (2016) and The Last Duel (2021). In 2022, he co-founded the production company Artists Equity.

Known For

Credits

  • 2026 · Untitled Christopher Nolan Universal Project as
  • 2024 · The Instigators as Rory
  • 2024 · IF as Flower (voice)
  • 2024 · The Roast of Tom Brady as Voice
  • 2024 · Drive-Away Dolls as Senator Gary Channel
  • 2023 · 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp as Self
  • 2023 · Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth as Self
  • 2023 · Oppenheimer as Leslie Groves
  • 2023 · Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - Leslie Groves Jr.
  • 2023 · SmartLess: On the Road as
  • 2023 · Air as Sonny Vaccaro
  • 2023 · Time Bomb Y2K as Self (archive footage)
  • 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Actor Loki
  • 2022 · Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Loki
  • 2021 · The Making of the Last Duel as Self
  • 2021 · The Last Duel as Sir Jean de Carrouges
  • 2021 · Stillwater as Bill Baker
  • 2021 · No Sudden Move as Mike Lowen (uncredited)
  • 2021 · Clerk as Self
  • 2020 · Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life as Self
  • 2019 · Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Self
  • 2019 · Ford v Ferrari as Carroll Shelby
  • 2019 · Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Loki (uncredited)
  • 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
  • 2018 · Once Upon a Deadpool as Redneck #2
  • 2018 · Firing Line with Margaret Hoover as
  • 2018 · Deadpool 2 as Redneck #2
  • 2018 · Unsane as Detective Ferguson
  • 2018 · Die Clint Eastwood Story as Self
  • 2017 · Downsizing as Paul Safranek
  • 2017 · Suburbicon as Gardner Lodge
  • 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Loki (uncredited)
  • 2017 · Life of Kylie as Self
  • 2017 · Boston as Narrator (voice)
  • 2016 · The Great Wall as William
  • 2016 · Backpack Full of Cash as Narrator
  • 2016 · Jason Bourne as Jason Bourne
  • 2016 · Geeking Out as Self
  • 2016 · The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' as Self
  • 2015 · Jay Leno's Garage as Self
  • 2015 · The Martian as Mark Watney
  • 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
  • 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
  • 2015 · ARES: live as Mark Watney
  • 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
  • 2014 · Interstellar as Mann
  • 2014 · Robin Williams Remembered as Self
  • 2014 · The Man Who Saved the World as Self
  • 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
  • 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
  • 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
  • 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
  • 2014 · The Monuments Men as Lt. James Granger
  • 2013 · The Zero Theorem as Management
  • 2013 · Elysium as Max
  • 2013 · Behind the Candelabra as Scott Thorson
  • 2012 · Radioman as Self
  • 2012 · Promised Land as Steve Butler
  • 2012 · Honest Trailers as Loki Actor (archive footage)
  • 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
  • 2011 · We Bought a Zoo as Benjamin Mee
  • 2011 · Happy Feet Two as Bill (voice)
  • 2011 · Women, War & Peace as Narrator (voice)
  • 2011 · Margaret as Aaron Caije
  • 2011 · Contagion as Mitch Emhoff
  • 2011 · American Teacher as Narrator (voice)
  • 2011 · Plan B as Narrator (voice)
  • 2011 · His Way as Self
  • 2011 · The Adjustment Bureau as David Norris
  • 2010 · True Grit as LaBoeuf
  • 2010 · 14 Actors Acting as Self
  • 2010 · Conan as Self
  • 2010 · Hereafter as George Lonegan
  • 2010 · Inside Job as Narrator
  • 2010 · Green Zone as Roy Miller
  • 2010 · Teenage Paparazzo as Self
  • 2009 · Invictus as Francois Pienaar
  • 2009 · The Informant! as Mark Whitacre
  • 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
  • 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
  • 2009 · Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
  • 2008 · Che: Part Two as Fr. Schwartz
  • 2008 · Prince: 21 Nights in London as Self
  • 2008 · Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
  • 2007 · Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
  • 2007 · 2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film as narrator
  • 2007 · Youth Without Youth as Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited)
  • 2007 · The Bourne Ultimatum as Jason Bourne
  • 2007 · Ocean's Thirteen as Linus Caldwell
  • 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
  • 2007 · Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' as Self
  • 2007 · Crossing Criminal Cultures as Self
  • 2006 · The Good Shepherd as Edward Bell Wilson
  • 2006 · 30 Rock as Carol Burnett
  • 2006 · The Departed as Colin
  • 2005 · The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
  • 2005 · Syriana as Bryan Woodman
  • 2005 · De Wereld Draait Door as Self
  • 2005 · After Frank as Self
  • 2005 · Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Al Shepard (voice)
  • 2005 · The Brothers Grimm as Wilhelm Grimm
  • 2004 · Ocean's Twelve as Linus Caldwell
  • 2004 · Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party as Self
  • 2004 · The Bourne Supremacy as Jason Bourne
  • 2004 · Entourage as Matt Damon
  • 2004 · Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train as Narrator (voice)
  • 2004 · Making 'Saving Private Ryan' as Self
  • 2004 · Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen as Self
  • 2004 · Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You as Self
  • 2004 · Jersey Girl as PR Exec #2
  • 2004 · EuroTrip as Donny
  • 2003 · Stuck on You as Bob
  • 2003 · Saltlake Van Sant as Self
  • 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
  • 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
  • 2002 · Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Bachelor Matt
  • 2002 · Gerry as Gerry
  • 2002 · The Bourne Identity as Jason Bourne
  • 2002 · American Idol as Self
  • 2002 · The Third Wheel as Kevin (uncredited)
  • 2002 · Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as Spirit (voice)
  • 2001 · The Majestic as Luke Trimble (voice)
  • 2001 · Ocean's Eleven as Linus Caldwell
  • 2001 · The Bernie Mac Show as Matt Damon
  • 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Self (voice)
  • 2001 · Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Matt Damon / Will Hunting (uncredited)
  • 2001 · Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma as Self
  • 2000 · Finding Forrester as Steven Sanderson
  • 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as John Grady
  • 2000 · The Legend of Bagger Vance as Rannulph Junuh
  • 2000 · Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
  • 2000 · Titan A.E. as Cale Tucker (voice)
  • 2000 · Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
  • 1999 · The Talented Mr. Ripley as Tom Ripley
  • 1999 · Dogma as Loki
  • 1999 · The Early Show as Self
  • 1999 · The Early Show as Self - Guest
  • 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
  • 1999 · The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack as Self
  • 1998 · Will & Grace as Owen
  • 1998 · Rounders as Mike McDermott
  • 1998 · Saving Private Ryan as Private Ryan
  • 1997 · Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting
  • 1997 · The Rainmaker as Rudy Baylor
  • 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
  • 1997 · Chasing Amy as Shawn Oran
  • 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
  • 1996 · Courage Under Fire as Ilario
  • 1995 · Glory Daze as Edgar Pudwhacker
  • 1995 · The Good Old Boys as Cotton Calloway
  • 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
  • 1993 · Geronimo: An American Legend as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis
  • 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
  • 1992 · School Ties as Charlie Dillon
  • 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
  • 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
  • 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
  • 1990 · Rising Son as Charlie Robinson
  • 1989 · Field of Dreams as Baseball Fan at Fenway Park (uncredited)
  • 1988 · Mystic Pizza as Steamer
  • 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
  • 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  • 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
  • 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Handsome Drug Addict
  • 1975 · Saturday Night Live as
  • 1953 · The Oscars as Self
  • 1952 · Today as Self
  • 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
  • 2024 · Animals as Milo Bradford
  • 2024 · RIP as
  • 2024 · The Bourne Dilemma as Jason Bourne