Matt Damon

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October 8, 1970

Matthew Paige Damon

Was in a relationship with Winona Ryder (December 1997-March 2000).

Was in a relationship with Penélope Cruz (June-December 2000).

Luciana Barroso (9 December 2005 - present) 3 children

Actor

2011 We Bought a Zoo

2011 Contagion

2011 Happy Feet Two in 3D (voice)

2011 The Adjustment Bureau

2011 Margaret

2010 True Grit

2010 30 Rock (TV series)

2010 Hereafter

2010 Green Zone

2009 Invictus

2009 The Informant!

2008 Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (voice: English version)

2008 Che: Part Two

2007 Youth Without Youth (uncredited)

2007 The Bourne Ultimatum

2007 Ocean's Thirteen

2006 The Good Shepherd

2006 The Departed

2005 Syriana

2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (documentary short) (voice)

2005 The Brothers Grimm

2004 Ocean's Twelve

2004 The Bourne Supremacy

2004 Jersey Girl

2004 EuroTrip

2003 Stuck on You

2003 Reel Comedy (TV series)

2002 The Bourne Identity

2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002 The Third Wheel(uncredited)

2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (voice)

2002 Will & Grace (TV series)

2002 Gerry

2001 The Majestic (voice)

2001 Ocean's Eleven

2000 All the Pretty Horses

2000 Finding Forrester

2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000 Titan A.E. (voice)

1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999 Dogma

1998 Rounders

1998 Saving Private Ryan

1997 Good Will Hunting

1997 The Rainmaker

1997 Chasing Amy

1996 Courage Under Fire

1995 Glory Daze

1995 The Good Old Boys (TV movie)

1993 Geronimo: An American Legend

1992 School Ties

1991 The Hard Way (uncredited)

1990 Rising Son (TV movie)

1989 Field of Dreams (uncredited)

1988 The Good Mother (uncredited)

1988 Mystic Pizza

Producer

2010 The People Speak UK (documentary) (co-executive producer)

2009 The People Speak (documentary) (executive producer)

2008 Running the Sahara (documentary) (executive producer)

2005 Feast (executive producer)

2005 Project Greenlight 3 (TV series) (executive producer)

2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights (executive producer)

2003 All Grown Up (TV movie) (executive producer)

2003 Project Greenlight 2 (TV series) (executive producer)

2002 Push, Nevada (TV series) (executive producer)

2002 The Third Wheel (executive producer)

2001-2002 Project Greenlight (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)

2002 Speakeasy (executive producer)

2002 Stolen Summer (producer)

Writer

2002 Gerry (written by)

1997 Good Will Hunting (written by)

Appearances

2004-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)

2009-2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)

2009-2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)

2006-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

2010 Matt Damon: Ready for Action (video documentary short)

2010 Inside 'The Green Zone' (video documentary short)

2010 Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)

2010 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)

2010 The 7PM Project (TV series)

2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)

2002-2010 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)

1998-2010 The Charlie Rose Show

2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

2006-2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2010 Ponyo: Behind the Microphone - The Voices of Ponyo (video documentary short)

2010 Ponyo: The Producer's Perspective - Telling the Story (video documentary short)

2010 Ponyo: The Nursery (video documentary short)

2010 Ponyo: Creating Ponyo (video documentary short)

2010 Ponyo: Ponyo & Fujimoto (video documentary short)

2010 Go' aften Danmark (TV series)

2010 Inside Job (documentary)Narration

2010 Xposé (TV series)

2010 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)

2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV movie)

2010 Teenage Paparazzo (documentary)

2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards

2010 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV movie)

2010 Plan B (documentary) (voice)

1998-2009 Nyhetsmorgon (TV series)

2009 The People Speak (documentary)

2009 The Jay Leno Show (TV series)

2009 Entourage (TV series)

2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)

2009 Días de cine (TV series)

2007-2009 The Daily Show

2009 2009 World Series of Poker (TV series)

2009 Grindhouse: Collection of non-created films (documentary short)

2003-2009 Journey to Planet Earth (TV series documentary)Narrator

2008 Running the Sahara (documentary)Narrator

2008 Spike Guys Choice (TV movie)

2008 The Commuter Talk Show (short)

2008 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (TV series)

2008 Empire Movie Awards 2008 (TV movie)

2008 Cinetipp (TV series documentary)

2008 Beyond the Expedition: Running the Sahara (TV documentary)

2007 One x One Gala (TV movie)

2007 Planning the Punches (video short)

2007 The Evolution of Nicky (video short)

2007 Man on the Move: Jason Bourne (video short)

2007 Driving School (video short)

2007 Rooftop Pursuit (video short)

2007 Coda: Thirty Years Later (TV documentary)

2007 AXN Buzz (TV series)

2007 Eigo de shabera-night (TV series)

2007 The Montel Williams Show (TV series)

2007 Jensen! (TV series)

2007 20 heures le journal (TV series)

2007 Getaway (TV series)

2006-2007 Weekend Sunrise (TV series)

2007 Shownieuws (TV series documentary)

2007 The Bourne Ultimatum: T4 Movie Special (TV movie)

1998-2007 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)

2000-2007 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

2007 eTalk (TV series)

2007 Larry King Live (TV series)

2007 Good Morning America

2007 De Niro: A Self Portrait (TV documentary short)

2005-2007 Corazón de... (TV series)

2007 Crossing Criminal Cultures (video documentary short)

2007 Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' (video documentary short)

2001-2007 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)

2006 The Early Show (TV series)

2006 George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)

2006 Movie Rush (TV series documentary)

2005-2006 Film '72 (TV series)

2004-2005 GMTV (TV series)

2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series) (voice)

2005 Project Greenlight 3 (TV series)

2000-2005 Biography

2005 Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (TV special)

2004 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)

2004 60 Minutes (TV series)

2004 Mondo Thingo (TV series)

2004 The Panel (TV series)

2004 Rove Live

2004 Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (TV series)

2004 From Gerry to Elephant (video documentary short)

2004 Live with Regis and Kelly

2004 Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (documentary) (voice)

2004 Making 'Saving Private Ryan' (video documentary short)

2004 'Saving Private Ryan': Miller and His Platoon (video documentary short)

2004 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp (video documentary short)

2003-2004 Tinseltown TV (TV series)

1999-2003 Late Night with Conan O'Brien

2003 Saltlake Van Sant (video documentary short)

2003 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)

2003 Project Greenlight 2 (TV series)

2001-2002 Saturday Night Live

2002 The Bernie Mac Show (TV series)

2002 Extra

1997-2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show

2002 2002 MTV Movie Awards

2001-2002 Project Greenlight (TV series)

2000 Lux (TV series)

2001 Revealed with Jules Asner (TV series)

2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV special documentary)

2001 Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma (video documentary short)

2000 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary)

2000 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special documentary)

2000 Reflections on 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (video documentary)

1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special)(uncredited)

1999 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)

1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards

1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack (video documentary short)

1999 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (video documentary short)

1998 Mundo VIP (TV series)

1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards

1998 Moviewatch (TV series documentary)

1998 Howard Stern (TV series)

1998 The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards

1998 Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan' (video documentary short)

1998 Return to Normandy (video documentary)

1997 The Making of 'Good Will Hunting' (video documentary short)

1995 Academy Live (TV series)

Academy Awards

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: Invictus (2009).

1998 Won Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

1998 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2005 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor for: The Bourne Supremacy (2004).

American Cinematheque Gala Tribute

2010 Won American Cinematheque Award

Berlin International Film Festival

1998 Won Silver Berlin Bear Outstanding Single Achievement for: Good Will Hunting (1997). For his screenwriting and acting in the film.

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Drama/Romance for: All the Pretty Horses (2000).

2000 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Suspense for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

1999 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Video for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

1998 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Drama for: The Rainmaker (1997).

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actor for: Invictus (2009).

2005 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble for: Ocean's Twelve (2004).

1998 Won Critics Choice Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

1998 Won Critics Choice Award Breakthrough Artist for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Nominated CFCA Award Best Actor for: The Informant! (2009).

1998 Won CFCA Award Most Promising Actor for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

Chlotrudis Awards

1998 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Screenplay for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

DVD Exclusive Awards

2003 Nominated DVD Premiere Award Best Audio Commentary, New Release for: Ocean's Eleven (2001).

Emmy Awards

2005 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Reality Program for: "Project Greenlight 3" (2005).

2004 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Reality Program for: "Project Greenlight 2" (2003).

2002 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality) for: "Project Greenlight" (2001).

Empire Awards, UK

2008 Nominated Empire Award Best Actor for: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

2005 Won Empire Award Best Actor for: The Bourne Supremacy (2004).

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

1998 Won FFCC Award Newcomer of the Year for: Good Will Hunting (1997). For their screenwriting.

Golden Globes

2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for: The Informant! (2009).

2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Invictus (2009).

2000 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

1998 Won Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

1998 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

Humanitas Prize

1998 Won Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

Kids' Choice Awards, USA

2003 Nominated Blimp Award Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie for: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Actor for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

2000 Nominated Sierra Award Best Actor for: All the Pretty Horses (2000).

1998 Won Sierra Award Most Promising Actor for: Good Will Hunting (1997) and The Rainmaker (1997).

London Critics Circle Film Awards

1999 Nominated ALFS Award Actor of the Year for: Good Will Hunting (1997), The Rainmaker (1997) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).

1999 Nominated ALFS Award Screenwriter of the Year for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

MTV Movie Awards

2008 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight for: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). Shared with: Joey Ansah

2008 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Male Performance for: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

2005 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Male Performance for: The Bourne Supremacy (2004).

2002 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Team for: Ocean's Eleven (2001).

2000 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Musical Performance for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). For the song "Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano".

2000 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Villain for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

1998 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Kiss for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Minnie Driver

1998 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Male Performance for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

1998 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

National Board of Review, USA

2006 Won NBR Award Best Ensemble for: The Departed (2006).

1997 Won NBR Award Special Achievement in Filmmaking for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

Online Film Critics Society Awards

1999 Won OFCS Award Best Ensemble Cast Performance for: Saving Private Ryan (1998).

1998 Nominated OFCS Award Best Screenplay for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

PGA Awards

2004 Nominated Television Producer of the Year Award in Reality/Game/Informational Series for: "Project Greenlight 2" (2003).

2003 Nominated Television Producer of the Year Award in Reality/Game/Informational Series for: "Project Greenlight" (2001).

People's Choice Awards

2008 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Male Action Star

2007 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Leading Man

2007 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite On-Screen Match-Up for: The Departed (2006). Shared with: Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Nicholson

2005 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Male Action Movie Star

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2002 Nominated PFCS Award Best Acting Ensemble for: Ocean's Eleven (2001).

Satellite Awards

2009 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for: The Informant! (2009).

1998 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Original for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

1998 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2010 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for: Invictus (2009).

2007 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: The Departed (2006).

1999 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast for: Saving Private Ryan (1998).

1998 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

1998 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for: Good Will Hunting (1997).

ShoWest Convention, USA

2005 Won ShoWest Award Male Star of the Year

1998 Won ShoWest Award Male Star of Tomorrow

Teen Choice Awards

2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure for: Green Zone (2010).

2007 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie: Chemistry for: Ocean's Thirteen (2007).

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure/Thriller for: The Bourne Supremacy (2004).

2000 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Actor for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

2000 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Liar for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

1999 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Actor

Walk of Fame (Hollywood)

2007 Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 25 July. At 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Western Heritage Awards

2003 Won Bronze Wrangler Theatrical Motion Picture for: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).

Writers Guild of America

1998 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for: Good Will Hunting (1997). Shared with: Ben Affleck

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Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Matt Damon’s film debut came in Mystic Pizza (1988), with a small role alongside the similarly nascent star Julia Roberts. Steady success with minor roles led him to leave Harvard University just shy of graduation, a gamble that paid off with well-received parts in movies such as Courage Under Fire (1996), as a heroin-addicted Gulf War veteran. Yet it was Good Will Hunting (1997), which he wrote and costarred in with friend and fellow actor Ben Affleck, that gave him stardom and won him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He was also nominated for Best Actor.


In the wake of that movie’s success, Damon and Affleck produced, with mixed results, the TV program Project Greenlight (2001), a documentary series that awarded inexperienced filmmakers a chance to make it big in the independent film world. Damon still worked on a number of critically praised and commercially rewarded films, including Saving Private Ryan (1998) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). He also took part in smaller films for respected filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Smith, Gus Van Sant, and Terry Gilliam. As Jason Bourne, the amnesiac trained killer on the run, he entered blockbuster territory with The Bourne Identity (2002) and its sequel The Bourne Supremacy (2004). He then revisited the independent realm with Syriana (2005), playing a conflicted business consultant and starring alongside George Clooney, with whom he worked on Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and its sequel, and who directed him in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). Given that Damon often flips between good and bad-guy roles, he played his ideal role as Colin Sullivan, the undercover criminal posing as a cop in Martin Scorsese’s thriller The Departed (2006).

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

Auditioned for a role in To Die For (1995)

Audtioned for a part in Primal Fear (1996)

Both he and Ben Affleck worked as extras on the film Field of Dreams (1989)

Turned down the lead role in The Quick and the Dead (1995).

Turned down the lead role in The Majestic (2001).

Turned down the part of Bobby Mercer in Four Brothers (2005)

Turned down the role of Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight (2008).

Salary

The Brothers Grimm (2005) $10,000,000

The Bourne Identity (2002) $10,000,000

Ocean's Eleven (2001) $5,000,000

All the Pretty Horses (2000) $5,500,000

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) $7,000,000

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) $5,000,000

Rounders (1998) $600,000

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