Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Birthdate
October 8, 1970 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
October 8, 1970 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Matt Damon's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tom Ripley
Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy
Shawn Oran
Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra
Scott Thorson

Acting (172)

The Bourne Dilemma as Jason Bourne
Animals as Milo Bradford
RIP
2026
Untitled Christopher Nolan Film
2024
The Instigators as Rory
2024
IF as Flower (voice)
2024
The Roast of Tom Brady as Self (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 (1 episode)
2023
Oppenheimer as Leslie Groves
2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - Leslie Groves Jr.
2023
SmartLess: On the Road (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool as Redneck #2
2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' as Self
2015
Jay Leno's Garage as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Martian as Mark Watney
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (2 episodes)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2015
ARES: live as Mark Watney (6 episodes)
2015
Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (3 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (2 episodes)
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) (1 episode)
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) (1 episode)
2011
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2009
Live from Studio Five as Self (2 episodes)
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 (2 episodes)
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 (4 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Self (voice) (1 episode)
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 (2 episodes)
1999
The Early Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1999
Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack as Self
1998
Will & Grace as Owen (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1997
Chasing Amy as Shawn Oran
1996
The Daily Show as Self (4 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
1993
Geronimo: An American Legend as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1992
School Ties as Charlie Dillon
1992
Morgenmagazin as Self (1 episode)
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Handsome Drug Addict (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (4 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1953
The Oscars as Self (2 episodes)
1952
Today as Self (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)

Production (29)

Kiss of the Spider Woman • Producer
• Producer
Animals • Producer
• Producer
RIP • Producer
• Producer
Killing Gawker • Producer
• Producer
2025
The Accountant 2 • Producer
• Producer
2024
Unstoppable
• Executive Producer
• Producer
2024
Small Things Like These • Producer
• Producer
2024
The Instigators • Producer
• Producer
2024
Kiss the Future • Producer
• Producer
2023
For People in Trouble • Producer
• Producer
2023
Air • Producer
• Producer
2021
The Last Duel • Producer
• Producer
2019
City on a Hill • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2017
Bending the Arc • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Incorporated • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2016
Manchester by the Sea • Producer
• Producer
2016
Jason Bourne • Producer
• Producer
2015
The Leisure Class • Producer
• Producer
2012
Promised Land • Producer
• Producer
2009
The People Speak • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2007
Running the Sahara • Producer
• Producer
2005
Feast • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2003
The Battle of Shaker Heights • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2002
Push, Nevada • Executive Producer (7 episodes)
• Executive Producer (7 episodes)
2002
The Third Wheel • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2002
Stolen Summer • Producer
• Producer
2002
Speakeasy • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2001
Project Greenlight • Executive Producer (34 episodes)
• Executive Producer (34 episodes)

Editing (1)

2002
Gerry • Editor
• Editor

Creator (1)

2002
Push, Nevada • Creator
• Creator

Writing (4)

2021
The Last Duel • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2012
Promised Land • Writer
• Writer
2002
Gerry • Writer
• Writer
1997
Good Will Hunting • Writer
• Writer

Crew (1)

2007
Gone Baby Gone • Thanks
• Thanks