About
Matt Damon
Overview
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
Acting |
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2026 | Untitled Christopher Nolan Film | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2024 | The Instigators | Actor | Rory | 60 Fair |
2024 | IF | Actor | Flower (voice) | 68 Fair |
2024 | The Roast of Tom Brady | Actor | Self (voice) | 59 Average |
2024 | Drive-Away Dolls | Actor | Senator Gary Channel | 57 Average |
2023 | A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2023 | 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2023 | Oppenheimer | Actor | Leslie Groves | 79 Good |
2023 | Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer | Actor | Self - Leslie Groves Jr. | 59 Average |
2023 | Air | Actor | Sonny Vaccaro | 70 Good |
2023 | Time Bomb Y2K | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor | Self - Actor Loki | 59 Average |
2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor | Actor Loki | 63 Fair |
2021 | The Making of the Last Duel | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2021 | The Last Duel | Actor | Sir Jean de Carrouges | 72 Good |
2021 | Stillwater | Actor | Bill Baker | 63 Fair |
2021 | No Sudden Move | Actor | Mike Lowen (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
2021 | Clerk | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2020 | Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2019 | Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2019 | Ford v Ferrari | Actor | Carroll Shelby | 78 Good |
2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Actor | Loki (uncredited) | 57 Average |
2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool | Actor | Redneck #2 | 66 Fair |
2018 | Deadpool 2 | Actor | Redneck #2 | 74 Good |
2018 | Unsane | Actor | Detective Ferguson | 61 Fair |
2018 | Die Clint Eastwood Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2017 | Downsizing | Actor | Paul Safranek | 54 Average |
2017 | Suburbicon | Actor | Gardner Lodge | 58 Average |
2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor | Actor Loki (uncredited) | 75 Good |
2017 | Boston | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 60 Fair |
2016 | The Great Wall | Actor | William | 60 Fair |
2016 | Backpack Full of Cash | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2016 | Jason Bourne | Actor | Jason Bourne | 63 Fair |
2016 | The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2015 | The Martian | Actor | Mark Watney | 76 Good |
2015 | ARES: live | Actor | Mark Watney | 68 Fair |
2014 | Interstellar | Actor | Mann | 83 Very good |
2014 | Robin Williams Remembered | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2014 | The Man Who Saved the World | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | The Monuments Men | Actor | Lt. James Granger | 60 Fair |
2013 | The Zero Theorem | Actor | Management | 60 Fair |
2013 | Elysium | Actor | Max | 64 Fair |
2013 | Behind the Candelabra | Actor | Scott Thorson | 63 Fair |
2012 | Radioman | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2012 | Promised Land | Actor | Steve Butler | 61 Fair |
2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Actor | (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
2011 | We Bought a Zoo | Actor | Benjamin Mee | 66 Fair |
2011 | Happy Feet Two | Actor | Bill (voice) | 60 Fair |
2011 | Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2011 | Margaret | Actor | Aaron Caije | 60 Fair |
2011 | Contagion | Actor | Mitch Emhoff | 65 Fair |
2011 | American Teacher | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
2011 | Plan B | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2011 | His Way | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | Actor | David Norris | 67 Fair |
2010 | True Grit | Actor | LaBoeuf | 71 Good |
2010 | 14 Actors Acting | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2010 | Hereafter | Actor | George Lonegan | 60 Fair |
2010 | Inside Job | Actor | Narrator | 70 Good |
2010 | Green Zone | Actor | Roy Miller | 63 Fair |
2010 | Teenage Paparazzo | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2009 | Invictus | Actor | Francois Pienaar | 70 Good |
2009 | The Informant! | Actor | Mark Whitacre | 60 Fair |
2009 | Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2008 | Che: Part Two | Actor | Fr. Schwartz | 63 Fair |
2008 | Che | Actor | Father Schwarz | N/A N/A |
2008 | Prince: 21 Nights in London | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2008 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Coda: Thirty Years Later | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | 2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film | Actor | narrator | 59 Average |
2007 | Youth Without Youth | Actor | Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Actor | Jason Bourne | 73 Good |
2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Actor | Linus Caldwell | 66 Fair |
2007 | Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Crossing Criminal Cultures | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2006 | The Good Shepherd | Actor | Edward Bell Wilson | 61 Fair |
2006 | The Departed | Actor | Colin | 80 Very good |
2005 | The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2005 | Syriana | Actor | Bryan Woodman | 62 Fair |
2005 | After Frank | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Actor | Al Shepard (voice) | 59 Average |
2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Actor | Wilhelm Grimm | 58 Average |
2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Actor | Linus Caldwell | 65 Fair |
2004 | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Actor | Jason Bourne | 72 Good |
2004 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2004 | Making 'Saving Private Ryan' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | Jersey Girl | Actor | PR Exec #2 | 60 Fair |
2004 | EuroTrip | Actor | Donny | 64 Fair |
2003 | Stuck on You | Actor | Bob | 55 Average |
2003 | Saltlake Van Sant | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Actor | Bachelor Matt | 64 Fair |
2002 | Gerry | Actor | Gerry | 59 Average |
2002 | The Bourne Identity | Actor | Jason Bourne | 73 Good |
2002 | The Third Wheel | Actor | Kevin (uncredited) | 57 Average |
2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Actor | Spirit (voice) | 75 Good |
2001 | The Majestic | Actor | Luke Trimble (voice) | 63 Fair |
2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Actor | Linus Caldwell | 73 Good |
2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Actor | Matt Damon / Will Hunting (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
2001 | Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Finding Forrester | Actor | Steven Sanderson | 67 Fair |
2000 | All the Pretty Horses | Actor | John Grady | 58 Average |
2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Actor | Rannulph Junuh | 62 Fair |
2000 | Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Titan A.E. | Actor | Cale Tucker (voice) | 63 Fair |
2000 | Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Actor | Tom Ripley | 70 Good |
1999 | Dogma | Actor | Loki | 67 Fair |
1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1998 | Rounders | Actor | Mike McDermott | 67 Fair |
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Actor | Private Ryan | 81 Very good |
1997 | Good Will Hunting | Actor | Will Hunting | 80 Very good |
1997 | The Rainmaker | Actor | Rudy Baylor | 66 Fair |
1997 | Chasing Amy | Actor | Shawn Oran | 65 Fair |
1996 | Courage Under Fire | Actor | Ilario | 62 Fair |
1995 | Glory Daze | Actor | Edgar Pudwhacker | 58 Average |
1995 | The Good Old Boys | Actor | Cotton Calloway | 59 Average |
1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Actor | 2nd Lt. Britton Davis | 60 Fair |
1992 | School Ties | Actor | Charlie Dillon | 61 Fair |
1990 | Rising Son | Actor | Charlie Robinson | 59 Average |
1989 | Field of Dreams | Actor | Baseball Fan at Fenway Park (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
1988 | Mystic Pizza | Actor | Steamer | 60 Fair |
Untitled McDonald's Monopoly Project | Actor | 60 Fair |
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The Force | Actor | Denny Malone | N/A N/A |
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RIP | Actor | N/A N/A |
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The Bourne Dilemma | Actor | Jason Bourne | N/A N/A |
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Animals | Actor | Milo Bradford | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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2021 | The Last Duel | Writing | Screenplay | 72 Good |
2012 | Promised Land | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
2002 | Gerry | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1997 | Good Will Hunting | Writing | Writer | 80 Very good |
Production |
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2025 | The Accountant 2 | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2024 | Unstoppable | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2024 | Unstoppable | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2024 | Small Things Like These | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2024 | The Instigators | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
2024 | Kiss the Future | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2023 | For People in Trouble | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2023 | Air | Production | Producer | 70 Good |
2021 | The Last Duel | Production | Producer | 72 Good |
2017 | Bending the Arc | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2016 | Incorporated | Production | Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Production | Producer | 74 Good |
2016 | Jason Bourne | Production | Producer | 63 Fair |
2015 | The Leisure Class | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2012 | Promised Land | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
2009 | The People Speak | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2007 | Running the Sahara | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2005 | Feast | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
2003 | The Battle of Shaker Heights | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2002 | Push, Nevada | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
2002 | The Third Wheel | Production | Executive Producer | 57 Average |
2002 | Stolen Summer | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2002 | Speakeasy | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
Untitled McDonald's Monopoly Project | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
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Animals | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Kiss of the Spider Woman | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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RIP | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Killing Gawker | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Crew | Thanks | 71 Good |
Editing |
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2002 | Gerry | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |