Matt Damon
Acting
🎂 1970-10-08
Matthew Paige Damon (/ˈdeɪmən/ DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars in 2007 and, in 2010, was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. Damon made his acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988) before gaining prominence in 1997 when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting, which won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. He established himself as a leading man by starring as Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise (2002–2007; 2016), and Linus Caldwell in the Ocean'strilogy (2001–2007). He received a nomination for an Academy Award. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for playing an astronaut stranded on Mars in The Martian (2015). He also acted in The Rainmaker (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Syriana (2005), The Departed(2006), The Informant! (2009), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Contagion (2011), Ford v Ferrari(2019), Stillwater (2021), Air (2023), and Oppenheimer (2023), the last of which is his highest-grossing feature. On television, Damon portrayed Scott Thorson in the HBO biopic Behind the Candelabra (2013), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He was Emmy-nominated for his guest role in 30 Rock in 2011 and hosting Saturday Night Live in 2019. He also produced the reality series Project Greenlight (2001–2015) and the film Manchester by the Sea (2016). Damon has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films and established two production companies with Affleck, Artists Equity, and Pearl Street Films. He has been involved in charitable work with organizations including the One Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, Feeding America, and Water.org. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Damon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(169)
Self
2015
Self
2010
Self
1996
2019
Self - Guest
2014
Self
2014
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self
2014
Self - Guest
1997
Self (voice)
2001
Self
2015
Self - Guest
1993
Self
2009
Self
1992
Self
2002
Self
2015
1992
Self - Guest
2003
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Carol Burnett
2006
Matt Damon
2004
Self
2005
Self
2015
Matt Damon
2001
Self
1992
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Host
1975
Leslie Groves
2023
Owen
1998
Mann
2014
Self
1953
Loki Actor (archive footage)
2012
Self
1952
Self
2016
Flower (voice)
2024
Self
2023
Redneck #2
2018
Self
1981
Private Ryan
1998
Will Hunting
1997
2023
Actor Loki (uncredited)
2017
Actor Loki
2022
Carroll Shelby
2019
2018
Linus Caldwell
2001
Self
1999
Self - Guest
1999
Mark Watney
2015
Self
2017
Self
2009
Colin
2006
Spirit (voice)
2002
Linus Caldwell (deleted scene) (uncredited)
2018
Odysseus
2026
Sonny Vaccaro
2023
Jason Bourne
2002
Linus Caldwell
2004
William
2016
Jason Bourne
2016
Rory
2024
Jason Bourne
2007
Max
2013
Benjamin Mee
2011
Tom Ripley
1999
Jason Bourne
2004
Linus Caldwell
2007
Donny
2004
Sir Jean de Carrouges
2021
LaBoeuf
2010
Mitch Emhoff
2011
Senator Gary Channel
2024
Self
1994
Paul Safranek
2017
Francois Pienaar
2009
Rudy Baylor
1997
Bill (voice)
2011
David Norris
2011
2nd Lt. Britton Davis
1993
Lt. James Granger
2014
Bill Baker
2021
Loki
1999
PR Exec #2
2004
Mike McDermott
1998
Wilhelm Grimm
2005
Redneck #2
2018
Roy Miller
2010
Bryan Woodman
2005
Narrator (voice)
2011
Edward Bell Wilson
2006
Rannulph Junuh
2000
Bachelor Matt
2002
Detective Ferguson
2018
Cale (voice)
2000
Gardner Lodge
2017
Steamer
1988
Steven Sanderson
2000
Loki
2019
Matt Damon / Will Hunting
2001
Shawn Oran
1997
Mike Lowen (uncredited)
2021
George Lonegan
2010
Narrator
2010
Ilario
1996
Self
2025
Steve Butler
2012
Management
2013
Fr. Schwartz
2008
Charlie Dillon
1992
Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited)
2007
Scott Thorson
2013
Bob
2003
Self
2003
Mark Watney
2015
Aaron Caije
2011
Mark Whitacre
2009
John Grady
2000
Luke Trimble (voice)
2001
Self (voice)
2024
Self - Actor Loki
2022
Lt. Dane Dumars
2026
(archive footage)
2012
Gerry
2002
Al Shepard (voice)
2005
Kevin (uncredited)
2002
Self
2014
Self
2009
Self
2012
Charlie Robinson
1990
Self
2010
Cotton Calloway
1995
Self - Leslie Groves Jr.
2023
Himself
2025
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
2011
Self
2021
Edgar Pudwhacker
1995
Self - Nominee
1999
Extra (uncredited)
1988
Self
2005
Self
2010
Self
2019
Self
2018
Self
2020
Self
2002
Self
2007
Self
2008
Narrator (voice)
2017
Self
2004
narrator
2007
Narrator (voice)
2011
Narrator (voice)
2011
Self
2008
Self
2016
Self
2021
Self
2004
Narrator (voice)
2004
Self
2000
Self
2012
Self
2007
Self
2000
Self
2007
Self
2003
Self
2004
Self
1999
Self
2005
Self
2011
Narrator
2016
Production (28)
Executive Producer
2025
Executive Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2016
Executive Producer
2001
Producer
2023
Producer
2016
Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2024
Producer
2021
Producer
2016
Executive Producer
2002
Producer
2024
Producer
2012
Executive Producer
2005
Producer
2026
Executive Producer
2003
Executive Producer
2002
Executive Producer
2025
Producer
Executive Producer
2009
Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2017
Producer
2002
Executive Producer
2002
Producer
2023
Producer
2024
Producer
Producer
2007
