Name : Matt Damon
Born : 8 October 1970 (Age: 40)
Where : Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Height : 5' 10"
Occupation : Actor, screenwriter, producer
Years active : 1988–present
Spouse : Luciana Barroso (m. 2005–present)
Awards : Won 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe
BIOGRAPHY
MATT DAMON is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents. Most recently he reprised his starring roles as Jason Bourne in the The Bourne Ultimatum for director Paul Greengrass as well as the infamous Linus Caldwell in Ocean’s Thirteen for director Steven Soderbergh.
Audiences will next see Damon reteam with director Paul Greengrass on The Green Zone and with director Steven Soderbergh on The Informant.
Damon will begin shooting The Human Factor for director Clint Eastwood in February 2009. He stars in the film alongside Morgan Freeman.
In 2006, Damon was appear alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson in the Academy Award winning film The Departed for director Martin Scorsese and in The Good Shepherd with Angelina Jolie for director Robert DeNiro.
In 2005, Damon starred with George Clooney in the geopolitical thriller Syriana for director Stephen Gaghan and in The Brothers Grimm with Heath Ledger for director Terry Gilliam.
In 2004, Damon portrayed Linus Caldwell for the second time in Ocean’s Twelve for director Steven Soderbergh, and Jason Bourne for director Paul Greengrass in the boxoffice hit The Bourne Supremacy, the second installment in the series following The Bourne Identity.
Prior to these films, Damon starred with Greg Kinnear in the Farrelly Brothers comedy Stuck On You in 2003.
In 2002, he starred as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity for director Doug Liman and in Gerry with Casey Affleck for director Gus Van Sant and in 2001 he starred in Oceans Eleven.
In 2000, audiences saw Damon star in the film version of the Cormick McCarthy book All the Pretty Horses for director Billy Bob Thornton and in The Legend of Bagger Vance, for director Robert Redford.
In 1999, Damon starred in Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. That same year he rejoined Chasing Amy director Kevin Smith and pal Ben Affleck in Dogma, a film about a pair of outcast angels.
In 1998, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with longtime friend Ben Affleck for the critically-acclaimed drama Good Will Hunting, a coming-of-age story about a young mathematical genius who, due to his upbringing in inner-city Boston, can’t live up to his potential. Damon also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in the title role. In addition, both he and Affleck received a Golden Globe Award for their screenplay, and Damon also garnered a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. The film, directed by Gus Van Sant, received seven additional Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture and a win for Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actor.
In the same year, Damon starred in the title role of the World War II drama Saving Private Ryan for Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, and in John Dahl’s Rounders, about a reformed gambler who is drawn back into New York’s underground poker world to help a recently paroled friend pay off loan sharks.
In 1997, Damon made a cameo appearance in Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy and, in the same year, he starred as an idealistic young attorney in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker, based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham.
Damon first gained the public’s eye in 1996, when he gave a vivid performance in Courage Under Fire, in which he portrayed a guilt-ridden Persian Gulf War soldier tormented by an incident which happened in the heat of battle.
The versatile young actor made his feature film debut in 1988 in a small role in the critically well-received Mystic Pizza. He went on to play Brian Dennehy’s medical school dropout in the TV movie Rising Son (TNT, 1990) and gained further attention when he returned to the big screen as a fascist preppy in School Ties (1992).
For director Walter Hill, Damon enjoyed a sizeable supporting role as the green second lieutenant new to the West who narrates Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and in 1995, he appeared in The Good Old Boys, directed by Tommy Lee Jones for TNT.
In addition to their work in front of the camera, Damon and Affleck partnered to form LivePlanet Productions. This unique company produces feature films, television series and new media projects. LivePlanet produced three Emmy-nominated seasons of Project Greenlight, the documentary series chronicling the making of an independent feature films by a first time writer and director. The three Project Greenlight films produced for Miramax/Dimension were Stolen Summer, The Battle of Shaker Heights, and Feast. The latest LivePlanet project is Running the Sahara, a documentary about three men running across the Sahara Desert, which is directed by Academy Award winner James Moll.
Audiences will next see Damon reteam with director Paul Greengrass on The Green Zone and with director Steven Soderbergh on The Informant.
Damon will begin shooting The Human Factor for director Clint Eastwood in February 2009. He stars in the film alongside Morgan Freeman.
In 2006, Damon was appear alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson in the Academy Award winning film The Departed for director Martin Scorsese and in The Good Shepherd with Angelina Jolie for director Robert DeNiro.
In 2005, Damon starred with George Clooney in the geopolitical thriller Syriana for director Stephen Gaghan and in The Brothers Grimm with Heath Ledger for director Terry Gilliam.
In 2004, Damon portrayed Linus Caldwell for the second time in Ocean’s Twelve for director Steven Soderbergh, and Jason Bourne for director Paul Greengrass in the boxoffice hit The Bourne Supremacy, the second installment in the series following The Bourne Identity.
Prior to these films, Damon starred with Greg Kinnear in the Farrelly Brothers comedy Stuck On You in 2003.
In 2002, he starred as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity for director Doug Liman and in Gerry with Casey Affleck for director Gus Van Sant and in 2001 he starred in Oceans Eleven.
In 2000, audiences saw Damon star in the film version of the Cormick McCarthy book All the Pretty Horses for director Billy Bob Thornton and in The Legend of Bagger Vance, for director Robert Redford.
In 1999, Damon starred in Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. That same year he rejoined Chasing Amy director Kevin Smith and pal Ben Affleck in Dogma, a film about a pair of outcast angels.
In 1998, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with longtime friend Ben Affleck for the critically-acclaimed drama Good Will Hunting, a coming-of-age story about a young mathematical genius who, due to his upbringing in inner-city Boston, can’t live up to his potential. Damon also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in the title role. In addition, both he and Affleck received a Golden Globe Award for their screenplay, and Damon also garnered a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. The film, directed by Gus Van Sant, received seven additional Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture and a win for Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actor.
In the same year, Damon starred in the title role of the World War II drama Saving Private Ryan for Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, and in John Dahl’s Rounders, about a reformed gambler who is drawn back into New York’s underground poker world to help a recently paroled friend pay off loan sharks.
In 1997, Damon made a cameo appearance in Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy and, in the same year, he starred as an idealistic young attorney in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker, based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham.
Damon first gained the public’s eye in 1996, when he gave a vivid performance in Courage Under Fire, in which he portrayed a guilt-ridden Persian Gulf War soldier tormented by an incident which happened in the heat of battle.
The versatile young actor made his feature film debut in 1988 in a small role in the critically well-received Mystic Pizza. He went on to play Brian Dennehy’s medical school dropout in the TV movie Rising Son (TNT, 1990) and gained further attention when he returned to the big screen as a fascist preppy in School Ties (1992).
For director Walter Hill, Damon enjoyed a sizeable supporting role as the green second lieutenant new to the West who narrates Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and in 1995, he appeared in The Good Old Boys, directed by Tommy Lee Jones for TNT.
In addition to their work in front of the camera, Damon and Affleck partnered to form LivePlanet Productions. This unique company produces feature films, television series and new media projects. LivePlanet produced three Emmy-nominated seasons of Project Greenlight, the documentary series chronicling the making of an independent feature films by a first time writer and director. The three Project Greenlight films produced for Miramax/Dimension were Stolen Summer, The Battle of Shaker Heights, and Feast. The latest LivePlanet project is Running the Sahara, a documentary about three men running across the Sahara Desert, which is directed by Academy Award winner James Moll.
CAREER
Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his screenwriting in Good Will Hunting and was nominated for his lead performance in the same film. Growing steadily in popularity from the 1997 film, he has since matched up with A-list actors in mainstream films, and today is rated amongst the top actors in Hollywood.
With his wife, Luciana BozBarroso, Damon has a daughter, and also a stepdaughter from Barroso's prior marriage. He has won multiple awards for his film performances and is one of the top twenty-five highest grossing actors of all time. Damon has been actively involved in several charitable organizations, including the ONE Campaign and H2O Africa Foundation. Damon currently has four upcoming films that will debut between 2007 and 2009. In his most recent roles, he portrayed Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum, and had an uncredited cameo in Youth Without Youth. His next upcoming role will be in Margaret, due in 2007.
With his wife, Luciana BozBarroso, Damon has a daughter, and also a stepdaughter from Barroso's prior marriage. He has won multiple awards for his film performances and is one of the top twenty-five highest grossing actors of all time. Damon has been actively involved in several charitable organizations, including the ONE Campaign and H2O Africa Foundation. Damon currently has four upcoming films that will debut between 2007 and 2009. In his most recent roles, he portrayed Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum, and had an uncredited cameo in Youth Without Youth. His next upcoming role will be in Margaret, due in 2007.
Early life
Damon was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Kent Telfer Damon, a stockbroker, realtor, and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. In an interview with Mail on Sunday, Damon responded that his grandfather is probably the most "impressive person he knows," stating, "He's Finnish, a very proud man, who would never take help from anybody. He came to America when he was a little boy, grew up during the Depression and sold shoes. He always used to tell us the story about getting a raise of three and a half cents, and how that was an incredible moment of success. He's extraordinary." Damon has a brother, Kyle, who is an accomplished sculptor and artist. Damon and his family lived in Newton for the first two years of his life, but after his parents divorced, Damon and his brother moved with his mother to Cambridge.
Damon grew up next door to actor Ben Affleck and historian and author Howard Zinn, whose biographical film You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train and audio version of A People's History of the United States Damon narrated. Damon attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, the only public high school in Cambridge, and performed in several theater productions. He graduated from the school in 1988 and began attending Harvard University the same year. Damon could have graduated with the class of 1992, but kept leaving classes to pursue acting projects, including the TNT original film Rising Son and ensemble prep-school drama School Ties. While at Harvard, he studied English and lived in Lowell House. He did not take part in student theater generally, but did appear in A... My Name is Alice (in one of the three male roles usually performed by women). Damon dropped out of the university with twelve units left to graduate to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles after he expected Geronimo: An American Legend to be a big success.
Damon grew up next door to actor Ben Affleck and historian and author Howard Zinn, whose biographical film You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train and audio version of A People's History of the United States Damon narrated. Damon attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, the only public high school in Cambridge, and performed in several theater productions. He graduated from the school in 1988 and began attending Harvard University the same year. Damon could have graduated with the class of 1992, but kept leaving classes to pursue acting projects, including the TNT original film Rising Son and ensemble prep-school drama School Ties. While at Harvard, he studied English and lived in Lowell House. He did not take part in student theater generally, but did appear in A... My Name is Alice (in one of the three male roles usually performed by women). Damon dropped out of the university with twelve units left to graduate to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles after he expected Geronimo: An American Legend to be a big success.
Personal life
Damon has had relationships with several actresses throughout his career. Damon had a three-year relationship with actress Winona Ryder. He also dated Odessa Whitmire, who has worked as a personal assistant for Billy Bob Thornton and Ben Affleck, from 2001 to 2003. His relationship with Good Will Hunting co-star Minnie Driver reportedly ended when Damon announced their break-up on The Oprah Winfrey Show, though both actors have repeatedly denied this. Damon later stated that he was "sick and tired" of hearing the story, saying it was false. Driver's sister allegedly told Cosmo that the couple had broken up before the show was taped. Although the media often claimed Damon dated actress Eva Mendes, both have denied any relationship, with Mendes saying "it wasn't true."
Damon met Argentine-born Luciana Bozan Barroso in Miami, where she was working as a bartender. They married in a private civil ceremony on December 9, 2005, in New York City Hall. Damon became stepfather to Barroso's young daughter, Alexia, from her previous marriage. The couple's first child together, daughter Isabella, was born on June 11, 2006 in Miami, Florida.
Producing career
Along with Affleck and producers Chris Moore and Sean Bailey, Damon founded the production company LivePlanet, through which the four created the documentary series Project Greenlight to find and fund worthwhile film projects from novice filmmakers. The company produced and founded the short-lived mystery-hybrid series Push, Nevada, among other projects. Project Greenlight was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002, 2004, and 2005.
In March 2010, Damon and Affleck teamed up again to sign a first-look production deal with Warner Bros.
In March 2010, Damon and Affleck teamed up again to sign a first-look production deal with Warner Bros.
MOVIES LIST
Mystic Pizza (1988)
The Good Mother (1988)
Field of Dreams (1989)
School Ties (1992)
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
Glory Daze (1996)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Rainmaker (1997)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Rounders (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Dogma (1999)
Dogma (1999)
Finding Forrester (2000)
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Titan A.E. (2000)
The Majestic (2001)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Gerry (2002)
Stuck on You (2003)
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Jersey Girl (2004)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Jersey Girl (2004)
EuroTrip (2004)
Syriana (2005)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
The Departed (2006)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Arthur (2007)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Arthur (2007)
Che: Part Two (2008)
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008)
The Informant! (2009)
Invictus (2009)
The Informant! (2009)
Invictus (2009)
Green Zone (2010)
30 Rock (2010)
Inside Job (2010)
Hereafter (2010)
30 Rock (2010)
Inside Job (2010)
Hereafter (2010)
True Grit (2010)
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
Contagion (2011)
Contagion (2011)
AWARDS
Damon won multiple awards for Good Will Hunting, a film he co-wrote with Ben Affleck. He was nominated for the Academy Award as "Best Actor in a Leading Role" and won for "Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen".
On July 25, 2007, Damon became the 2,343rd person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He reacted to the award by stating: "A few times in my life I've had these experiences that are just kind of too big to process and this looks like it's going to be one of those times."
Damon has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards and seven MTV Movie Awards for various films. Additionally, he has three Emmy nominations for his work as producer on three seasons of Project Greenlight.
Damon was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2007.
Damon won 'Best Ass-Kicker' and 'Guy of the Year' at the Spike Guys' Choice Awards of 2008.
On March 27, 2010, Damon received the 24th Annual American Cinematheque Award, which was presented to him by Ben Affleck at a ceremony comprising roasts from Damon's colleagues and friends in the entertainment industry.
On July 25, 2007, Damon became the 2,343rd person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He reacted to the award by stating: "A few times in my life I've had these experiences that are just kind of too big to process and this looks like it's going to be one of those times."
Damon has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards and seven MTV Movie Awards for various films. Additionally, he has three Emmy nominations for his work as producer on three seasons of Project Greenlight.
Damon was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2007.
Damon won 'Best Ass-Kicker' and 'Guy of the Year' at the Spike Guys' Choice Awards of 2008.
On March 27, 2010, Damon received the 24th Annual American Cinematheque Award, which was presented to him by Ben Affleck at a ceremony comprising roasts from Damon's colleagues and friends in the entertainment industry.
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