
Matt Damon
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Biography
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.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Daily Show

Entertainment Tonight

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Oscars

The Graham Norton Show

Today

Teen Choice Awards

SNL Digital Shorts

Honest Trailers

Entourage

American Idol

30 Rock

The Jay Leno Show

Will & Grace

The Early Show

The Bernie Mac Show

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Celebrities Uncensored

Geeking Out

SmartLess: On the Road

Life of Kylie

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

The Bourne Legacy

Thor: Ragnarok

Ponyo

No Sudden Move

Field of Dreams

IF

Deadpool 2

Once Upon a Deadpool

Thor: Love and Thunder

Finding Forrester

Loving Highsmith

EuroTrip

Interstellar

Jersey Girl

Happy Feet Two

Chasing Amy

Drive-Away Dolls

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

Saving Private Ryan

The Zero Theorem

Courage Under Fire

Oppenheimer

Ocean's Twelve

True Grit

Ocean's Thirteen

Ocean's Eleven

Dogma

Contagion

School Ties

The Last Duel

The Departed

Suburbicon

The Martian

Green Zone

Elysium

The Good Shepherd

The Odyssey

Ford v Ferrari

Air

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

The Bourne Supremacy

The Adjustment Bureau

Inside Job

The Bourne Ultimatum

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Brothers Grimm

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Great Wall

Rounders

Stillwater

Downsizing

Good Will Hunting

We Bought a Zoo

Jason Bourne

The Rainmaker

Titan A.E.

The Informant!

The Bourne Identity
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