Matt Damon
Biography
Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is a multifaceted American actor, producer, and screenwriter. In 2007, he was highlighted as one of Forbes' most bankable stars, and by 2010, he emerged as one of the highest-grossing actors in cinematic history. His accolades include an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, along with nominations for three BAFTA Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. Damon's journey in acting began with *Mystic Pizza* in 1988, but it was in 1997 that he truly came into the limelight. Collaborating with Ben Affleck on *Good Will Hunting*, they not only starred in the film but also won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. He solidified his reputation as a leading man through iconic roles, such as Tom Ripley in *The Talented Mr. Ripley*, Jason Bourne in the *Bourne* series, and Linus Caldwell in the *Ocean's* trilogy. His portrayal of an astronaut stranded on Mars in *The Martian* earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor, and he has been part of various notable films, including *Saving Private Ryan*, *The Departed*, and *Ford v Ferrari*. On the small screen, Damon played Scott Thorson in HBO's *Behind the Candelabra*, which garnered him an Emmy nomination. His guest appearances in *30 Rock* and hosting *Saturday Night Live* were also Emmy-nominated. Beyond acting, Damon has produced projects like *Project Greenlight* and *Manchester by the Sea*. He co-founded two production companies with Ben Affleck and has lent his voice to several animated and documentary projects. His philanthropic efforts span multiple organizations, including the One Campaign and Water.org.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Odyssey
2026
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Conan
2010
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
The Daily Show
as Odysseus · 1996
The Odyssey
as Odysseus · 2026
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
Conan
as Self · 2010
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited) · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Matt Damon (voice) · 2001
Morgenmagazin
as Self · 1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
30 Rock
as Carol Burnett · 2006
Will & Grace
as Owen · 1998
Entourage
as Matt Damon · 2004
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
Interstellar
as Mann · 2014
Hot Ones
as Self · 2015
American Idol
as Self · 2002
Oppenheimer
as Leslie Groves · 2023
De Wereld Draait Door
as Self · 2005
The Bernie Mac Show
as Matt Damon · 2001
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Ocean's Eleven
as Linus Caldwell · 2001
The Martian
as Mark Watney · 2015
Thor: Ragnarok
as Actor Loki (uncredited) · 2017
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 2014
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self · 1992
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
· 2018
The Jay Leno Show
as Self · 2009
Good Will Hunting
as Will Hunting · 1997
Deadpool 2
as Redneck #2 · 2018
Today
as Self · 1952
Saving Private Ryan
as Private Ryan · 1998
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Departed
as Colin · 2006
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Actor Loki · 2022
House of Lies
as Matt Damon · 2012
The Rip
as Lieutenant Dane Dumars · 2026
The Bourne Identity
as Jason Bourne · 2002
Ford v Ferrari
as Carroll Shelby · 2019
Jason Bourne
as Jason Bourne · 2016
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant · 2020
Ocean's Twelve
as Linus Caldwell · 2004
Entertainment Tonight
as Self · 1981
The Bourne Supremacy
as Jason Bourne · 2004
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Jason Bourne · 2007
The Last Duel
as Sir Jean de Carrouges · 2021
Ocean's Thirteen
as Linus Caldwell · 2007
The Great Wall
as William · 2016
IF
as Flower (voice) · 2024
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self · 2015
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
as Spirit (voice) · 2002
The Brothers Grimm
as Wilhelm Grimm · 2005
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest · 2025
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Tom Ripley · 1999
Project Greenlight
as Self · 2001
We Bought a Zoo
as Benjamin Mee · 2011
The Good Shepherd
as Edward Bell Wilson · 2006
The Adjustment Bureau
as David Norris · 2011
The Instigators
as Rory · 2024
Drive-Away Dolls
as Senator Gary Channel · 2024
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
The Early Show
as Self - Guest · 1999
True Grit
as LaBoeuf · 2010
No Sudden Move
as Mike Lowen (uncredited) · 2021
Elysium
as Max · 2013
Contagion
as Mitch Emhoff · 2011
EuroTrip
as Donny · 2004
Downsizing
as Paul Safranek · 2017
Happy Feet Two
as Bill (voice) · 2011
Air
as Sonny Vaccaro · 2023
The Rainmaker
as Rudy Baylor · 1997
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Redneck #2 · 2018
Field of Dreams
as Baseball Fan (uncredited) · 1989
Green Zone
as Roy Miller · 2010
The Monuments Men
as Lt. James Granger · 2014
Invictus
as Francois Pienaar · 2009
Courage Under Fire
as Ilario · 1996
Geeking Out
as Self · 2016
Finding Forrester
as Steven Sanderson · 2000
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Matt Damon / Will Hunting · 2001
Stillwater
as Bill Baker · 2021
Dogma
as Loki · 1999
Chasing Amy
as Shawn Oran · 1997
Titan A.E.
as Cale (voice) · 2000
Rounders
as Mike McDermott · 1998
The Majestic
as Luke Trimble (voice) · 2001
The Informant!
as Mark Whitacre · 2009
Inside Job
as Narrator · 2010
The Zero Theorem
as Management · 2013
SmartLess: On the Road
· 2023
Che: Part Two
as Fr. Schwartz · 2008
School Ties
as Charlie Dillon · 1992
Hereafter
as George Lonegan · 2010
Mystic Pizza
as Steamer · 1988
Geronimo: An American Legend
as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis · 1993
Suburbicon
as Gardner Lodge · 2017
Skip Intro
as Self - Guest · 2026
Jersey Girl
as PR Exec #2 · 2004
Stuck on You
as Bob · 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Rannulph Junuh · 2000
Promised Land
as Steve Butler · 2012
All the Pretty Horses
as John Grady · 2000
Syriana
as Bryan Woodman · 2005
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Loki · 2019
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
as Bachelor Matt · 2002
Unsane
as Detective Ferguson · 2018
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
as Self - Actor Loki · 2022
Life of Kylie
as Self · 2017
Behind the Candelabra
as Scott Thorson · 2013
ARES: live
as Mark Watney · 2015
Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth
as Self · 2023
Youth Without Youth
as Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited) · 2007
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage) · 2012
The Third Wheel
as Kevin (uncredited) · 2002
The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic
as Self - "Odysseus" · 2026
Glory Daze
as Edgar Pudwhacker · 1995
Teenage Paparazzo
as Self · 2010
Untitled Daniels Event Film
· 2027
Influenced
as Self · 2026
Margaret
as Mr. Aaron · 2011
The Roast of Tom Brady
as Self (voice) · 2024
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self · 1999
Gerry
as Gerry · 2002
Believers: Boston Red Sox
as Self · 2025
The Good Mother
as Extra (uncredited) · 1988
Radioman
as Self · 2012
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Clint Eastwood : la légende
as Self · 2025
Plan B
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
The Man Who Saved the World
as Self · 2014
Coda: Thirty Years Later
as Self · 2007
Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self · 2018
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self · 2025
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
as Self · 2004
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
as Self · 2019
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
as Self · 2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Al Shepard (voice) · 2005
His Way
as Self · 2011
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
as Self - Leslie Groves Jr. · 2023
Women, War & Peace
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
as Self · 2016
Ocean's Fourteen
as Linus Caldwell
The Good Old Boys
as Cotton Calloway · 1995
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
as Self · 2008
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
as Self · 2007
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
as Self · 1999
Prince: 21 Nights in London
as Self · 2008
2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
as Narrator · 2007
Rising Son
as Charlie Robinson · 1990
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
as Self · 2002
American Teacher
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self · 2000
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self · 2009
Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
as Self · 2004
Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
as Self · 2012
Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life
as Self · 2020
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
as Narrator (voice) · 2004
The Making of the Last Duel
as Self · 2021
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
as Self · 2004
Saltlake Van Sant
as Self · 2003
Jay and Silent Bob's Video Stash
as Cable Guy · 1998
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
as Self · 2007
Backpack Full of Cash
as Narrator · 2016
Teen Choice Awards
as Self · 1999
Clerk
as Self · 2021
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack
as Self · 1999
Crossing Criminal Cultures
as Self · 2007
Boston
as Narrator (voice) · 2017
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self · 2000
After Frank
as Self · 2005
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self · 2003
Dispatches from the Gulf
as (voice) · 2020
ממשיכים
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