Matt Damon is an American actor, producer and screenwriter who has gained immense fame in Hollywood. He was born on October 8th 1970 to Kent Telfer Damon and Nancy Carlsson-Paige. His family moved around a lot during his childhood due to the nature of his father’s job as a stockbroker. As an adult he attended Harvard University briefly for two years before dropping out to pursue acting full time.
Damon made his film debut in 1988 with Mystic Pizza but it wasn’t until 1997 that he became widely known after starring in Good Will Hunting alongside Ben Affleck which won them both Academy Awards for Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen. Since then Matt has had numerous successful roles including Saving Private Ryan (1998), Ocean’s Eleven (2001) , The Departed (2006), Contagion (2011) and more recently Downsizing (2017). In addition, some of Damon’s most acclaimed performances have been those where he plays real life figures such as Mark Watney from The Martian (2015) or South African anti-apartheid activist Francois Pienaar in Invictus (2009).
Aside from appearing onscreen, Matt also produces films through Pearl Street Films which cofounded with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Todd back in 2012; they include Manchester by the Sea (2016) Suburbicon (2017), Ford Vs Ferrari (2019). Additionally, since 2013 Damon has become heavily involved philanthropy work leading him to be voted Sexiest Humanitarian by People magazine 2007 among other awards related to charity initiatives.
He currently lives outside Los Angeles with wife Luciana Barroso whom he married 2005 together having four daughters Alexia Barroso, Isabella Barroso Giammattei, Stella Zavala and Gia Zavala.
Overall Matt Damon is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars today who continues drawing attention towards himself not only for playing iconic characters but also using his celebrity status for social good making him one of America’s favorite public figures.
Damon was born on October 8th 1970 in Cambridge Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University but dropped out after only a year to pursue acting full time – taking roles on television shows like CBS Schoolbreak Special and Rising Sun before making his feature film debut opposite Robert De Niro in 1996’s The Rainmaker.
That same year saw the release of Courage Under Fire which earned him both critical praise and recognition within Hollywood circles leading to his breakthrough performance alongside Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting (1997).
Since then Matt Damon has gone on to star as various characters ranging from conman Frank Abagnale Jr., Jason Bourne espionage agent, astronaut Mark Watney stranded alone on Mars or a corrupt private corporation CEO among many others earning numerous awards including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Invictus) and Best Supporting Actor (The Martian). As well as appearing across multiple genres of movie projects Matt Damon also produced several major motion pictures while frequently collaborating with other top actors such as George Clooney – their partnership producing three movies together: Syriana (2005), Ocean Eleven trilogy (2001–07) and Suburbicon (2017).
In addition to acting/producing work outside of film world can also thank Matt Damon for considerable philanthropic efforts through organizations such H2O Africa Foundation & OneXOne that provide clean water resources globally plus education initiatives dedicated towards improving literacy rates throughout South African communities respectively. With no intention slowing down anytime soon it appears whatever type part we next see our beloved ‘Bourne Again” superstar portray its guaranteed be another classic!
