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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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2026 The Odyssey as Odysseus

2026 The Rip as Lt. Dane Dumars Producer

2025 Kiss of the Spider Woman Executive Producer

2025 Killing Gawker Producer

2025 Animals Producer

2025 Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self

2025 Clint Eastwood : la légende as Himself

2025 The Accountant² Executive Producer

2024 Unstoppable Executive Producer

2024 Small Things Like These Producer

2024 The Instigators as Rory Producer

2024 IF as Flower (voice)

2024 The Roast of Tom Brady as Self (voice)

2024 Kiss the Future Producer

2024 Drive-Away Dolls as Senator Gary Channel

2023 The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer as Self

2023 Oppenheimer as Leslie Groves

2023 Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - Leslie Groves Jr.

2023 For People in Trouble Producer

2023 Air as Sonny Vaccaro Producer

2023 Time Bomb Y2K as Self (archive footage)

2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Actor Loki

2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Loki

2021 The Making of the Last Duel as Self

2021 The Last Duel as Sir Jean de Carrouges Screenplay, Producer

2021 Stillwater as Bill Baker

2021 No Sudden Move as Mike Lowen (uncredited)

2021 Clerk as Self

2020 Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life as Self

2019 Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Self

2019 Ford v Ferrari as Carroll Shelby

2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Loki

2018 Once Upon a Deadpool as Redneck #2

2018 Ocean's Eight as Linus Caldwell (deleted scene) (uncredited)

2018 Deadpool 2 as Redneck #2

2018 Unsane as Detective Ferguson

2018 Die Clint Eastwood Story as Self

2017 Downsizing as Paul Safranek

2017 Suburbicon as Gardner Lodge

2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Loki (uncredited)

2017 Boston as Narrator (voice)

2017 Bending the Arc Executive Producer

2016 The Great Wall as William

2016 Manchester by the Sea Producer

2016 Backpack Full of Cash as Narrator

2016 Jason Bourne as Jason Bourne Producer

2016 The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' as Self

2015 The Leisure Class Producer

2015 The Martian as Mark Watney

2014 Interstellar as Mann

2014 The Man Who Saved the World as Self

2014 The Monuments Men as Lt. James Granger

2013 The Zero Theorem as Management

2013 Elysium as Max

2013 Behind the Candelabra as Scott Thorson

2012 Radioman as Self

2012 Promised Land as Steve Butler Writer, Producer

2012 Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later as Self

2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)

2011 We Bought a Zoo as Benjamin Mee

2011 Happy Feet Two as Bill (voice)

2011 Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self

2011 Margaret as Aaron Caije

2011 Contagion as Mitch Emhoff

2011 American Teacher as Narrator (voice)

2011 Plan B as Narrator (voice)

2011 His Way as Self

2011 The Adjustment Bureau as David Norris

2010 True Grit as LaBoeuf

2010 14 Actors Acting as Self

2010 Hereafter as George Lonegan

2010 Inside Job as Narrator

2010 Green Zone as Roy Miller

2010 Teenage Paparazzo as Self

2009 The People Speak Executive Producer

2009 Invictus as Francois Pienaar

2009 The Informant! as Mark Whitacre

2009 Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self

2008 Che: Part Two as Fr. Schwartz

2008 Prince: 21 Nights in London as Self

2008 Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self

2007 Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self

2007 2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film as narrator

2007 Youth Without Youth as Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited)

2007 Gone Baby Gone Thanks

2007 The Bourne Ultimatum as Jason Bourne

2007 Ocean's Thirteen as Linus Caldwell

2007 Running the Sahara Producer

2007 Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' as Self

2007 Crossing Criminal Cultures as Self

2006 The Good Shepherd as Edward Bell Wilson

2006 The Departed as Colin

2005 The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self

2005 Syriana as Bryan Woodman

2005 Feast Executive Producer

2005 After Frank as Self

2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Al Shepard (voice)

2005 The Brothers Grimm as Wilhelm Grimm

2004 Ocean's Twelve as Linus Caldwell

2004 Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party as Self

2004 The Bourne Supremacy as Jason Bourne

2004 Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train as Narrator (voice)

2004 Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You as Self

2004 Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen as Self

2004 Jersey Girl as PR Exec #2

2004 EuroTrip as Donny

2003 Stuck on You as Bob

2003 Saltlake Van Sant as Self

2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights Executive Producer

2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Bachelor Matt

2002 Gerry as Gerry Editor, Writer

2002 Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma as Self

2002 The Bourne Identity as Jason Bourne

2002 The Third Wheel as Kevin (uncredited) Executive Producer

2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as Spirit (voice)

2002 Stolen Summer Producer

2002 Speakeasy Executive Producer

2001 The Majestic as Luke Trimble (voice)

2001 Ocean's Eleven as Linus Caldwell

2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Matt Damon / Will Hunting

2000 Finding Forrester as Steven Sanderson

2000 All the Pretty Horses as John Grady

2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance as Rannulph Junuh

2000 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self

2000 Titan A.E. as Cale (voice)

2000 Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self

1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley as Tom Ripley

1999 Dogma as Loki

1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack as Self

1998 Rounders as Mike McDermott

1998 Saving Private Ryan as Private Ryan

1997 Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting Writer

1997 The Rainmaker as Rudy Baylor

1997 Chasing Amy as Shawn Oran

1996 Courage Under Fire as Ilario

1995 Glory Daze as Edgar Pudwhacker

1995 The Good Old Boys as Cotton Calloway

1993 Geronimo: An American Legend as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis

1992 School Ties as Charlie Dillon

1990 Rising Son as Charlie Robinson

1989 Field of Dreams as Baseball Fan at Fenway Park (uncredited)

1988 The Good Mother as Extra (uncredited)

1988 Mystic Pizza as Steamer

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