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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Primarily2026 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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6.80 War 6
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6.75 Family 6
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6.67 Drama 60
6.49 Science Fiction 10
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6.48 Fantasy 11
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