Matt Damon

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

Interstellar Not in library

Interstellar

2014

Thor: Ragnarok Not in library

Thor: Ragnarok

2017

The Martian Not in library

The Martian

2015

Deadpool 2 Not in library

Deadpool 2

2018

Saving Private Ryan Not in library

Saving Private Ryan

1998

The Departed Not in library

The Departed

2006

Good Will Hunting Not in library

Good Will Hunting

1997

Ocean's Eleven Not in library

Ocean's Eleven

2001

Oppenheimer Not in library

Oppenheimer

2023

The Bourne Identity Not in library

The Bourne Identity

2002

Acting

2026 The Rip as Lieutenant Dane Dumars
2026 The Odyssey as Odysseus
2026 Influenced as Self
2025 Clint Eastwood : la légende as Self
2025 Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
2025 Believers: Boston Red Sox as Self (3 episodes)
2024 Drive-Away Dolls as Senator Gary Channel
2024 IF as Flower (voice)
2024 The Instigators as Rory
2024 The Roast of Tom Brady as Self (voice)
2023 Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as Self - Leslie Groves Jr.
2023 Air as Sonny Vaccaro
2023 Oppenheimer as Leslie Groves
2023 Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth as Self (1 episode)
2023 SmartLess: On the Road
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Loki
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Actor Loki
2021 The Making of the Last Duel as Self
2021 Clerk as Self
2021 Stillwater as Bill Baker
2021 The Last Duel as Sir Jean de Carrouges
2021 No Sudden Move as Mike Lowen (uncredited)
2020 Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life as Self
2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant (2 episodes)
2019 Ford v Ferrari as Carroll Shelby
2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Loki
2019 Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (1 episode)
2018 Die Clint Eastwood Story as Self
2018 Unsane as Detective Ferguson
2018 Deadpool 2 as Redneck #2
2018 Once Upon a Deadpool as Redneck #2
2018 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2017 Suburbicon as Gardner Lodge
2017 Downsizing as Paul Safranek
2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Loki (uncredited)
2017 Boston as Narrator (voice)
2017 Life of Kylie as Self (1 episode)
2016 The Great Wall as William
2016 Jason Bourne as Jason Bourne
2016 Backpack Full of Cash as Narrator
2016 The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' as Self
2016 Geeking Out as Self (1 episode)
2015 The Martian as Mark Watney
2015 Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
2015 ARES: live as Mark Watney (6 episodes)
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (2 episodes)
2015 Jay Leno's Garage as Self (1 episode)
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2014 The Monuments Men as Lt. James Granger
2014 Interstellar as Mann
2014 The Man Who Saved the World as Self
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (3 episodes)
2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (2 episodes)
2013 Elysium as Max In Library
2013 The Zero Theorem as Management
2013 Behind the Candelabra as Scott Thorson
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2012 Promised Land as Steve Butler
2012 Radioman as Self
2012 Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later as Self
2011 The Adjustment Bureau as David Norris
2011 Margaret as Mr. Aaron
2011 Contagion as Mitch Emhoff
2011 Happy Feet Two as Bill (voice)
2011 We Bought a Zoo as Benjamin Mee
2011 His Way as Self
2011 Plan B as Narrator (voice)
2011 American Teacher as Narrator (voice)
2011 Women, War & Peace as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
2010 Green Zone as Roy Miller
2010 Hereafter as George Lonegan
2010 Inside Job as Narrator
2010 True Grit as LaBoeuf
2010 Teenage Paparazzo as Self
2010 Conan as Self (1 episode)
2009 Invictus as Francois Pienaar
2009 The Informant! as Mark Whitacre
2009 Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
2009 The Jay Leno Show as Self (1 episode)
2009 Live from Studio Five as Self (2 episodes)
2008 Prince: 21 Nights in London as Self
2008 Che: Part Two as Fr. Schwartz
2008 Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
2007 Ocean's Thirteen as Linus Caldwell
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum as Jason Bourne
2007 Youth Without Youth as Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited)
2007 Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
2007 Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' as Self
2007 Crossing Criminal Cultures as Self
2007 2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film as Narrator
2007 Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' as Self
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (2 episodes)
2006 The Good Shepherd as Edward Bell Wilson
2006 The Departed as Colin
2006 30 Rock as Carol Burnett (4 episodes)
2005 Syriana as Bryan Woodman
2005 The Brothers Grimm as Wilhelm Grimm
2005 After Frank as Self
2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Al Shepard (voice)
2005 The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
2005 De Wereld Draait Door as Self (1 episode)
2004 Ocean's Twelve as Linus Caldwell
2004 The Bourne Supremacy as Jason Bourne
2004 EuroTrip as Donny
2004 Jersey Girl as PR Exec #2
2004 Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train as Narrator (voice)
2004 Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party as Self
2004 Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen as Self
2004 Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You as Self
2004 Entourage as Matt Damon (1 episode)
2003 Stuck on You as Bob
2003 Saltlake Van Sant as Self
2003 Celebrities Uncensored as Self (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (3 episodes)
2002 Gerry as Gerry
2002 The Third Wheel as Kevin (uncredited)
2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as Spirit (voice)
2002 Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma as Self
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Bachelor Matt
2002 The Bourne Identity as Jason Bourne
2002 American Idol as Self (1 episode)
2001 Ocean's Eleven as Linus Caldwell
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Matt Damon / Will Hunting
2001 The Majestic as Luke Trimble (voice)
2001 The Bernie Mac Show as Matt Damon (1 episode)
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Matt Damon (voice) (1 episode)
2001 Project Greenlight as Self (20 episodes)
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance as Rannulph Junuh
2000 All the Pretty Horses as John Grady
2000 Titan A.E. as Cale (voice)
2000 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
2000 Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
2000 Finding Forrester as Steven Sanderson
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley as Tom Ripley
1999 Dogma as Loki
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack as Self
1999 Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan as Self
1999 The Early Show as Self (2 episodes)
1999 The Early Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1999 Teen Choice Awards as Self (1 episode)
1998 Saving Private Ryan as Private Ryan
1998 Rounders as Mike McDermott
1998 Will & Grace as Owen (1 episode)
1997 Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting
1997 Chasing Amy as Shawn Oran
1997 The Rainmaker as Rudy Baylor
1997 The View as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1996 Courage Under Fire as Ilario
1996 The Daily Show as Self (4 episodes)
1995 Glory Daze as Edgar Pudwhacker
1995 The Good Old Boys as Cotton Calloway
1994 Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1992 School Ties as Charlie Dillon
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self (1 episode)
1992 Morgenmagazin as Self (1 episode)
1990 Rising Son as Charlie Robinson
1989 Field of Dreams as Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1988 Mystic Pizza as Steamer
1988 The Good Mother as Extra (uncredited)
1981 Entertainment Tonight as Self (1 episode)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (4 episodes)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1953 The Oscars as Self (2 episodes)
1952 Today as Self (1 episode)
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter (1 episode)
Ocean's Fourteen as Linus Caldwell
Dispatches from the Gulf as 自己

Writing

2021 The Last Duel Screenplay
2012 Promised Land Writer
2002 Gerry Writer
1997 Good Will Hunting Writer

Production

2026 The Rip Producer
2025 The Accountant² Executive Producer
2025 Kiss of the Spider Woman Executive Producer
2024 The Instigators Producer
2024 Kiss the Future Producer
2024 Small Things Like These Producer
2024 Unstoppable Executive Producer
2023 Air Producer
2023 For People in Trouble Producer
2021 The Last Duel Producer
2019 City on a Hill Executive Producer
2017 Bending the Arc Executive Producer
2016 Jason Bourne Producer
2016 Manchester by the Sea Producer
2016 Incorporated Executive Producer
2015 The Leisure Class Producer
2012 Promised Land Producer
2009 The People Speak Executive Producer
2007 Running the Sahara Producer
2005 Feast Executive Producer
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights Executive Producer
2002 Stolen Summer Producer
2002 The Third Wheel Executive Producer
2002 Speakeasy Executive Producer
2002 Push, Nevada Executive Producer
2001 Project Greenlight Executive Producer
Animals Producer
Killing Gawker Producer
Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One Executive Producer
The Statement Executive Producer

Editing

2002 Gerry Editor

Crew

2007 Gone Baby Gone Thanks

Creator

2002 Push, Nevada Creator