Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting (1997) from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck. The pair won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for their work. Damon alone received multiple Best Actor nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for his lead performance in the film. Damon has since starred in commercially successful films such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), the Ocean's trilogy, and the first three films in the Bourne series, while also gaining critical acclaim for his performances in dramas such as Syriana (2005), The Good Shepherd (2006), and The Departed (2006). He garnered a Golden Globe nomination for portraying the title character in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Invictus (2009). He is one of the top 40 highest grossing actors of all time. In 2007, Damon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Damon has been actively involved in charitable work, including the ONE Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, and Water.org.
Movie | The Instigators | 2025 | |
Movie | Drive-Away Dolls | Senator Gary Channel | 2024-02-22 |
Movie | Oppenheimer | Leslie Groves | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Air | Sonny Vaccaro | 2023-04-05 |
Movie | A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special | 2023-12-14 | |
Movie | 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp | Self | 2023-11-19 |
Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor Loki | 2022-07-06 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder | Self - Actor Loki | 2022-09-08 |
Movie | No Sudden Move | Mike Lowen (uncredited) | 2021-06-24 |
Movie | The Last Duel | Sir Jean de Carrouges | 2021-10-13 |
Movie | Stillwater | Bill Baker | 2021-07-29 |
Movie | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy | Self | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Loki (uncredited) | 2019-10-15 |
Movie | Ford v Ferrari | Carroll Shelby | 2019-11-13 |
Movie | Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis | Self | 2019-12-06 |
Movie | Unsane | Detective Ferguson | 2018-02-21 |
Movie | Deadpool 2 | Redneck #2 | 2018-05-10 |
Movie | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Himself (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
Movie | Once Upon a Deadpool | Redneck #2 | 2018-12-11 |
Movie | Boston | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-23 |
Movie | Suburbicon | Gardner Lodge | 2017-10-26 |
Movie | Downsizing | Paul Safranek | 2017-12-22 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Loki (uncredited) | 2017-10-02 |
Movie | The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' | Self | 2016-06-07 |
Movie | Jason Bourne | Jason Bourne | 2016-07-27 |
Movie | The Great Wall | William | 2016-12-16 |
Series | ARES: live | Mark Watney | 2015-06-07 |
Movie | The Martian | Mark Watney | 2015-09-30 |
Movie | The Monuments Men | Lt. James Granger | 2014-01-24 |
Movie | The Man Who Saved the World | Self | 2014-08-13 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Interstellar | Mann | 2014-11-05 |
Movie | Behind the Candelabra | Scott Thorson | 2013-05-26 |
Movie | The Zero Theorem | Management | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Elysium | Max | 2013-08-07 |
Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | The Bourne Legacy | (archive footage) | 2012-08-08 |
Movie | Promised Land | Steve Butler | 2012-09-23 |
Movie | The Adjustment Bureau | David Norris | 2011-03-03 |
Movie | Hall Pass | (archive footage) | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | His Way | Self | 2011-03-04 |
Movie | Contagion | Mitch Emhoff | 2011-09-08 |
Movie | We Bought a Zoo | Benjamin Mee | 2011-12-08 |
Movie | American Teacher | Narrator (voice) | 2011-05-03 |
Movie | Happy Feet Two | Bill (voice) | 2011-11-17 |
Movie | Margaret | Aaron Caije | 2011-09-30 |
Movie | Green Zone | Roy Miller | 2010-03-11 |
Movie | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | 2010-01-22 |
Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | Hereafter | George Lonegan | 2010-10-22 |
Movie | Inside Job | Narrator | 2010-10-08 |
Movie | True Grit | LaBoeuf | 2010-12-22 |
Movie | 14 Actors Acting | Self | 2010-12-08 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Self | 2009-06-01 |
Movie | The Informant! | Mark Whitacre | 2009-09-18 |
Movie | The People Speak | Self | 2009-12-13 |
Movie | Invictus | Francois Pienaar | 2009-12-10 |
Movie | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | Ponyo | KÅichi (English version) (voice) | 2008-07-19 |
Movie | Prince: 21 Nights in London | Self | 2008-06-07 |
Movie | Che: Part Two | Fr. Schwartz | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Ocean's Thirteen | Linus Caldwell | 2007-06-05 |
Movie | The Bourne Ultimatum | Jason Bourne | 2007-08-03 |
Movie | Youth Without Youth | Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited) | 2007-10-26 |
Movie | 2007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film | narrator | 2007-11-27 |
Movie | The Departed | Staff Sgt. Colin Sullivan | 2006-10-04 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | The Good Shepherd | Edward Bell Wilson | 2006-12-11 |
Movie | The Brothers Grimm | Wilhelm Grimm | 2005-08-26 |
Movie | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Al Shepard (voice) | 2005-09-23 |
Movie | Syriana | Bryan Woodman | 2005-11-23 |
Series | De Wereld Draait Door | Unknown | 2005-10-10 |
Movie | Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You | Self | 2004-04-20 |
Movie | EuroTrip | Donny | 2004-02-20 |
Movie | Stuck on You: It's Funny - The Farrelly Formula | Self | 2004-04-20 |
Movie | Jersey Girl | PR Exec #2 | 2004-03-25 |
Movie | Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen | Self | 2004-04-20 |
Movie | Ocean's Twelve | Linus Caldwell | 2004-12-09 |
Movie | Making 'Saving Private Ryan' | Self | 2004-05-25 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Self | 2004-11-17 |
Movie | The Bourne Supremacy | Jason Bourne | 2004-07-23 |
Movie | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | Narrator (voice) | 2004-06-18 |
Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | Stuck on You | Bob | 2003-12-10 |
Movie | Saltlake Van Sant | Himself | 2003-11-11 |
Movie | The Sum of All Fears | Waiter (uncredited) | 2002-05-31 |
Movie | The Third Wheel | Kevin (uncredited) | 2002-05-31 |
Movie | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Spirit (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
Movie | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Bachelor Matt | 2002-12-31 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Movie | Gerry | Gerry | 2002-09-20 |
Movie | The Bourne Identity | Jason Bourne | 2002-06-14 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Matt Damon / Will Hunting (uncredited) | 2001-08-22 |
Movie | Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma | Self | 2001-01-01 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Series | The Bernie Mac Show | Unknown | 2001-11-14 |
Movie | The Majestic | Luke Trimble (voice) | 2001-12-21 |
Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Linus Caldwell | 2001-12-07 |
Movie | Titan A.E. | Cale Tucker (voice) | 2000-06-16 |
Movie | All the Pretty Horses | John Grady | 2000-12-11 |
Movie | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Rannulph Junuh | 2000-11-02 |
Movie | Finding Forrester | Steven Sanderson | 2000-12-21 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Dogma | Loki | 1999-11-12 |
Movie | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Tom Ripley | 1999-12-25 |
Series | Will & Grace | Unknown | 1998-09-21 |
Movie | Saving Private Ryan | Private James Francis Ryan | 1998-07-24 |
Movie | Rounders | Mike McDermott | 1998-09-11 |
Movie | Chasing Amy | Shawn Oran | 1997-04-04 |
Movie | Good Will Hunting | Will Hunting | 1997-12-05 |
Movie | The Rainmaker | Rudy Baylor | 1997-11-18 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Courage Under Fire | Ilario | 1996-07-04 |
Movie | The Good Old Boys | Cotton Calloway | 1995-03-05 |
Movie | Glory Daze | Edgar Pudwhacker | 1995-10-01 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Geronimo: An American Legend | 2nd Lt. Britton Davis | 1993-12-10 |
Movie | Geronimo | 1993-12-05 | |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | School Ties | Charlie Dillon | 1992-09-18 |
Movie | Rising Son | Charlie Robinson | 1990-07-23 |
Movie | Field of Dreams | Baseball Fan at Fenway Park (uncredited) | 1989-04-21 |
Movie | Mystic Pizza | Steamer | 1988-10-13 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |