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Matt Damon

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Damon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Daily Show

Entertainment Tonight

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Today

Teen Choice Awards

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Golden Globe Awards

Celebrities Uncensored

Geeking Out

SmartLess: On the Road

Thor: Love and Thunder

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Adjustment Bureau

Downsizing

The Odyssey

Titan A.E.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Bourne Supremacy

Air

Stillwater

Production Credits

Small Things Like These

Kiss the Future

Manchester by the Sea

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