Matt Damon
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Damon at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
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Matthew Paige Damon October 8, 1970 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Residence | Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. | ||
| Alma mater | Harvard University | ||
| Occupation | Actor, filmmaker, screenwriter | ||
| Years active | 1988–present | ||
| Spouse(s) | Luciana Bozán Barroso (m. 2005) | ||
| Children | 3 | ||
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Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (/ˈdeɪmən/; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Damon has received various accolades, including an Academy Award from five nominations, two Golden Globe Awards from eight nominations, and has been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards and six Emmy Awards.
Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Damon began his acting career by appearing in high school theater productions and he made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988). He came to prominence in 1997 when he wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting alongside Ben Affleck, which won them the Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Screenplay, and earned Damon a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He continued to garner praise from critics for his roles as the eponymous character in Saving Private Ryan (1998), the antihero in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), a fallen angel in Dogma (1999), an energy analyst in Syriana (2005), and an Irish-American criminal in The Departed (2006).
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