Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American film actor. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He shares an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his friend Ben Affleck for the movie Good Will Hunting. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film.

He founded Project Greenlight with Affleck to find and fund worthwhile film projects from novice filmmakers.

In 2004 his uncle became the oldest person at 70 years old to swim the English Channel.

Filmography

• Mystic Pizza (1988)
• The Good Mother (1988)
• School Ties (1992)
• (1993)
• Courage Under Fire (1996)
• Glory Daze (1996)
• Chasing Amy (1997)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• Good Will Hunting (1997) (also writer)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Rounders (1998)
• Dogma (1999)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• Titan A.E. (2000) (voice)
• The Legend of Baggar Vance (2000)
• All the Pretty Horses (2000)
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) (Cameo)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001)
• The Majestic (2001) (voice only)
• Gerry (2002) (also writer)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (voice)
• The Third Wheel (2002) (also executive producer)
• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) (Cameo)
• Stuck On You (2003)
• EuroTrip (2004)
• Jersey Girl (2004) (Cameo)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• Ocean's Twelve (2004)
• The Brothers Grimm (2005) (currently completed filming)
• Syriana (2005) (currently in post-production)
• The Good Shepherd (2005) (currently in pre-production)
• The Departed (2006) (currently in pre-production)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (currently announced start of production)

External links

• MattDamon.com