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Date of Birth : Oct 8th 1970

With his wife, Luciana Bozán Barroso, Damon has a daughter, and also a stepdaughter from Barroso’s prior marriage. He has won multiple awards for his film performances and is one of the top twenty-five highest grossing actors of all time. Damon has been actively involved in several charitable organizations, including the ONE Campaign and H2O Africa Foundation. Damon currently has four upcoming films that will debut between 2007 and 2009. In his most recent roles, he portrayed Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum, and had an uncredited cameo in Youth Without Youth. His next upcoming role will be in Margaret, due in 2007.

His first film role came in 1988 when he was 16, with a single line of dialogue in the romantic comedy Mystic Pizza. Damon appeared in small roles before landing a big part in Geronimo: An American Legend with Gene Hackman and Jason Patric. He next appeared as a heroin-addicted soldier in 1996’s Courage Under Fire. He was required to lose 40 pounds (18 kg) in 100 days (for only two days of filming). After following a self-prescribed diet and fitness regimen to lose the weight, Damon was told after filming that he was fortunate his heart did not shrink. Damon took medication for several years afterwards to correct the stress inflicted on his adrenal gland, and has stated that it was worthwhile to properly portray his character and show the industry how committed he was to the role.

Damon and actor Ben Affleck, close personal friends as well as co-stars in several films, developed a thriller about a young math genius, which they pitched around Hollywood. Receiving advice from writer/director/actor Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, and their friend writer/director Kevin Smith, the two changed the script around to focus on a young math genius trying to make his way in the world. This script eventually became Good Will Hunting, and received nine Academy Awards nominations, earning Damon and Affleck Oscars for Best Original Screenplay. Damon was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film (which netted an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for co-star Robin Williams). Damon and Affleck were each paid salaries of $500,000, and the film grossed over $100 million at the box office. Damon parodied his role in the film in Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. After watching Good Will Hunting, director Steven Spielberg cast Damon in the World War II film Saving Private Ryan.


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Drive-Away Dolls ( 2024 )

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Oppenheimer ( 2023 )

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Air ( 2023 )

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The Last Duel ( 2021 )

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Stillwater ( 2021 )

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Le Mans 66 ( 2019 )

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Ocean’s 8 ( 2018 )

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Deadpool 2 ( 2018 )

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Downsizing ( 2018 )

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Suburbicon ( 2017 )

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The Great Wall ( 2017 )

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Jason Bourne ( 2016 )

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The Martian ( 2015 )

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Interstellar ( 2014 )

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The Zero Theorem ( 2014 )

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Elysium ( 2013 )

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Promised Land ( 2013 )

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We Bought A Zoo ( 2012 )

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Happy Feet Two ( 2011 )

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Margaret ( 2011 )

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Contagion ( 2011 )

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Inside Job ( 2011 )

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True Grit ( 2011 )

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Hereafter ( 2011 )

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Green Zone ( 2010 )

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Ponyo ( 2010 )

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Invictus ( 2010 )

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The Informant! ( 2009 )

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Jersey Girl ( 2004 )

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Stuck On You ( 2004 )

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Gerry ( 2003 )

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The Majestic ( 2002 )

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Ocean’s Eleven ( 2002 )

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Titan A.E. ( 2000 )

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Dogma ( 1999 )

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Rounders ( 1998 )

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The Rainmaker ( 1998 )

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Chasing Amy ( 1997 )

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