Matt Damon

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		Character	Year
	Geronimo: An American Legend	2nd Lt. Britton Davis	1993
	Chasing Amy	Exec. #2	1997
	Good Will Hunting	Will Hunting	1997
	Saving Private Ryan	Privaate James Francis Ryan	1998
	Rounders	Mike McDermott	1998
	Dogma	Loki	1999
	Titan A.E.	Cale Tucker	2000
	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Rannulph Junuh	2000
	Ocean's Eleven	Linus Caldwell	2001
	Gerry	Gerry	2002
	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Spirit	2002
	The Bourne Identity	Jason Bourne	2002
	EuroTrip	Donny	2004
	The Bourne Supremacy	Jason Bourne	2004
	Ocean's Twelve	Linus Caldwell	2004
	The Brothers Grimm	Wilhelm Grimm	2005
	Syriana	Bryan Woodman	2005
	The Departed	Colin	2006
	The Good Shepherd	Edward Bell Wilson	2006
	Ocean's Thirteen	Linus Caldwell	2007
	The Bourne Ultimatum	Jason Bourne	2007
	Youth Without Youth	Life Magazine Reporter	2007
	Ponyo	Koichi (voice: English version)	2008
	The Informant!	Mark Whitacre	2009
	Invictus	Francois Pienaar	2009
	Green Zone	Roy Miller	2010
	Inside Job	Narrator	2010
	Hereafter	George Lonegan	2010
	True Grit	LaBoeuf	2010
	The Adjustment Bureau	David Norris	2011
	Contagion	Thomas Emhoff	2011
	Happy Feet Two	Bill the Krill (voice)	2011
	We Bought a Zoo	Benjamin Mee	2011
	Promised Land	Steve Butler	2013
	Behind the Candelabra		2013
	Elysium		2013
	The Zero Theorem	Management	2013