Actor
Matt Damon
Born 8 October 1970 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Matt Damon (born 1970, Boston) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. He rose to fame co-writing and starring in Good Will Hunting, then became a leading man through the Bourne and Ocean's films and The Martian. He is one of the most commercially successful actors of his generation.
Key films
Good Will Hunting (1997)
His breakthrough: he co-wrote and starred in it with Ben Affleck, winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Showed his dramatic range as the charming, dangerous Tom Ripley in a celebrated thriller.
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Launched his Jason Bourne franchise and established him as a credible action lead.
The Departed (2006)
A key supporting role in Martin Scorsese's crime drama, which won the Oscar for Best Picture.
The Martian (2015)
His stranded-astronaut lead performance earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
Key awards
- 1998 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Good Will Hunting, shared with Ben Affleck)
- 1998 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay (Good Will Hunting, shared with Ben Affleck)
- 2016 Golden Globe for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy (The Martian)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 128
- 1988Mystic Pizza · as SteamerActor
- 1988The Good Mother · as Extra (uncredited)Actor
- 1989Field of Dreams · as Baseball Fan (uncredited)Actor
- 1990Rising Son · as Charlie RobinsonActor
- 1992School Ties · as Charlie DillonActor
- 1993Geronimo: An American Legend · as 2nd Lt. Britton DavisActor
- 1995Glory Daze · as Edgar PudwhackerActor
- 1995The Good Old Boys · as Cotton CallowayActor
- 1996Courage Under Fire · as IlarioActor
- 1997Good Will Hunting · as Will HuntingActor
- 1997Chasing Amy · as Shawn OranActor
- 1997The Rainmaker · as Rudy BaylorActor
- 1998Saving Private Ryan · as Private RyanActor
- 1998Rounders · as Mike McDermottActor
- 1998Jay and Silent Bob's Video Stash · as Cable GuyActor
- 1999The Talented Mr. Ripley · as Tom RipleyActor
- 1999Dogma · as LokiActor
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special · as SelfActor
- 1999The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack · as SelfActor
- 1999Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan · as SelfActor
- 2000Finding Forrester · as Steven SandersonActor
- 2000Titan A.E. · as Cale (voice)Actor
- 2000The Legend of Bagger Vance · as Rannulph JunuhActor
- 2000All the Pretty Horses · as John GradyActor
- 2000Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' · as SelfActor
- 2000Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' · as SelfActor
- 2001Ocean's Eleven · as Linus CaldwellActor
- 2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back · as Matt Damon / Will HuntingActor
- 2001The Majestic · as Luke Trimble (voice)Actor
- 2002The Bourne Identity · as Jason BourneActor
- 2002Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron · as Spirit (voice)Actor
- 2002Confessions of a Dangerous Mind · as Bachelor MattActor
- 2002Gerry · as GerryActor
- 2002The Third Wheel · as Kevin (uncredited)Actor
- 2002Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma · as SelfActor
- 2003Stuck on You · as BobActor
- 2003Saltlake Van Sant · as SelfActor
- 2004The Bourne Supremacy · as Jason BourneActor
- 2004Ocean's Twelve · as Linus CaldwellActor
- 2004EuroTrip · as DonnyActor
- 2004Jersey Girl · as PR Exec #2Actor
- 2004Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2004Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party · as SelfActor
- 2004Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen · as SelfActor
- 2004Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You · as SelfActor
- 2005The Brothers Grimm · as Wilhelm GrimmActor
- 2005Syriana · as Bryan WoodmanActor
- 2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon · as Al Shepard (voice)Actor
- 2005The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life · as SelfActor
- 2005After Frank · as SelfActor
- 2006The Departed · as ColinActor
- 2006The Good Shepherd · as Edward Bell WilsonActor
- 2007The Bourne Ultimatum · as Jason BourneActor
- 2007Ocean's Thirteen · as Linus CaldwellActor
- 2007Youth Without Youth · as Life Magazine Reporter (uncredited)Actor
- 2007Coda: Thirty Years Later · as SelfActor
- 20072007 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film · as NarratorActor
- 2007Crossing Criminal Cultures · as SelfActor
- 2007Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' · as SelfActor
- 2007Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' · as SelfActor
- 2008Che: Part Two · as Fr. SchwartzActor
- 2008Notes on an American Film Director at Work · as SelfActor
- 2008Prince: 21 Nights in London · as SelfActor
- 2009Invictus · as Francois PienaarActor
- 2009The Informant! · as Mark WhitacreActor
- 2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute · as SelfActor
- 2010True Grit · as LaBoeufActor
- 2010Green Zone · as Roy MillerActor
- 2010Hereafter · as George LoneganActor
- 2010Inside Job · as NarratorActor
- 2010Teenage Paparazzo · as SelfActor
- 2011Contagion · as Mitch EmhoffActor
- 2011The Adjustment Bureau · as David NorrisActor
- 2011We Bought a Zoo · as Benjamin MeeActor
- 2011Happy Feet Two · as Bill (voice)Actor
- 2011Margaret · as Mr. AaronActor
- 2011His Way · as SelfActor
- 2011American Teacher · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2011Plan B · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2012Promised Land · as Steve ButlerActor
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Radioman · as SelfActor
- 2012Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later · as SelfActor
- 2013Elysium · as MaxActor
- 2013The Zero Theorem · as ManagementActor
- 2013Behind the Candelabra · as Scott ThorsonActor
- 2014Interstellar · as MannActor
- 2014The Monuments Men · as Lt. James GrangerActor
- 2014The Man Who Saved the World · as SelfActor
- 2015The Martian · as Mark WatneyActor
- 2016Jason Bourne · as Jason BourneActor
- 2016The Great Wall · as WilliamActor
- 2016The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' · as SelfActor
- 2016Backpack Full of Cash · as NarratorActor
- 2017Thor: Ragnarok · as Actor Loki (uncredited)Actor
- 2017Downsizing · as Paul SafranekActor
- 2017Suburbicon · as Gardner LodgeActor
- 2017Boston · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2018Deadpool 2 · as Redneck #2Actor
- 2018Unsane · as Detective FergusonActor
- 2018Once Upon a Deadpool · as Redneck #2Actor
- 2018Die Clint Eastwood Story · as SelfActor
- 2019Ford v Ferrari · as Carroll ShelbyActor
- 2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot · as LokiActor
- 2019Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis · as SelfActor
- 2020Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life · as SelfActor
- 2020Dispatches from the Gulf · as (voice)Actor
- 2021The Last Duel · as Sir Jean de CarrougesActor
- 2021Stillwater · as Bill BakerActor
- 2021No Sudden Move · as Mike Lowen (uncredited)Actor
- 2021Clerk · as SelfActor
- 2021The Making of the Last Duel · as SelfActor
- 2022Thor: Love and Thunder · as Actor LokiActor
- 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder · as Self - Actor LokiActor
- 2023Oppenheimer · as Leslie GrovesActor
- 2023Air · as Sonny VaccaroActor
- 2023Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer · as Self - Leslie Groves Jr.Actor
- 2024IF · as Flower (voice)Actor
- 2024The Instigators · as RoryActor
- 2024Drive-Away Dolls · as Senator Gary ChannelActor
- 2024The Roast of Tom Brady · as Self (voice)Actor
- 2025Netflix Tudum 2025 · as SelfActor
- 2025Clint Eastwood : la légende · as SelfActor
- 2026The Odyssey · as OdysseusActor
- 2026The Rip · as Lieutenant Dane DumarsActor
- 2026The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic · as Self - "Odysseus"Actor
- 2026Influenced · as SelfActor
- 2027Untitled Daniels Event FilmActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.