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Facts

Also Known As Matthew Paige Damon
Born October 8, 1970 (age 56) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1998) • Academy Award (1998): Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) • Golden Globe Award (2016): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (1998): Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Married To Luciana Barroso (2005–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "The Martian" (2015) • "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (2002) • "School Ties" (1992) • "Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time" (2018) • "Ocean's Eleven" (2001) • "Gerry" (2002) • "Unsane" (2018) • "The Bourne Identity" (2002) • "Invictus" (2009) • "Rounders" (1998) • "Contagion" (2011) • "The Legend of Bagger Vance" (2000) • "EuroTrip" (2004) • "All the Pretty Horses" (2000) • "Titan A.E." (2000) • "We Bought a Zoo" (2011) • "Ford v Ferrari" (2019) • "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2005) • "Ocean's Thirteen" (2007) • "Hereafter" (2010) • "Entourage" (2009) • "The Good Shepherd" (2006) • "Interstellar" (2014) • "The Informant!" (2009) • "Behind the Candelabra" (2013) • "Margaret" (2011) • "The Great Wall" (2016) • "Syriana" (2005) • "Elysium" (2013) • "Green Zone" (2010) • "The Majestic" (2001) • "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999) • "Geronimo: An American Legend" (1993) • "Jersey Girl" (2004) • "Deadpool 2" (2018) • "30 Rock" (2010–2011) • "Che: Part Two" (2008) • "Ponyo" (2008) • "Good Will Hunting" (1997) • "Finding Forrester" (2000) • "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) • "Jason Bourne" (2016) • "Chasing Amy" (1997) • "Promised Land" (2012) • "The Zero Theorem" (2013) • "Glory Daze" (1995) • "Ocean's Twelve" (2004) • "The Brothers Grimm" (2005) • "Suburbicon" (2017) • "House of Lies" (2013) • "The Rainmaker" (1997) • "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" (2002) • "Will & Grace" (2002) • "Cubed" (2009) • "The Departed" (2006) • "Mystic Pizza" (1988) • "Happy Feet Two" (2011) • "The Bernie Mac Show" (2002) • "True Grit" (2010) • "Dogma" (1999) • "Stuck on You" (2003) • "The Bourne Supremacy" (2004) • "Downsizing" (2017) • "The Monuments Men" (2014) • "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007) • "Courage Under Fire" (1996) • "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2015) • "Arthur" (2007) • "The Adjustment Bureau" (2011)
Movies/Tv Shows (Film Editor) "Gerry" (2002)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator) "Good Will Hunting" (1997) • "Gerry" (2002) • "Promised Land" (2012)

Top Questions

Is Matt Damon married?
Luciana Barroso (2005–present)
Where was Matt Damon born?
Matt Damon was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
When was Matt Damon born?
Matt Damon was born on October 8, 1970.

Photos

Matt Damon smiling and wearing a black shirt at a photocall for the film Stillwater at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Good Will Hunting
Invictus
True Grit
Anna Jacoby-Heron and Matt Damon walk through nearly empty grocery store aisles in a scene from the film Contagion, with Jacoby-Heron wearing a winter coat and face mask.
Matt Damon and Christian Bale, both wearing sunglasses, stand side by side at a racetrack in a scene from the film Ford v Ferrari, with grandstands and flags in the background.
Hong Chau as Ngoc Lan Tran and Matt Damon as Paul Safranek sit together outdoors among tall green plants in a scene from the film Downsizing.
Adam Driver and Matt Damon, in medieval armor, face each other on horseback in a jousting arena, with spectators and stone walls in the background, from The Last Duel.
Matt Damon as Odysseus stands in Greek armor on a foggy encampment with ships in the background, in a publicity still from The Odyssey (2026), directed by Christopher Nolan.
Matt Damon as Odysseus in The Odyssey (2026), wearing ancient Greek armor and a plumed helmet, stands in profile before a red and tan painted wall.
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