Matt Damon was born in 1970. His father, Kent Damon, a tax preparer, and his mother, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, a college professor, are now divorced. His older brother, Kyle (b. 1967), is a sculptor. Matt's first film role was a one-line part in Mystic Pizza (1988). Hollywood's power brokers realized his potential as a serious actor when they saw him play a Gulf War vet-turned-heroin addict in Courage Under Fire (1996). One of Matt's closest childhood friends was fellow young thespian Ben Affleck, who starred in Chasing Amy (1997). Damon and Affleck collaborated on the screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), in which they co-star.
Salary
The Brothers Grimm (2005) $10,000,000
The Bourne Identity (2002) $10,000,000
Ocean's Eleven (2001) $5,000,000
All the Pretty Horses (2000) $5,500,000
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) $7,000,000
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) $5,000,000
Rounders (1998) $600,000
August 2005) Currently shooting director Martin Scorsese's The Departed (2006) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson in New York City and Boston. (2005) The Good Shepherd (2006) is in pre-production.
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Actor - filmography
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (filming) .... Jason Bourne
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) (post-production) .... Linus Caldwell
Margaret (2006) (completed) .... Mr. Aaron
The Good Shepherd (2006) .... Edward Wilson
The Departed (2006) .... Colin Sullivan
Syriana (2005) .... Bryan Woodman
The Brothers Grimm (2005) .... Wilhelm Grimm
Ocean's Twelve (2004) .... Linus Caldwell
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) .... Jason Bourne
... aka Bourne Verschwörung, Die (Germany)
Jersey Girl (2004) .... PR Exec #2
EuroTrip (2004) .... Donny
Stuck on You (2003) .... Bob
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) .... Matt, Bachelor #2
... aka Confessions d'un homme dangereux (Canada: French title)
"Saturday Night Live" .... Host (1 episode, 2002)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA)
- Episode #28.1 (2002) TV Episode .... Host
The Bourne Identity (2002) .... Jason Bourne
... aka Bourne Identität, Die (Germany)
The Third Wheel (2002) (uncredited) .... Kevin
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (voice) .... Spirit
... aka Spirit (USA: promotional title)
"Will & Grace" .... Owen (1 episode, 2002)
- A Chorus Lie (2002) TV Episode .... Owen
Gerry (2002) .... Gerry
... aka Gerry (Argentina: festival title)
The Majestic (2001) (voice) .... Luke Trimble
Ocean's Eleven (2001) .... Linus Caldwell
... aka 11 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka O11 (USA: informal short title)
All the Pretty Horses (2000) .... John Grady Cole
Finding Forrester (2000) .... Steven Sanderson
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) .... Rannulph Junuh
Titan A.E. (2000) (voice) .... Cale Tucker
... aka Titan: After Earth (USA: promotional title)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) .... Tom Ripley
... aka The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley (USA: complete title)
Dogma (1999) .... Loki
Rounders (1998) .... Mike McDermott
Saving Private Ryan (1998) .... Private James Francis Ryan
Good Will Hunting (1997) .... Will Hunting
The Rainmaker (1997) .... Rudy Baylor
... aka John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Chasing Amy (1997) .... Shawn Oran - Executive #2
Glory Daze (1996) .... Edgar Pudwhacker
Courage Under Fire (1996) .... Specialist Ilario
The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) .... Cotton Calloway
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) .... 2nd Lt. Britton Davis
School Ties (1992) .... Charlie Dillon
Rising Son (1990) (TV) .... Charlie Robinson
The Good Mother (1988) (uncredited) .... Extra
... aka The Price of Passion (South Africa: English title: video title)
Mystic Pizza (1988) .... Steamer
Producer - filmography
Running the Sahara (2007) (filming) (executive producer)
Feast (2005) (executive producer)
"Project Greenlight 3" (2005) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
Turning It Over (2004) (executive producer)
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) (executive producer)
"Project Greenlight 2" (2003) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
All Grown Up (2003) (TV) (executive producer)
"Push, Nevada" (2002) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
The Third Wheel (2002) (executive producer)
Speakeasy (2002) (executive producer)
Stolen Summer (2002) (producer)
"Project Greenlight" (2001) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
