Matt Damon

Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (/ˈdeɪmən/; born October 8, 1970)^[2] is an American actor, vyce actor, screenwriter, producer, an philanthropist. He is ranked amang Forbes magazine's maist bankable starns^[3] an is ane o the heichest-grossin actors o aw time.^{[4][nb 1]} Damon haes received various accolades, includin an Academy Awaird, frae five nominations, twa Gowden Globe Awairds, frae aicht nominations, an haes been nominatit for three Breetish Academy Film Awairds an sax Emmy Awairds.

Matt Damon
Damon in 2015
Born	Matthew Paige Damon (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 53) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Residence	Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Californie, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard Varsity
Thrift	Actor, vyce actor, producer, screenwriter, philanthropist
Years active	1988–present
Hauf-marrae(s)	Luciana Bozán Barroso (2005–present)
Bairns	3

Born an raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Damon begoud his actin career bi appearin in heich schuil theatre productions. He made his perfaisional actin debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988). He came tae prominence in 1997, whan he wrote an starred in Good Will Hunting, alangside Ben Affleck, that wan them the Academy an Gowden Globe awairds for Best Screenplay an earned Damon a nomination for the Academy Awaird for Best Actor. He conteena'd tae gairner praise frae creetics for his roles as the eponymous chairacter in Saving Private Ryan (1998), the antihero in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), a fawen aungel in Dogma (1999), an energy analyst in Syriana (2005), an a corrupt Erse-American polis officer in The Departed (2006).

Damon is an aw kent for his starnin roles as Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise (2002–2016) an as a con man in the Ocean's trilogy (2001–2007). For his supportin role as the rugby player Francois Pienaar in Invictus (2009) an his leadin role as an astronaut strandit on Mars in The Martian (2015), Damon received Academy Awaird nominations for Best Supportin Actor an Best Actor, respectively. The latter an aw wan him a Gowden Globe Awaird for Best Actor. Damon haes received Emmy Awaird nominations for his portrayal o Scott Thorson in the biopic Behind the Candelabra (2013) and for producin the reality series Project Greenlight. He an aw received an Academy Awaird nomination for producin Manchester by the Sea (2016).

In addeetion tae actin in films, Damon haes performed vyce-ower wark in baith animatit an documentary films an haes established twa production companies wi Affleck. He haes been involved in charitable wark, includin the ONE Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, Feeding America, an Water.org. Damon is mairied tae Luciana Bozán Barroso, an thay hae fower dochters thegither.