Matt Damon

Matthew Damon was born on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Matt attended Harvard University but he dropped out to pursue his acting career. Matt’s first film role came in 1988 with one line in the romantic comedy “Mystic Pizza.” Matt appeared in small roles before... More

Matthew Damon was born on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Matt attended Harvard University but he dropped out to pursue his acting career. Matt’s first film role came in 1988 with one line in the romantic comedy “Mystic Pizza.” Matt appeared in small roles before landing a big part in “Geronimo: An American Legend” with Gene Hackman and Jason Patric.

Matt and actor Ben Affleck, close personal friends as well as co-stars in several films, developed and wrote the movie “Good Will Hunting,” which earned both Matt and Affleck Oscars for Best Original Screenplay. Matt was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film.

Matt has been known to stray from the mainstream in his choice of roles, such as his portrayal of bisexual murderer Tom Ripley in “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He played amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in the successful action movies “The Bourne Identity” and “The Bourne Supremacy,” with another Bourne sequel, “The Bourne Ultimatum,” expected on August 3, 2007. He also starred as a youthful, optimistic thief opposite, among others, in “Ocean's Eleven.”

While filming “Stuck on You” in 2003, Matt met Argentine-born Luciana Bozán Barroso at Crobar in Miami Beach, where she was working as a bartender. They married in a private civil ceremony on December 9, 2005 in New York City Hall. Matt became stepfather to Barroso's young daughter, Alexia, from her previous marriage. Matt and Barroso also have a daughter Isabella.

Prior to meeting Barroso, Matt had dated actresses Claire Danes, Minnie Driver and Winona Ryder, as well as model Bridget Hall and Ben Affleck's former personal assistant, Odessa Whitmire.

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