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Matt Damon

Matt Damon
Born 8 Oct 1970, in Cambridge Massachusetts, Damon's breakthrough was in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting - which he co-directed with fellow star Ben Afleck. The film brought them 9 academy award nominations and an oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The following year Steven Spielberg cast a role in the film Saving Private Ryan.

Since then his roles have been wide and varied earning him praise as one of the best actors in Hollywood. From a bi-sexual murderer in The Talented Mr Ripley to the mysterious assasin in the hugely successful Bourne trilogy. In between which of course he also starred in the Oceans (11,12,13) trilogy.

Other notable films he has appeared in are Scorsese's The Departed as a undercover mobster and De Niro's The Good Shepherd in which he was cast as a CIA agent. There has been much speculation as to whether he would appear in a 4th Bourne movie - a rumour he at first denied - but there has since been confirmation that he will reprise his role again. Although he has yet to comment directly on this move he has been quoted as saying he feels the character has not been put to bed yet. Time will tell..





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Matt Damon - news / articles


  • Damon's cheap Che cameo - 13 November 2009
    -Steven Soderbergh's movie Che was so low budget, Matt Damon used a promotional trip for The Bourne Ultimatum to bag a free flight to Europe to film his part.- -The moviemaker asked Damon to appear in the biopic, about Latino revolutionary Che Guevara, and he was qu


  • Damon's delight at Informant role - 13 November 2009
    -Matt Damon was thrilled to land his starring role in The Informant! in 2001 - because he feared his career was over after a string of flop movies.- -Damon saw his popularity in Hollywood plunge in the early 2000s, and was convinced 2002 film The Bourne Identity wou


  • Damon in awe during Mandela visit - 27 October 2009
    -Matt Damon is delighted Nelson Mandela paid a visit to the set of his forthcoming movie - because seeing the former South African president meet his young daughters is a memory he will treasure forever.- -The actor stars in Invictus, based on a book of Mandela's li

Matt Damon - what members say


  • Good Will Hunting
  • Good Will Hunting review by A customer from Edinburgh, Scotland
    Rated - 4 stars A feel good movie !! 5 August 2004
    ...'s a tad overly sentimental at times, but this is definitely a must see movie. Matt Damon is outstanding (he co-wrote the screenplay with co-star Ben Affleck)and we must...  
  • Dogma
  • Dogma review by from England
    Rated - 5 stars Must see 18 November 2004
    ...erbly written, very funny, amazingly casted and the acting was great as well. Matt Damon gets a special mention for his superb part as Loki. No point in going into gre...  
  • John Grisham's The Rainmaker
  • John Grisham's The Rainmaker review by from Norwich, Norfolk
    Rated - 5 stars Superb drama... 3 March 2005
    ... movie. The Rainmaker is superb in contrast with A Time To Kill and The Client. Matt Damon is just great, on the same par as he was in Good Will Hunting. Danny DeVito is ...  

Matt Damon - filmography


  • Invictus (2010)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Matt Damon,  Scott Eastwood
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3 members
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  • Green Zone (2009)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Amy Ryan,  Greg Kinnear
    Director: Paul Greengrass
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    *This title is currently unavailable for rental.* A thriller about a pair of CIA agents on the trail of certain Weapons of Mass Destruction and a foreign correspondent following their mission. Inspired by Imperial Life in the Emerald City.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 8 members
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  • The Informant (2009)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Scott Bakula,  Joel McHale
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 43 members
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  • Running The Sahara on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Matt Damon
    Director: James Moll
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Narrated by Academy Award winner Matt Damon and directed by Academy Award winner James Moll, Running The Sahara is an epic true-life story of three men's unprecedented quest. Exploring the physical and emotional impact of one of greatest tests of strength and determination ever seen. The men ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 28 members
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  • The Good Shepherd on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Robert De Niro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 42,113 members
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  • The Departed on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Matt Damon,  Leonardo DiCaprio
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 85,761 members
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  • Good Shepherd, The - BLU-RAY Version (2006)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Robert De Niro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 79 members
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  • Syriana on DVD (2005)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Amanda Peet,  Matt Damon
    Director: Stephen Gaghan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 54,079 members
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  • Jersey Girl on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Liv Tyler,  George Carlin
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Breaking from his signature slacker-underdog films like CLERKS, MALLRATS, and CHASING AMY, Kevin Smith delivers the feel-good family movie JERSEY GIRL. While Smith's pert one-liners and wryly ironic sense of humour are clearly present in the script, his casting choices (Jennifer Lopez and Ben ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 12,591 members
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  • The Third Wheel on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Matt Damon,  Luke Wilson
    Director: Jordan Brady
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Stanley (Luke Wilson) has worked with Diana (Denise Richards) and harbored a crush for a quite a while. When he finally gets the courage to ask for and secure a date with her, he wants everything to go perfectly--but he couldn't have expected the unexpected. On the way to the date, Stanley ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,668 member
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  • Gerry on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Casey Affleck
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Gus Van Sant's GERRY, a film more concerned with atmosphere and visual breadth than with story or plot, a frivolous hike through the desert evolves into an existential journey for two young men. The film features only two characters, both named Gerry and played by the film's co-creators Casey ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,820 member
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  • Dogma on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Matt Damon,  Linda Fiorentino
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 18,540 members
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  • Rounders on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Edward Norton,  John Turturro
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Damon is Mike McDermott, a law student who has given up his true talent (and love), gambling, when he loses all of his money to Teddy KGB (Malkovich in a hilarious role). Months later, when his friend Worm (Norton) gets out of jail and is on a strict deadline to repay a $15,000 debt to Teddy, he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,092 members
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  • Rounders - BLU-RAY Version (1998)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Edward Norton,  John Turturro
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Damon is Mike McDermott, a law student who has given up his true talent (and love), gambling, when he loses all of his money to Teddy KGB (Malkovich in a hilarious role). Months later, when his friend Worm (Norton) gets out of jail and is on a strict deadline to repay a $15,000 debt to Teddy, he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 30 members
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  • Chasing Amy on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Joey Lauren Adams,  Jason Lee
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 12,053 members
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Matt Damon facts

5 most recent films

Invictus - 3.5 stars
Ponyo on the Cliff - 4.0 stars
Informant, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Green Zone - 3.0 stars
The Informant - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bourne Identity, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Bourne Identity, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Bourne Ultimatum, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Bourne Supremacy, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Bourne Ultimatum - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Informant, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Running The Sahara - 3.0 stars
The Informant - 3.0 stars
Green Zone - 3.0 stars
Invictus - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

George Clooney - 11 times - show films
Julia Stiles - 9 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 8 times - show films
Andy Garcia - 8 times - show films
Don Cheadle - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Steven Soderbergh - 10 times - show films
Paul Greengrass - 7 times - show films
Kevin Smith - 4 times - show films
Doug Liman - 3 times - show films
Robert De Niro - 3 times - show films


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