Matt Damon

Age: 39
Height: 5' 10"

Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Oct. 8th, 1970

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Matt Damon's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Journey to Planet Earth	Narrator
Project Greenlight	Matt Damon
Tinseltown TV (UK)	Matt Damon

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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.

TRIVIA:

(March 2009) Participated in the Cape Argus Cycle Tour in Cape Town, South Africa.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (26 July 2007).
Named Hollywood's "best value" by Forbes Magazine, with his films making $29 (US) for each dollar he is paid (2007).
Chosen as one of "the 50 Most beautiful people in the world" by People magazine (1998).
His uncle, George Brunstad, swam the English Channel at the age of 70. He completed the 21-mile swim in 15 hours and 59 minutes, making him the new world record holder as the oldest person to complete the swim. In the process, he raised $12,000 for a Haitian children's group (29 August 2004).
1998: Played in $10,000 buy-in Texas Hold 'Em tournament at the World Series of Poker (www.wsop.com) in Las Vegas. He was knocked out in the first day by poker legend 'Doyle Brunson' (qv). Damon had kings, Brunson aces.
'Francis Ford Coppola' (qv) cast him in _The Rainmaker (1997)_ (qv) after seeing him in _Courage Under Fire (1996)_ (qv).
Dropped 40 pounds for his role as a Gulf War vet in _Courage Under Fire (1996)_ (qv).

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