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Main Movie Roles 2011 - Margaret 2011 - The Adjustment Bureau 2011 - Contagion 2010 - Hereafter 2010 - Green Zone 2010 - True Grit 2009 - The Informant! 2009 - Invictus 2009 - The People Speak 2008 - Che: Part Two 2007 - Youth without Youth 2007 - Ocean's Thirteen 2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum 2006 - The Good Shepherd 2006 - The Departed 2005 - The Brothers Grimm 2005 - Syriana 2004 - Jersey Girl 2004 - Ocean's Twelve 2004 - The Bourne Supremacy 2004 - Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train 2004 - EuroTrip 2003 - Stuck on You 2002 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002 - The Bourne Identity 2002 - Gerry 2001 - Ocean's Eleven 2001 - Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001 - The Majestic 2000 - All the Pretty Horses 2000 - The Legend of Bagger Vance 2000 - Finding Forrester 2000 - Titan A.E. 1999 - The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 - Dogma 1998 - Rounders 1998 - Saving Private Ryan 1997 - Good Will Hunting 1997 - The Rainmaker 1997 - Chasing Amy 1996 - Courage Under Fire 1993 - Geronimo: An American Legend 1992 - School Ties 1991 - The Hard Way 1989 - Field of Dreams 1988 - Mystic Pizza

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:

• Met his wife, Luciana Barroso, while he was filming _Stuck on You (2003)_ (qv) in Florida.
• Has two daughters, Isabella Damon, born June 11, 2006 and Gia Zavala, born August 20, 2008 in Miami, Florida.
• Was once offered the chance at playing Daredevil when it was in production at Miramax in 1999. This version would have starred Damon and been written by 'Kevin Smith (I)' (qv) and directed by 'Robert Rodriguez (I)' (qv). However, Marvel Comics wanted too large a budget for the filmmakers' tastes.
• While promoting _The Bourne Supremacy (2004)_ (qv) on _"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992)_ (qv), he revealed that when he was a college freshman his agent from a "ma and pa agency" inadvertently sent him and 'Ben Affleck' (qv) to an audition for _"The New Mickey Mouse Club" (1977)_ (qv). They were under the impression that they were going to meet the head of Touchstone Pictures.
• Named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 2007.
• He and his wife Luciana Barroso welcomed another daughter, Gia Zavala, on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008, in Miami, Florida.
• Chosen as one of "the 50 Most beautiful people in the world" by People magazine (1998).
• He is of Scottish, Finnish and English descent.