Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and philanthropist.
He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his writing of the story for the movie Good Will Hunting, and he was nominated for his acting in the same movie. He has also acted in several other movies including The Bourne Identity, the Ocean's Trilogy, Syriana and Oppenheimer.
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Born | Matthew Paige Damon October 8, 1970 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard College |
Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, philanthropist |
Years active | 1988–present |
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Spouse | Luciana Bozán Barroso (m. 2005) |
Children | 3 daughters, one stepdaughter |
He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the son of Kent Telfer Damon, a stockbroker, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. His father is of Scottish, Welsh, and English ancestry, while his mother is of Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish ancestry. His brother Kyle is an accomplished sculptor and artist. He and his family moved to Newton and lived there for two years. After his parents divorced, Damon and his brother moved with their mother back to Cambridge, where they lived in a six-family communal house. Damon grew up near actor Ben Affleck, a close friend since childhood and collaborator on several films (Damon is Affleck's tenth cousin, once removed, through a common New England ancestor).
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