| Non-acting careers: Has screenwriting to his name, also has a great passion to become a director. |
| Big break: Good Will Hunting |
| Defining characters: Jason Bourne and Will Hunting. |
| Best movies: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Good Will Hunting, The Departed, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen and |
| Best TV: Made a cameo on "Will and Grace". |
| Stage credits: This is our Youth in London's West End. |
| Endorsements: One X One Campaign |
| Other notable appearances/credits: Most people forget, even though his name is in the title, that he portrayed the character Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan". Lost 40 pounds for his role in "Courage Under Fire" near the beginning of his career, and was devastated when he wasn't in any of the reviews. |
| Top awards: Won an Oscar with Ben Affleck for writing the Screenplay for Good Will Hunting, he was also nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role the same year for his role as Will Hunting. |
| Other: When he had no work, he was offered Leonardo's role in "The Quick and the Dead" but he didn't feel the role was right for him. |
Matt Damon biography: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 Matt played Will Hunting and Ben Affleck co-stared.
