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His first leading role was in the legal drama film The Rainmaker (1997). [2] His breakthrough came later that year when he played the title role of an unrecognized genius in Good Will Hunting, which he also co-wrote with Ben Affleck. [3] They won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Damon was nominated for Best Actor.
Matthew Paige Damon (/ ˈ d eɪ m ə n / DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter.He was ranked among Forbes ' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.
Geronimo: An American Legend is a 1993 historical Western film starring Wes Studi, Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, and Matt Damon in an early role. The film, which was directed by Walter Hill, is based on a screenplay by John Milius.
Matt Damon has appeared in 48+ films—blockbusters (the Bourne movies), stylishly giddy ensemble brofests (the Oceans trilogy), without-a-net one-man showcases (The Martian), hard-hitting ...
The best buds, who met as kids in Boston, have been friends for four decades
After Matt booked his first-ever film role in 1988’s Mystic Pizza, he and Affleck went on to appear in several p Damon was born in October 1970 to parents Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Kent Damon.
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 action-thriller film directed by Doug Liman and written by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron.Based on Robert Ludlum's 1980 novel of the same name, it is the first installment in the Bourne franchise, and the film stars Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.
[34]: 447 After hearing about Griffith's success in Hollywood, in 1913, many movie-makers headed west to avoid the fees imposed by Thomas Edison, who owned patents on the movie-making process. [35] Nestor Studios of Bayonne, New Jersey, built the first studio in the Hollywood neighborhood in 1911.