Matt Damon LifeStory

Keep your memories alive

Feedback

Support

Show LifeStory

Matt Damon's lifestory

Profile

Contest status off

Award
When: 2010
Where: WORLDWIDE
On the career front, Damon received an Academy Award nomination for his role as soccer great Francois Pienaar in the film, Invictus (2009). He starred in the 2010 thriller, Green Zone and the drama Hereafter, directed by Clint Eastwood.


Video clip with Sarah Silverman
When: January 2008
Where: UNITED STATES
In January 2008, Damon got a lot of media attention because of a short music video he appeared on with comedian Sarah Silverman. The girlfriend of late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, she created a raunchy song about having a sexual relationship with Damon. Damon appeared in the song's video, which was shown on Kimmel's show and later became a popular clip on the Internet.


Award
When: 2007
Where: UNITED STATES
In 2007, Damon was named the "sexiest man alive" by People magazine. A surprised Damon said "all the campaigning" by pals George Clooney and Brad Pitt, who had each won the honor twice, had finally paid off. "You gave an aging suburban dad the ego boost of a lifetime," he said in a letter published in the magazine. "My 9-year-old stepdaughter now thinks I'm cool â€” well, cooler."


Child birth
When: 2006
Where: UNITED STATES
The couple has three daughters: Isabella, was born June 11, 2006, in Miami, where they live when he's not filming on location. Their second child, Gia Zavala Damon, was born August 20, 2008. The couple welcomed daughter Stella Zavala on October 20, 2010. He also has a stepdaughter, Alexa, from Barroso's prior marriage.


Marriage
When: December 2005
Where: New York, UNITED STATES
Damon married longtime girlfriend, Argentine-born Luciana BozÃ¡n Barroso, in December 2005 in New York City Hall. They had met while he was filming Stuck On You in Miami, where she was working as a bartender.


Award
When: from 1998 to 2007
Where: UNITED STATES
Later films include Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), and its sequels The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). The $125 million Bourne Ultimatum had the largest August opening weekend in movie history, doing estimated $70.2 million of business in the United States and Canada.


Starring roles
When: 1997
Where: UNITED STATES
Damon studied English at Harvard but left early to pursue a career in acting. He went on to gain starring roles in the films The Rainmaker (1997), and Good Will Hunting (1997), for which he shared an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with fellow co-star Ben Affleck.


First roles
When: from 1988 to 1996
Where: UNITED STATES
Damon's first film role came in 1988 when he was eighteen, with a single line of dialogue in the romantic comedy Mystic Pizza. As a student at Harvard University, he continued to pursue acting and performed small roles in projects such as the TNT original film Rising Son and the ensemble prep-school drama School Ties. In 1992, he landed a big part in Geronimo: An American Legend with Gene Hackman and Jason Patric. Four years later, he auditioned for a small role in Cutthroat Island, but was turned away. Damon next appeared as an opiate-addicted soldier in 1996's Courage Under Fire. He was required to lose 40 pounds (18 kg) in 100 days (for only two days of filming). After following a self-prescribed diet and fitness regimen to lose the weight, Damon was told after filming that he was fortunate his heart did not shrink. He took medication for several years afterwards to correct the stress inflicted on his adrenal gland. Courage Under Fire gained him some critical notice, as The Washington Post labeled his performance "impressive"; Damon has stated that it was worthwhile to risk his health in order to properly portray his character and show the industry how committed he was to his work as an actor.


Education
When: from 1988 to 1992
Where: UNITED STATES
Damon attended Harvard University from 1988 to 1992 but did not graduate. While at Harvard, he studied English and lived in Lowell House. He took part in student theater, appearing in plays such as Burn This in Winthrop House and A... My Name is Alice (in one of the three male roles usually performed by women). Damon dropped out of the university to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles because he mistakenly expected Geronimo: An American Legend to become a big success. "By the time I figured out I had made the wrong decision, it was too late. I was living out here with a bunch of actors, and we were all scrambling to make ends meet," Damon has said.


Ben Affleck
When: 1980
Where: WORLDWIDE
At 10, he met a guy from two blocks down the road: Ben Affleck. The pair did everything together. They played baseball (both are die-hard Boston Red Sox fans) and the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. They attended trashy movie double-features, and they both attended the pricey Rindge & Latin prep school. And it was here that Matt really took to acting.


Birth
When: 08 October 1970
Where: Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father, Kent, was a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer. His mother, Nancy, was an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Matt has one brother, Kyle, who is three years his senior. His parents divorced when Matt was two.

LifeChapters @ 2011 [ About ] [ Investors ] [ Terms and Conditions ] [ Help ]