Matt Damon

American actor and Academy Award winning screenwriter Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He first catapulted to fame in 1997 after co-writing and starring in the critically acclaimed drama Good Will Hunting alongside good friend and fellow actor Ben Affleck.

Matt Damon's impressive filmograhy includes international blockbusters like Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripely (1999), Dogma (1999) and the Ocean's Eleven flicks. His most noteworthy role to date has been that of butt-kicking spy Jason Bourne in the popular Bourne series. He is ranked as one of the top 35 highest grossing film actors of all time.

In 2007, People magazine voted Damon as the "Sexiest Man Alive."

Damon has been linked to a bevy of Hollywood beauties over the years including the likes of Winona Ryder, Claire Danes and Penelope Cruz. He married bartender Luciana Bozan Barroso in a civil ceremony on December 9, 2005 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau near New York City Hall. The couple have three children together.

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  The cast member and filmmaker of "The People Speak," an upcoming star-studded documentary, presented the concept behind their film to students in Jack Morton Auditorium on Monday evening as part of The People Speak College Tour. SMPA Director Frank Sesno hosted the conversation with hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco and ...
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  The Belgian hottie who was bloodied up in Alexandre Aja ’s High Tension has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood ’s latest attempt on Oscar, HEREAFTER . By the way, will we ever get a Clint Eastwood movie that’s just for fun movie watching experience anymore? I think the last time Eastwood made a movie ...
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• GREEN ZONE Movie Poster with Matt Damon

  
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  Check out the movie poster for GREEN ZONE starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, and directed by Paul Greengrass. Green Zone Synopsis: During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched ...
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• Seriously, Im alive

  
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  Unbelievable, right? But yes, I live on, and so does this blog. I have missed it :) But oh my word, university is just so exhausting. Seriously, all you people who go/went to uni, did you realise youd actually have to work so hard?!? In between two essays, four translations, five lectures, two speaking classes and ...
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• Emily Blunt Needs An Adjustment On Set With Matt Damon!

  
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  Emily Blunt had to shoot a scene for The Adjustment Bureau where she and Matt Damon run through New York traffic, and it looks as if her boobs were ready to pop out of her halter! Not that anyone is...
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• Clooneys Hamdan V. Rumsfeld With Matt Damon Shelved Until 2011?

  
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  Do we remember George Clooneys next directorial effort, "Hamdan V. Rumsfeld," which would now star Matt Damon?Once titled, "The Challenge," and scripted by Aaron Sorkin, the story centers on Osama Bin Ladens chauffeur, who was captured in Afghanistan before being shuffled off to Guantanamo Bay. Damon told Boson press ...
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• Abhay found fan in Matt Damon

  
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  Abhay Deol in Dev D Abhay Deol’s film Dev D is still making news. The actor recently received appreciation for his role in the film from Oscar winner Hollywood actor Matt Damon. Dev D was recently screened at the Venice Film Festival and Matt liked Abhay’s performance in it. According to sources, Matt has ...
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• "I Work Right Over There. My Name Is On The Building." [Snap Judgment]

  
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• Winona Ryder: BlackBook Magazine December Cover

  
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  Winona Ryder is back and on the cover of the December issue of BlackBook Magazine. The actress who was on every director’s wishlist took a bit of a sabbatical from movie making after some personal troubles and an arrest for shoplifting. After letting the scandal die down and getting herself together, she is [...]
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• Matt Damon: The private campaigner who became Hollywoods biggest star

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  A clutch of new films will cement Matt Damons reputation as the hit of his generation. But that wont change this most reserved and politically committed of actors. Vanessa Thorpe reports Runners taking part in the annual Miami Triathlon this time last year were surprised to spot a familiar face crossing the finishing ...
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• Hayao Miyazaki’s “PONYO” coming to DVD in Australia!

  
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  A favourite amongst the GamingAngels staff is Studio Ghibli and the master that is Hayao Miyazaki. I’m sure most of you have heard of (and maybe even seen) the latest product of the talented folks at Studio Ghibli – PONYO. News from our friends at Madman is that Australians can expect a release of the film on ...
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• Is Green Zone Anti-American?

  
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  Matt Damon has never shied away from choosing politically themed movies, from Syriana in 2005 to The Good Shepherd in 2006 to the 2010 thriller Green Zone. Already, Green Zone is being attacked by some online commentators as a movie of ... Read more Filed under: Hot Topic Permalink  |  Email this  |  ...
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• Oscars predix: Whos ahead in the best actor derby

  
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  Already our savvy forum moderators gave us their gutsy Oscars predix for best picture and lead actress . Now these pundits come out swinging over the lead actors slugfest: Chris "Boomer" Beachum , Matthew "Boidiva02" Cormier , Darrin "DoubleD" Dortch, Robert "Rob L" Licuria , Andrew "andrew" Pickett and ...
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• Top 10 Funny Music Videos of the 2000s: The Song Parodies

  
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  Filed under: Video , The Hit List Ever since Weird Al Yankovic instructed the public to Eat It , music videos have been ripe for mockery. And rightly so: The line between hip and hilarious is a fine one, indeed. For comedians, the rabid pursuit of cool on constant display in music videos is easy ...
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• Isla Fisher A Desperado; Bradley Cooper Gets Smart; Eminem Set To Scare & Liberace Inches Closer

  
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  -Isla Fisher is circling "Desperados," a spec script by Ellen Rapoport that was recently picked up by Universal, which the studio is describing as a "female-oriented The Hangover." The story is about a woman who sends an indignant email to her beau after she dosent hear from him, only to find out hes in a coma in ...
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• Film trailer: Green Zone

  
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  Based on the book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran and set in the early days of the Iraq war, an army inspector dispatched to find WMD stumbles upon an elaborate cover-up instead
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• Matt Damon, State Dept. Create Global Warming Propaganda PSA

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 815
  Recently, actor Matt Damon narrated a video for the State Department , addressing the problem of chronic  worldwide hunger. The video is extremely well made; those who watch it can’t help but be touched by it. This first minute of the three-minute video revolves around one problem: Hunger. Poor children are seen ...
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• Green Zone Poster

  
  Female First Blog — Authority: 139
  Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are reuniting once more, no not for another Bourne movie despite that being on the cards, but for war film The Green Zone. During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass ...
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• new GREEN ZONE Poster – Matt Damon is Done Following Orders

  
  GeekTyrant — Authority: 608
  Matt Damon and his Bourne Supremacy & Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass have teamed up again for the Universal thriller Green Zone , inspired by the Rajiv Chandrasekaran non-fiction book  Imperial Life in the Emerald City . Now we have the official one-sheet poster for the film. The action we’ve seen ...
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• Trailer Park | Invictus

  
  PureStyle Magazine | Music, Movies, Girls & More — Authority: 121
  New Clint Eastwood movie staring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon about Nelson Mandela and his unification of South Africa.
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