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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• Bookmarks for December 3rd

  
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  On Pixar and Finding Nemo: Teamwork, Friendship and Egalitarian Dictatorships “In the world of classic Disney animation, opposites commonly attract each other in a romantic way. That’s the core of the chemistry in Disney films from “Cinderella” to “The Little Mermaid” or “Aladdin.” In the world of ...
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• Invictus (Taste of Defeat)

  
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  Link to Catalog The true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people ...
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• The Coen Brothers Hold Open Casting Calls for Female Lead in “True Grit”

  
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  The Coen Brothers (No Country For Old Men) are holding an open casting call from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the East Memphis Hilton, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd, for the role of spunky young Mattie Ross, the lead character in their upcoming remake of the famous 1969 western, “True Grit.” According to the [...]
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• Matt Has Lucianas Help With the Big Decisions

  
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  Matt Damon was back to work on The Adjustment Bureau yesterday filming at Yankee Stadium, which is enemy territory for the die-hard Red Sox fan. Hes focusing on his current project, but another of his films, Invictus , hits the big screen next weekend. Matt recently stepped out to honor that films director, Clint ...
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• Paul Greengrass is Done with Bourne, Now What?

  
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  Rumors had been swirling since late last week, and this week Variety has confirmed that director Paul Greengrass is leaving the Bourne franchise. In the confirmation, the studio (Universal) released the following statement from the director: “I will always be grateful to have been the caretaker to Jason ...
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• Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman & Clint Eastwood Cover ‘Parade’

  
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  Silver screen stars Matt Damon , Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood share the cover of this Sunday’s issue of Parade magazine to talk about their new film, Invictus . “It’s fun working with young Matt ,” Clint , 79, said. ( Matt is 39!) “He’s great and does a terrific job. I’d look at ...
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• Jason Bourne Could Be All New

  
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  Universal Pictures is looking to add yet another chapter to the incredibly successful Jason Bourne trilogy of films, but they may have to do it without their director or their star. Paul Greengrass has now said that he will not step back in and sit down in the director’s chair for a fourth Bourne film. He is ready ...
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• Matt Damon: Clint Eastwood Makes My Wife Happy

  
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  The grateful star thanks his Invictus director for his thoughtfulness
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• Why are Black Americans Playing Roles Meant for Africans?

  
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  by Special Correspondent Nadra Kareem “Invictus,” a film about Nelson Mandela’s efforts to unify post-apartheid South Africa through rugby, opens Dec. 11. The film stars Matt Damon as captain of South Africa’s 1995 rugby team and Morgan Freeman as Mandela. I’ve little interest in seeing this film, but ...
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• Invictus Images

  
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  Nelson Mandela is one of the biggest political icons of out time so a movie about him almost seemed inevitable. But when you have Clint Eastwood behind the camera and Morgan Freeman in the lead role you know that it’s going to be an absolute corker. Invictus is already an Oscar favourite and don’t be surprised ...
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• Sequel News: Zombieland, Jackass and More

  
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  Here’s the latest scoop on the sequel buzz spreading across Hollywood: Zombieland: Prepare for another attack of the walking dead—this time in 3D. Sony has already greenlighted a follow-up to Zombieland , the recent comedy starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg. “Everyone had fun watching (the ...
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• INVICTUS Poem - What Morgan Freeman is Saying In The Movie Trailer

  
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  We received some questions on the origin of the words spoken by Morgan Freeman in the trailer for INVICTUS starring Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, and directed by Clint Eastwood. It turns out that this is a poem from the English Poet William Ernest Henley. It was first ...
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• Clint Eastwoods Life Work Honored At Invictus Screening

  
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  Clint Eastwood honored at the Moving Image Museum and treated to a screening of his film Invictus. ...read full story
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• Vera Farmiga on Up in the Air, Butt Doubles and Clooneys Sling Blade Obsession

  
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  If you dont yet know the name Vera Farmiga, or if you only vaguely recognize her as the head-shrinking beauty who romanced both Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio in The Departed, thats all about to change thanks to writer-director Jason Reitmans ... Read more Filed under: Celebrity Interviews Permalink  |  Email ...
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• An Invictus Primer: Rugby for Dummies

  
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  Like everyone else, the Bagger is a Clint Eastwood fan. So after it became clear that few people>understood the sport at the center of his new movie, "Invictus," we called in the experts. And then the kind folks at the Sports Desk referred us to a real expert
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• Matt Damon in for ‘Bourne 4’? Maybe, if Paul Greengrass directs

  
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  If you’re waiting for Matt Damon to sign on for the fourth “Bourne” movie, you’ll have to wait a little longer. The actor says he isn’t going ahead with it unless director Paul Greengrass also signs on. “I’m waiting for Paul,” Damon said at the “Invictus” premiere. “And he’ll come back when ...
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• New Movie ‘Invictus’ Promises To Uplift

  
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  Actor Morgan Freeman portrays anti-apartheid activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela in this Clint Eastwood-helmed political drama adapted from author John Carlin’s book , The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed the World. Set just after the fall of apartheid and during ...
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• Sneak Peek at Invictus in Theaters on Dec. 11

  
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  From director Clint Eastwood, Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically ...
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• Coffee Smug [Open Caption]

  
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  [ Matt Damon cant believe people are lining up at Shake Shack in the December chill when filming The Adjustment Bureau in Madison Square Park yesterday. Image via Getty ]
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• Paul Greengrass explains Bourne 4 departure

  
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  Yesterday we learned that The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass would not be returning to direct Bourne 4 , and there was speculation that it was due to a rift between Universal and himself over the hiring of writer Josh Zetumer. Well a statement from Greengrass was released by ...
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