Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a stockbroker father and a professor mother. Matt Damon, who starred in school theater plays during his high school years, attended Harvard University in 1988 and began writing the screenplay for the movie “Good Will Hunting” that starred him as an English lesson subject.

Matt Damon made his career debut in 1988 with his role in the movie “Mystic Pizza”. He starred in his first movie with Julia Roberts and Vincent D'Onofrio. He dropped out of college for the movie “Geronimo: An American Legend” in 1993. Matt Damon, who attracted the attention of many movie critics with his role in the 1996 movie “Courage Under Fire”, won an Oscar for his 1997 movie “Good Will Hunting”, which he wrote with his friend Ben Affleck.

Playing the character of Private Ryan, who gave his name to the movie “Saving Private Ryan” in 1998, Matt Damon starred in successive movies such as “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “The Legend of Bagger Vance”. Matt Damon, who shined as Linus in “Ocean's Eleven” in 2001, starred as the protagonist in “The Bourne Identity”, another production that would become a franchise, a year later.

In 2004, we saw him as Jason Bourne in the sequel “The Bourne Supremacy” and as Linus Caldwell in another sequel, “Ocean's Twelve”. Matt Damon, who gave life to the character of Colin in Martin Scorsese's 2006 movie “The Departed”, met with the audience in 2007 as Jason Bourne and Linus Caldwell in the sequels. Matt Damon, who received great acclaim once again with the character of Francois Pienaar in the 2009 movie “Invictus”, has managed to be on the agenda almost every year with his successful performances in numerous movies.

Playing the role of Mark Watney in the 2015 movie “The Martian”, Matt Damon managed to convey to the audience what it would feel like to be alone on Mars. Matt Damon, who has acted in different biographical movies before, took his place on the screen as Carroll Shelby in the movie “Ford v Ferrari” in 2021. Matt Damon is a versatile Hollywood star who has managed to sign many productions as a screenwriter and producer, as well as his acting talent.