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'''Matthew Paige Damon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|eɪ|m|ə|n}} {{respelling|DAY|mən}}; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among ''[[Forbes]]''{{'}} most [[bankable star]]s in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various [[List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon|awards and nominations]], including an [[Academy Award]] and two [[Golden Globe Awards]], in addition to nominations for three [[British Academy Film Awards]] and seven [[Primetime Emmy Awards]].
Damon began his acting career in the film ''[[Mystic Pizza]]'' (1988). He gained prominence in 1997 when he and [[Ben Affleck]] wrote and starred in ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'', which won them the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Academy Award]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Golden Globe]] for Best Screenplay. He established himself as a leading man by starring as [[Tom Ripley]] in ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)|The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' (1999), [[Jason Bourne]] in the [[Bourne (franchise)|''Bourne'' franchise]] (2002–2007; 2016), and con man [[Linus Caldwell]] in [[Ocean's (film series)|the ''Ocean's'' trilogy]] (2001–2007). Damon's other notable roles have been in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (1998), ''[[Syriana]]'' (2005), ''[[The Departed]]'' (2006), ''[[The Informant!]]'' (2009), ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]'' (2009), ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'' (2010), ''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'' (2011), ''[[Ford v Ferrari]]'' (2019), ''[[Stillwater (film)|Stillwater]]'' (2021), ''[[The Last Duel (2021 film)|The Last Duel]]'' (2021), ''[[Air (2023 American film)|Air]]'' (2023), and ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'' (2023), the last of which is his highest-grossing feature. He won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor]] for playing an astronaut stranded on [[Mars]] in ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' (2015).
On television, Damon portrayed [[Scott Thorson]] in the [[HBO]] biopic ''[[Behind the Candelabra]]'' (2013), for which he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]]. He appeared on ''[[30 Rock]]'' in 2011 and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in 2019. He also produced the reality series ''[[Project Greenlight]]'' (2001–2015) as well as the film ''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]'' (2016). Damon has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films as well as established two production companies with Affleck, [[Artists Equity]], and the former, [[Pearl Street Films]]. He has been involved in charitable work with organizations including the [[One Campaign]], [[H2O Africa Foundation]], [[Feeding America]], and [[Water.org]].
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In 2021, Damon starred in [[Tom McCarthy (director)|Tom McCarthy]]'s [[crime films|crime drama]] ''[[Stillwater (film)|Stillwater]]'', playing an unemployed [[oil rig]] worker from Oklahoma who sets out with a French woman to prove his convicted daughter's innocence. The film had its world premiere at the [[2021 Cannes Film Festival]]. [[IndieWire]] praised Damon's performance as "graced with a quiet softness that offsets the sheer volume of the character he's playing".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/stillwater-review-matt-damon-1234649672/|title= 'Stillwater' Review: Matt Damon Is a Dad on a Mission in Tom McCarthy's Affecting Turducken of a Movie|publisher=[[IndieWire]]|date= July 8, 2021|accessdate= July 1, 2022|archive-date= July 1, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220701225455/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/stillwater-review-matt-damon-1234649672/|url-status= live}}</ref> That same year saw the release of the historical drama ''[[The Last Duel (2021 film)|The Last Duel]]'', which he starred in and co-wrote alongside [[Ben Affleck]]. The film, set in [[medieval France]] and based on the [[The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France|book of the same name]], focuses on the true story of a knight, [[Jean de Carrouges]], portrayed by Damon, who challenges his former friend to a [[judicial duel]] after he's accused of [[raping]] his wife. It premiered at the [[78th Venice International Film Festival]] and earned positive reviews while being a financial failure at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ben-affleck-the-last-duel-box-office-1235062522/|title= Ben Affleck on Why 'The Last Duel' Bombed and What He Thinks of Ridley Scott Blaming Millennials|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= December 15, 2021|access-date= July 1, 2022|archive-date= July 1, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220701225455/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ben-affleck-the-last-duel-box-office-1235062522/|url-status= live}}</ref>
In 2023, Damon starred as [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] executive [[Sonny Vaccaro]] in ''[[Air (2023 American film)|Air]]'', a drama film about the launch of [[Air Jordan]], co-starring and directed by Affleck.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ben-affleck-matt-damon-true-life-story-nike-sneaker-man-sonny-vaccaro-1235132424/|title=Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Team for True Life Story of Nike Sneaker Man Sonny Vaccaro (Exclusive)|first=Borys|last=Kitt|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=April 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421051637/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ben-affleck-matt-damon-true-life-story-nike-sneaker-man-sonny-vaccaro-1235132424/|url-status=live}}</ref> It marked the first release from Affleck and Damon's independent production company, [[Artists Equity]], which they had formed in 2022.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|title=Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Start Film Production Company|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/media/ben-affleck-matt-damon-film-company.html|access-date=November 21, 2022|magazine=The New York Times|date=November 20, 2022|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121001744/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/media/ben-affleck-matt-damon-film-company.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also reunited with [[Christopher Nolan]] in the biographical film ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=November 2, 2021|title=Robert Downey Jr. And Matt Damon Latest Stars To Join Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/robert-downey-jr-matt-damon-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-1234859892/|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=Deadline|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102154342/https://deadline.com/2021/11/robert-downey-jr-matt-damon-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-1234859892/|url-status=live}}</ref> playing [[Leslie Groves]], the director of the [[Manhattan Project]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=November 2, 2021|title=Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. Join Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/matt-damon-robert-downey-jr-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-1235040518/|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102160710/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/matt-damon-robert-downey-jr-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-1235040518/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=July 14, 2023 |title="This Can't Be Safe. It's Got to Have Bite": Christopher Nolan and Cast Unleash 'Oppenheimer' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-cast-interview-film-1235535418/ |access-date=July 23, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720013003/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-cast-interview-film-1235535418/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was a critical and commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zemler|first1=Emily|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-08-04/oppenheimer-movie-christopher-nolan-atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-critics|title=Critics say omitting the Japanese toll makes 'Oppenheimer' 'morally half-formed'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url-access=limited|date=August 4, 2023|access-date=August 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804122246/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-08-04/oppenheimer-movie-christopher-nolan-atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-critics|archive-date=August 4, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
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