• Name: Matt Damon
  
• Birth Name: Matthew Paige Damon
  
• Height: 5'11"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: October 8, 1970
  
• Birth Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: High School Cambridge Rindge and Latin
  
•   : Harvard University (majored in English; dropped out)
  
• Relationship: Odessa Whitmire (Ben Affleck's former assistant), Winona Ryder (actress; together as of early 1998), Claire Danes (actress; dated in 1997), Minnie Driver (actress; dated in 1997), Kara Sands (model), Skylar Statenstein (doctor)
  
• Father: Kent Damon (retired investment banker; divorced in 1973)
  
• Mother: Nancy Carlsson-Paige (professor of education at Lesley College)
  
• Brother: Kyle (scluptor; born in 1967)
  
• Claim to fame: as Will Hunting in Good Will Hunting (1997)
  

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• "Action movies normally are like porn movies. You have these really kind of bad scenes with these poorly drawn characters, and then you get a little action, and then you get another bad scene and then you get a little action."
• On his STUCK ON YOU co-star Eva Mendes: "She is awesome. She is so beautiful, she is such a good actress, she is so smart, she's really funny. And she's a normal person too, the world is her oyster basically."
• “A few years ago, I would have told you that it should have happened for me then. But I’m glad it happened this way. It does give me more perspective. I’d like to think that way, anyway.”
• "I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my boyfriend got married, and I've never heard from him again." [on Billy Bob Thorton's marriage to Angelina Jolie]

• Western Heritage Awards: Theatrical Motion Picture, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (2003)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Video, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1999)
• Academy Awards: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, GOOD WILL HUNTING (shared with Ben Affleck) (1998)
• Berlin International Film Festival: Outstanding Single Achievement for Good Will Hunting (1998) - for his screenwriting and acting in the film.
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Screenplay - Original, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998) shared with Ben Affleck
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Breakthrough Artist, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Most Promising Actor, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Newcomer of the Year for Good Will Hunting (1998) - with Ben Affleck for their screenwriting
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998) shared with Ben Affleck
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Original, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998) - shared with Ben Affleck
• Humanitas Prize: Feature Film Category, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998) - shared with Ben Affleck
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award - Most Promising Actor, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998)
• ShoWest Award: Male Star of Tomorrow (1998)
• National Board of Review: Special Achievement in Filmmaking, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) - shared with Ben Affleck

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