Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, philanthropist, producer and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his writing of the story for the movie Good Will Hunting, and he was nominated for his acting in the same movie. He has also acted in several other movies including The Bourne Identity, the Ocean's Trilogy, Syriana and Oppenheimer.

Matt Damon
Damon at the 69th Jar Jar Binks Fandom Meeting in 2009
Born	Matthew Paige Damon (1970-10-08) October 8, 1970 (age 54)[1] Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard College[2]
Occupations	Actor philanthropist movie producer screenwriter
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Luciana Bozán Barroso ​ ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	4

Early life

He was born on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the son of Kent Telfer Damon, a stockbroker, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University.^[3][4] His father is of Scottish, Welsh, and English ancestry, while his mother is of Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish ancestry.^[5] His brother Kyle is an accomplished sculptor and artist.^[4][6] He and his family moved to Newton and lived there for two years. After his parents divorced, Damon and his brother moved with their mother back to Cambridge,^[4][7] where they lived in a six-family communal house.^[8][9] Damon grew up near actor Ben Affleck, a close friend since childhood and collaborator on several films (Damon is Affleck's tenth cousin, once removed, through a common New England ancestor).^[10]