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some interesting facts of actor Matt Damon. American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Matt Damon was born Matthew Paige Damon on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
United States. Ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars, the films in which he has
appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North American box office,
making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Damon is also the recipient of various
accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award from five nominations.
Damon was the second son of Kent Telfer Damon, a stockbroker,
and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University.
His brother, Kyle, is a sculptor and artist. Damon's parents divorced when he
was two years old, and he and his brother returned with their mother to Cambridge,
where they lived in a six-family communal house. One of Matt's childhood best friends is fellow
A-lister, Ben Affleck. Both boys wanted to be actors from a very early age. Damon
attended Harvard University from 1988 to 1992 but dropped out 12 credits shy of a BA in English.
In his personal life, Matt is now happily married to Argentine-born Luciana Bozán,
whom he married since December 9, 2005. The couple have four daughters:
Alexia Barroso, Luciana's daughter from a previous relationship, as well as Isabella, Gia and Stella.
Damon began his acting career by appearing in high school theater productions.
He made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza and came to prominence in 1997 when
he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting, which won them the Academy and Golden
Globe awards for Best Screenplay. He continued to garner praise from critics for his roles as
the title character in Saving Private Ryan, Mr. Ripley, Dogma, The Departed and Ford v Ferrari.
Damon is also known for his starring roles as Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise,
and as con man Linus Caldwell in the Ocean's trilogy. He had a supporting role as rugby player
Francois Pienaar in Invictus and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his leading role in
The Martian. In 2021, it was confirmed that Damon would reunite with director Christopher Nolan, for
Nolan's upcoming biographical film Oppenheimer. Damon has also performed voice-over work in
both animated and documentary films, and has established two production companies with Affleck.
Here are the 10 best movies of the actor, according to IMDb:
As of 2022, Matt Damon’s net worth is $170 million.
In 2012 Matt and Luciana paid $15 million for an impressive mansion in the Pacific Palisades
neighborhood of Los Angeles. They listed the remarkable home, which boasts 13,508-square-foot
of space and has seven bedrooms and 10 baths, for sale in January 2021 for $21
million. They lowered the price to $17.9 million in August 2021 and found a buyer a month later.
Matt Damon has a huge car collection and owns a few of the best luxury cars in the world.
He loves SUVs and owns an alluring Cadillac Escalade, which has a starting price of $76,000.
The Escalade was the first large luxury SUV to feature hybrid tech,
it is powered by a 6.2-liter V-8 engine that makes 420 horsepower.
Another SUV in Matt’s garage is the Tesla Model X, which has a firmly built, quality engine, as well
as a battery that can go for many years and many miles. In fact, it’s currently the electric SUV
on the market with the furthest range. The Tesla Model X’ price ranges between $79,900 and $85,000.
The Tesla Roadster can do 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds. It’s the first production
car in the world to break the two-second barrier. No wonder it’s Matt’s favorite
supercar. With a price range of $200,000, it proves it’s a powerful and eco-friendly car.
In October 2019, Matt revealed that he was offered a starring role in 2009's Avatar.
As part of the offer, he would have received a portion of the movie's box office profits.
Avatar went on to become the second highest-grossing movie in history
with more than $2.8 billion in worldwide gross.
Damon told the interviewer in 2019 that he would have eventually earned $250 million from the deal.
The actor is a fan of the Boston Red Sox.
Matt is extremely passionate about philanthropy
and supports 37 charitable organizations. He is an ambassador for ONEXONE, a nonprofit organization
that seeks to improve the lives of children in North America, and a spokesperson for Feeding
America, a foundation that fights hunger. He founded H2O Africa Foundation and co-founded
the Not On Our Watch Project, which aims to prevent mass genocide such as that in Darfur.
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