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Born: 8 October 1970 · Age: 56
Matt Damon is 56 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 8 October 1970.
American actor who won an Oscar for co-writing Good Will Hunting and starred as Jason Bourne and in The Martian
Did you know?He wrote the initial screenplay for Good Will Hunting as an assignment for an English class while studying at Harvard University.
Matt Damon became a star with a film he wrote himself. He grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he became lifelong friends with Ben Affleck. He studied at Harvard but left to act. Together, Damon and Affleck wrote Good Will Hunting, about a troubled maths genius, and won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He played the amnesiac spy Jason Bourne in a hugely successful series. He starred in The Martian and Oppenheimer. He co-founded Water.org to bring clean water to millions.
Matthew Paige Damon ( DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.
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American actor, born 1970
Matt Damon was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 8 October 1970.
He studied at Harvard.
He won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting (1997).
He played Jason Bourne from 2002.
Career highlights
Did you know?He left Harvard just short of graduating to pursue acting.
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