well whatever you do however terrible
however hurtful it all makes sense
doesn’t it he has established himself as
a versatile actor who will do whatever
it takes to get the part
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the career of Matt
Damon born on October 8 1970 in
Cambridge Massachusetts he grew up with
close friend and distant cousin Ben
Affleck there he attended Harvard
University before dropping out to pursue
an acting career in Los Angeles his
first break came in the form of a
one-line part in the romantic comedy
mystic pizza mom do you want my green
stuff though the film failed to attract
audiences it helped motivate him to
audition for our lead role in school
ties opposite Brendan Fraser following
that film success he quickly lost 40
pounds for the role of a drug-addicted
soldier in 1996 his courage under fire
consequently he narrowly avoided serious
heart troubles but would have to take
medication for several years to correct
the internal stress he inflicted on his
glands despite this his big breakthrough
came in 1997 as a result of co-writing
and starring in the film Good Will
Hunting with Ben Affleck the film not
only brought him an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor but also
helped him land a role in Steven
Spielberg’s 1998 World War 2 film Saving
Private Ryan that same year he starred
as a reformed poker player in rounders a
film credited by some for pushing the
game further into the mainstream next he
co-starred alongside Ben Affleck as the
Angel of Death in the 1999 comedy dogma
but you didn’t say god bless you when I
sneeze okay
you’re kicking off flight at the same
time he took piano lessons in order to
land the role of a sociopath in the
talented mr. Ripley at the turn of the
millennium
Damon appeared alongside George Clooney
and an all-star cast as a youthful and
optimistic thief in Ocean’s eleven a
remake of the rat packs 1960’s caper
classic despite appearing in its two
sequels Damon would again work hard to
shed its youthful portrayal and
re-establish himself this time he
trained to become Jason Bourne in the
Bourne Identity and it’s two sequels
that he would star in between 2002 and
2007 illustrating his diversity Damon
also took on the role of a conjoined
twin in the 2003 comedy stuck on you a
con artist in the fantasy film the
Brothers Grimm and a dirty cop in The
Departed while not well known for
comedic roles
Matt Damon has gradually become a part
of popular culture and the target of
satire this has resulted from his
long-running albeit scripted feud with
Jimmy Kimmel and for his part in the
Sarah Silverman song I’m Matt Damon
by the door
however most people instantly recall his
hilarious self-obsessed portrayal in
Trey Parker and Matt Stone s comedy team
America world police coincidentally in
2009 Damon made a mockery of his title
as sexiest man alive by gaining 35
pounds to star as a whistleblower in
Steven Soderbergh’s dark comedy the
informant miraculously he lost every
pound and adopted an accent to take on
the part of South African rugby captain
Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood’s
Invictus in 2010 the actor starred in
the Iraq based action war thriller green
zone as a Warrant Officer in search of
weapons of mass destruction and was
announced to play Robert Kennedy in the
upcoming biopic of the legendary
politician
however hurtful it all makes sense
doesn’t it he has established himself as
a versatile actor who will do whatever
it takes to get the part
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the career of Matt
Damon born on October 8 1970 in
Cambridge Massachusetts he grew up with
close friend and distant cousin Ben
Affleck there he attended Harvard
University before dropping out to pursue
an acting career in Los Angeles his
first break came in the form of a
one-line part in the romantic comedy
mystic pizza mom do you want my green
stuff though the film failed to attract
audiences it helped motivate him to
audition for our lead role in school
ties opposite Brendan Fraser following
that film success he quickly lost 40
pounds for the role of a drug-addicted
soldier in 1996 his courage under fire
consequently he narrowly avoided serious
heart troubles but would have to take
medication for several years to correct
the internal stress he inflicted on his
glands despite this his big breakthrough
came in 1997 as a result of co-writing
and starring in the film Good Will
Hunting with Ben Affleck the film not
only brought him an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor but also
helped him land a role in Steven
Spielberg’s 1998 World War 2 film Saving
Private Ryan that same year he starred
as a reformed poker player in rounders a
film credited by some for pushing the
game further into the mainstream next he
co-starred alongside Ben Affleck as the
Angel of Death in the 1999 comedy dogma
but you didn’t say god bless you when I
sneeze okay
you’re kicking off flight at the same
time he took piano lessons in order to
land the role of a sociopath in the
talented mr. Ripley at the turn of the
millennium
Damon appeared alongside George Clooney
and an all-star cast as a youthful and
optimistic thief in Ocean’s eleven a
remake of the rat packs 1960’s caper
classic despite appearing in its two
sequels Damon would again work hard to
shed its youthful portrayal and
re-establish himself this time he
trained to become Jason Bourne in the
Bourne Identity and it’s two sequels
that he would star in between 2002 and
2007 illustrating his diversity Damon
also took on the role of a conjoined
twin in the 2003 comedy stuck on you a
con artist in the fantasy film the
Brothers Grimm and a dirty cop in The
Departed while not well known for
comedic roles
Matt Damon has gradually become a part
of popular culture and the target of
satire this has resulted from his
long-running albeit scripted feud with
Jimmy Kimmel and for his part in the
Sarah Silverman song I’m Matt Damon
by the door
however most people instantly recall his
hilarious self-obsessed portrayal in
Trey Parker and Matt Stone s comedy team
America world police coincidentally in
2009 Damon made a mockery of his title
as sexiest man alive by gaining 35
pounds to star as a whistleblower in
Steven Soderbergh’s dark comedy the
informant miraculously he lost every
pound and adopted an accent to take on
the part of South African rugby captain
Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood’s
Invictus in 2010 the actor starred in
the Iraq based action war thriller green
zone as a Warrant Officer in search of
weapons of mass destruction and was
announced to play Robert Kennedy in the
upcoming biopic of the legendary
politician
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