METT Damon (Matt Damon)

Matt (Matthew Paige), Damon was born on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA) in a family tax inspector and a teacher of college. Even as a child he made friends with Ben Affleck, who lived in the neighborhood, and then this friendship has developed into a successful creative collaboration. A graduate of a private school, Matt Damon went to Harvard University, but, having studied for three years, decided to try his hand at acting career. The first role had come to him in "Mystic Pizza" (1988), but the next had to wait a long time - until 1992 he played in "School ties", but the film flopped and, naturally, the young actor went unnoticed. Then, with Affleck, Damon undertook to finish the script, which is the first of them began to write more in the Harvard. Script took to the work of studio Miramax, the movie director was supposed to be Gus Van Sant, and assumed the lead role of Robin Williams. Even before the completion of the "Good Will Hunting" actor Matt Damon's gift was marked by a successful role in the military drama "Courage under fire", which appeared in rent in 1996. But next year it has fallen glory - a huge success of the film "Good Will Hunting," which Damon played the second lead, and the Oscar for best original screenplay, which he shared with his friend Ben Affleck. This was followed by a new versatile role - Damon played in Steven Spielberg's war drama "Saving Private Ryan, Anthony Minghella in" The Talented Mr. Ripley "with Cate Blanchett and Gwyneth Paltrow, in Kevin Smith's" Dogma. "