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'''Matthew Paige''' "'''Matt'''" '''Damon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|eɪ|m|ən}}; born October 8, 1970)<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|date=Oct 12–19, 2012|issue=1228/1229|page=23}}</ref> is an American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist. His career was launched with the success of his and [[Ben Affleck]]'s award-winning screenplay for ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' (1997), for which he also received a number of Best Actor nominations. Growing steadily in popularity since then, he is now among [[Forbes]] magazine's most bankable stars<ref name="ForbesPayback" /> and one of the top-40 highest-grossing actors of all time.<ref name="The Numbers" />{{#tag:ref|In motion pictures that feature him either as a leading actor or as a supporting co-star, his films have grossed a total of $1.94<ref name="BOMlist">{{cite web|publisher=Box Office Mojo|title=Actors #1–50|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&p=.htm|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref> to $2.42 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]]<ref name="The Numbers">{{cite web|publisher=The Numbers|title=All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/people/records/| accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref> (based on counting his roles as strictly lead or including supporting roles, respectively) at the North American box office, placing him in the top forty grossing actors of all time.|group="nb"}} 

Damon has become known for his versatility,<ref name="NYT06"/> such as the action figure in the [[Bourne (film series)|''Bourne'' film series]], the anti-hero in ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)|The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' (1999), a fallen angel in ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' (1999), and a [[conjoined twin]] in ''[[Stuck on You (film)|Stuck on You]]'' (2003). Among his commercially successful films are ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (1998), the [[Ocean's Trilogy|''Ocean's'' trilogy]], and the first three films of the ''Bourne'' film series . He won critical acclaim for his performances in dramas such as ''[[Syriana]]'' (2005), ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'' (2006), and ''[[The Departed]]'' (2006). Among his critically unsuccessful films are ''[[All the Pretty Horses (film)|All the Pretty Horses]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Bagger Vance]]'', made in 2000. 

Damon has also performed [[voice-over]] work and established several production companies. He has won multiple awards for his film performances and, in 2007, Damon received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] and was named [[Sexiest Man Alive]] by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine. Damon has been actively involved in charitable work, including the [[ONE Campaign]], [[H2O Africa Foundation]], [[Feeding America]], and [[Water.org]]. With his wife, Luciana Bozán Barroso, Damon has three daughters and a stepdaughter from Barroso's prior marriage.

== Early life ==
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Damon was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], the second son to Kent Telfer Damon (born 1942), a stockbroker, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige (born 1944), an early childhood education professor at [[Lesley University]].<ref name="KentReal">{{cite news|last=Luscombe|first=Belinda|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|title=Matt Damon Acts Out|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,36294-1,00.html|date=December 19, 1999|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="LiveCambridge">{{cite news|last=Givens|first=Ron|author2=Michele McPhee|publisher=''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''|title=Two Hollywood Prizefighters 'Hunting' for Stardom Pays Off for Matt Damon|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1998/03/22/1998-03-22_two_hollywood_prizefighters_.html|date=March 22, 1998|accessdate=April 5, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Damon and his family moved to [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] for two years. After his parents divorced, Damon and his brother returned with their mother to Cambridge,<ref name="LiveCambridge"/><ref name="ParentsDivorce">{{cite news|work=[[The Independent]]|title=Matt Damon: A true Hollywood player|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/matt-damon-a-true-hollywood-player-418808.html|date=October 4, 2006|accessdate=April 5, 2009 | location=London}}</ref> where they lived in a six-family communal house.<ref name="ParadeProfile03">{{cite news|last=Raider|first=Dotson|publisher=''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]''|title="My Goals Have Changed" (Actor Matt Damon)|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2003/edition_11-30-2003/featured_0|date=November 30, 2003|accessdate=April 21, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref><ref name="NeutralNarrate">{{cite news|last=Crust|first=Kevin|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title='Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train,' 'Hair Show,' 'The Hillside Strangler,' 'The Dust Factory' and 'Stephen King's Riding the Bullet'|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-capsules15oct15,2,1749015.story|date=October 15, 2004|accessdate=April 5, 2009|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080604162332/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-capsules15oct15,2,1749015.story |archivedate = June 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> His brother Kyle is now an accomplished sculptor and artist.<ref name="LiveCambridge"/><ref name="Animation">{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Ryan|publisher=''[[Animation Magazine]]''|title=Matt Damon Animated for Arthur|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/7229|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref>

As a lonely adolescent, Damon has said that he didn't feel that he belonged.<ref name="ParadeProfile03"/> Due to his mother's "by the book"<ref name="ParadeProfile03"/> approach to child-rearing, he didn't feel he had the ability to define his own sense of self, and as a result gravitated to [[role-playing]].<ref name="ParadeProfile03"/> He attended Cambridge Alternative School (now Graham and Parks) and then [[Cambridge Rindge and Latin School]], where he was a good student,<ref name="WTprofile97"/> but had a "terrifying" first two years due to his short stature.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|title=Ripley Believe It or Not|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272093_2,00.html|date=December 17, 1999|accessdate=April 23, 2010}}</ref> Damon performed as an actor in several high school theater productions.<ref name="LiveCambridge"/> He credited his drama teacher, Gerry Speca, as an important artistic influence, even though [[Ben Affleck]],<ref name="WTprofile97" />{{#tag:ref|Damon is Affleck's tenth cousin, once removed, through a common [[New England]] ancestor.<ref name="newengland">{{cite web|title=Genealogical Chart Knowlton Line of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon|publisher=[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]|year=2009|url=http://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedFiles/American_Ancestors/Content/Marketing/PDF_Archive/affleck_damon_connection.pdf|format=|accessdate=2010-02-02}}</ref>|group="nb"}}  his good friend and schoolmate,<ref>{{cite web|author=Share on Facebook |url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/351 |title=Interview with Matt Damon and Minnie Driver!!! - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news |publisher=Aintitcool.com |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref> got the "biggest roles and longest speeches".<ref name="WTprofile97">{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=Gary|publisher=''[[The Washington Times]]''|title=Boyhood friends are stars on the rise|date=December 26, 1997}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Another neighbor of Damon's was [[historian]] and author [[Howard Zinn]],<ref name="UnholyAlliance">{{cite book|last=Horowitz|first=David|title=Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam And The American Left|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2004|location=|page=102|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azE5qoXTgoAC&dq=matt+damon+howard+zinn+neighbor&pg=PA102|isbn=0-89526-076-X|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref> whose biographical film ''You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train'' and audio version of ''[[A People's History of the United States]]'' Damon later narrated.<ref name="NeutralNarrate"/>|group="nb"}}

Damon attended [[Harvard University]] from 1988 to 1992,<ref>"[http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/08/oscar-winner-matt-damon-on-his-harvard-years/ Oscar winner Matt Damon on his Harvard years]", [[Harvard Gazette]], August 6, 2013</ref>{{#tag:ref|He lived in Matthews Hall and then [[Lowell House]],<ref name="Harvard1992">{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=Charles|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=6 Degrees of Harvard|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/weekinreview/01mcgrath.html?scp=1&sq=matt%20damon%20harvard%201992&st=cse|date=October 1, 2006|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref>|group="nb"}} where he appeared in student theater plays, such as ''Burn This in Winthrop House'' and ''A... My Name is Alice''.<ref name="Chainani">{{cite web|last=Chainani|first=Soman S.|work=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|title=Matt Damon On Life, Acting and Harvard|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1997/12/12/matt-damon-on-life-acting-and/|accessdate=April 21, 2010}}</ref><ref name="HarvardCrimson">{{cite news|last=Siegler|first=Elijah|publisher=''[[The Harvard Crimson]]''|title=Ex Show Safe but Satisfying|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1990/11/2/ex-show-safe-but-satisfying-piamy/|date=November 2, 1990|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref> He left the university a semester - 12 credits - shy of completion of his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in English to feature in ''[[Geronimo: An American Legend]]''<ref name="Chainani" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars/matt-damon-stars/story?id=9957289|title=Matt Damon: Before They Were Stars|publisher=ABC News|first=Jennifer|last=Joseph|date=1 March 2010}}</ref> in Los Angeles, mistakenly expecting the movie to become a big success.<ref name="Chainani" /> "By the time I figured out I had made the wrong decision, it was too late. I was living out here with a bunch of actors, and we were all scrambling to make ends meet," he has said.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koltnow|first=Barry |publisher=The Orange County Register|title=Looking for Mr. 'Good' Guy|date=December 5, 1999}}</ref>
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== Acting career ==
=== Early years: 1988–1996 ===
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Damon made his acting debut in 1988 at the age of 18, with a single line of dialogue in the [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Mystic Pizza]]''.<ref name="People - Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/matt_damon/biography|title=Matt Damon Biography|accessdate=April 5, 2009|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> As a student at Harvard University, he acted in small roles such as in the [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] original film ''Rising Son'' and the ensemble prep-school drama ''[[School Ties]]''.<ref name="actors">{{citation | url=http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/season-13/videos/matt-damon | title=Matt Damon - Season 13, Episode 3 | work=[[Inside the Actors Studio]] |publisher=Bravo TV |date = January 8, 2007}}</ref> In 1992, he landed a big part in ''[[Geronimo: An American Legend]]''.<ref name="actors"/> Damon next appeared as an [[opiate]]-addicted soldier in 1996's ''[[Courage Under Fire]]'', for which he lost {{convert|40|lb|kg}} in 100&nbsp;days<ref name="EW40lbs">{{cite news|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|title=Actorexia: A Brief History|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20057925,00.html|date=September 21, 2007|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="People - Bio"/> on a self-prescribed diet and fitness regimen. He took medication for a year and a half afterwards to correct the stress inflicted on his [[adrenal gland]], and was told he was lucky his heart did not shrink. ''Courage Under Fire'' gained him critical notice, when the ''[[The Washington Post]]'' labeled his performance "impressive".<ref>{{cite news|last=Kempley|first=Rita|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title=Hand-to-Heart Combat |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/review96/courageunderfirekemp.htm|date=November 8, 1998|accessdate=April 21, 2010}}</ref>
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=== Breakthrough roles: 1997–2000===
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[[File:Rino Barillari and Matt Damon, 1999, Rome, Italy.jpg|thumb|Matt Damon in Rome<br />with [[paparazzi|paparazzo]] Rino Barillari (1999)]]
During the early 1990s, Damon and Affleck wrote ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' (1997), a screenplay about a young math genius, with advice during the process from director [[Rob Reiner]], screenwriter [[William Goldman]], and writer/director [[Kevin Smith]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/ben-affleck-birthday_n_3750655.html | title=Ben Affleck's 41st Birthday Recalls Actor's Early Roles, Surprising Hobbies And Political Activism| newspaper=Huffington Post | date=August 15, 2013 | author=Matthew Jacobs | accessdate=October 3, 2014}}</ref> It received nine [[Academy Awards]] nominations, earning Damon and Affleck [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Oscars]] <ref name="Hartford9Nominations">{{cite news|last=Wallace|first=Amy|coauthors=Robert W. Welkos and Susan King|title='Titanic' Ties Record for Oscar Nominations|publisher=''[[The Hartford Courant]]''|url=http://www.courant.com/topic/cl-env-1998oscarnoms,0,2173092.story?page=1|date=February 11, 1998|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="WashPostWin">{{cite news|last=Waxman|first=Sharon|author2=William Booth|title='Titanic's' 11 Oscars Ties Record; Night 'Good' for Nicholson, Hunt|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/movies/oscars/oscars98.htm|date=March 23, 1998|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref> and [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]] for Best Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/584691/ben-affleck-s-most-awkward-smiles-see-that-one-in-gone-girl-and-9-from-real-life |title=Ben Affleck's Most Awkward Smiles | publisher=E! Entertainment | author=Corrine Heller | date=October 2, 2014 | accessdate=October 3, 2014 }}</ref> Damon was also nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for the same film, which also netted an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Oscar for Best Supporting Actor]] for co-star [[Robin Williams]].<ref name="Hartford9Nominations"/> He and Affleck were each paid salaries of $600,000, while the film grossed over $225&nbsp;million at the worldwide box office.<ref name="bomojo"/><ref name="BioChannel$500K">{{cite web|publisher=[[The Biography Channel]]|title=Matt Damon|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1685:2046/1/Matt_Damon.htm|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> The two later parodied their roles from the film in Kevin Smith's 2001 movie ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20483133_20585795_21144739,00.html |title=Perfect Casting: Stars on Screen as Themselves | date=June 12, 2013 | author=EW Staff | publisher=Entertainment Weekly | accessdate=October 3, 2014 }}</ref>

Also in 1997, Damon was the lead in the critically acclaimed drama ''[[The Rainmaker (1997 film)|The Rainmaker]]'', where he was recognized by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' as "a talented young actor on the brink of stardom."<ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Matthews|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie980106-50,0,962161.story|title=John Grisham's The Rainmaker|accessdate=April 21, 2010|date=November 21, 1997|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5qpFLz7Bh|archivedate=June 28, 2010}}</ref> After meeting Damon on the set of ''Good Will Hunting'', director [[Steven Spielberg]] cast Damon as the titular character in the 1998 [[World War II]] film ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-damon-playing-private-ryan/ |title=Matt Damon: Playing Private Ryan | author=CBS News Staff | date=July 23, 1998 | publisher=CBS News | accessdate = October 3, 2014 }}</ref>
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=== Hollywood star: 2001–2007 ===
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[[File:Ocean's11Cast.jpg|alt=Six actors, all but one wearing a leather jacket, are photographed on a stage with a blue curtain as a backdrop.|thumb|right|[[Brad Pitt]], [[George Clooney]], Damon, [[Andy García]], [[Julia Roberts]] (the cast of ''[[Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)|Ocean's Eleven]]''), with director [[Steven Soderbergh]] in December 2001]]

From 2001 to 2007, Damon gained wider international recognition as part of two major film franchises. He co-starred as thief Linus Caldwell in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s 2001 film [[Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)|''Ocean's Eleven'']], a remake of the [[Rat Pack]]'s 1960 [[Ocean's 11 (1960 film)|film of the same name]]; the successful crime [[dramedy]] spawned two sequels, ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'' (2004) and ''[[Ocean's Thirteen]]'' (2007).<ref name="People - Bio"/> He played [[amnesia]]c assassin [[Jason Bourne|Jason Bourne/David Webb]] in the hit action thrillers ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'' (2002), ''[[The Bourne Supremacy (film)|The Bourne Supremacy]]'' (2004), and ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' (2007),<ref name="People - Bio"/> for which ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' named Damon, unpredictibly, among "the decade's best mixer of brawn and brains."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Thom|last=Geier|coauthors=Jeff Jensen, Tina Jordan, Margaret Lyons, Adam Markovitz, Chris Nashawaty, Whitney Pastorek, Lynette Rice, Josh Rottenberg, Missy Schwartz, 9Michael Slezak, Dan Snierson, Tim Stack, Kate Stroup, Ken Tucker, Adam B. Vary, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Kate Ward|date=2009-12-11|title=The 100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows, Albums, Books, Characters, Scenes, Episodes, Songs, Dresses, Music Videos, And Trends That Entertained Us Over The Past 10 Years|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|page=(1079/1080):74–84}}</ref> 

[[File:RobertDeNiroMattDamonBerlinFeb07.jpg|alt= Photo of Damon and De Niro, each wearing a tuxedo jacket and a dark blue shirt.|thumb|right|Damon and [[Robert De Niro]] at Berlin in February 2007 for the premiere of ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'']]
Damon played a fictionalized version of [[Wilhelm Grimm]] in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s fantasy adventure ''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2005), which was a critically panned commercial failure;<ref name="bomojo"/> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' concluded, "Damon, constantly flashing his newscaster's teeth and flaunting a fake, '[[Masterpiece Theatre]]' dialect, comes across like someone who got lost on the way to an audition for a high school production of ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]].''"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/25/AR2005082500539.html|title=A Disappointingly 'Grimm' Tale|accessdate=April 21, 2010|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | first=Michael | last=O'Sullivan | date=August 26, 2005}}</ref> Later that year, he appeared as an [[Energy analysis|energy analyst]] in ''[[Syriana]]''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Lisa|last=Schwarzbaum|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/23/ew.mov.syriana/index.html?iref=newssearch|title=EW review: 'Syriana' lacks humanity|accessdate=April 5, 2009|date=November 23, 2005|publisher=CNN}}</ref> 

In 2006, Damon joined [[Robert De Niro]] in ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'' as a career [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officer, and played an undercover [[mobster]] working for the [[Massachusetts State Police]] in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The Departed]]'', a remake of the [[Hong Kong]] police thriller ''[[Infernal Affairs]]''.<ref name="People - Bio"/> Assessing his work in the two films, [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that Damon has the unique "ability to recede into a film while also being fully present, a recessed intensity, that distinguishes how he holds the screen."<ref name="NYT06">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/movies/moviesspecial/10darg.html|title=The Boyish Mr. Damon, Not So Boyish After All|accessdate=April 21, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Manohla | last=Dargis | date=September 10, 2006}}</ref> ''The Departed'' has a score of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and critical reception was very good.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/departed/|title=The Departed reviews|accessdate=April 21, 2010|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Box Office Mojo]] ranked it seventh amongst his films.<ref name="bomojo">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=mattdamon.htm|title=Box Office Mojo – Matt Damon|accessdate=April 21, 2010|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> According to ''[[Forbes]]'' in August 2007, Damon was the most bankable star of the actors reviewed, his last three films at that time averaged US$29 at the box office for every [[dollar]] he earned.<ref name="ForbesPayback">{{cite news|last=Pomerantz|first=Dorothy|work=[[Forbes]]|title=Ultimate Star Payback|url=http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/03/celebrities-hollywood-movies-biz-cz_dp_0806starpayback.html|date=August 6, 2007|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="BOBanker">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-boxoffice-banker-how-matt-damon-became-hollywoods-leading-man-460666.html|title=A box-office banker: How Matt Damon became Hollywood's leading man|accessdate=April 5, 2009|date=August 8, 2007|work=[[The Independent]] | location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2014}}</ref>
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===Critically acclaimed roles: 2008–present===
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== Producing career ==
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== Humanitarian work ==
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== In the media ==

=== ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' ===
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[[File:Damon cropped.jpg|thumb|Damon at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, September 7, 2009]]
Comedian [[Jimmy Kimmel]] had a running gag at the end of his [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television show ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' where he apologized for not being able to interview Damon. It culminated in a planned skit on September 12, 2006, when Damon appeared on the show after a lengthy introduction by Kimmel and had his interview cut short. Damon cursed him extensively before storming off.<ref name="USAW">{{cite news|last=Lynch|first=Lorrie|publisher=''[[USA Weekend]]''|title=Who's News|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/06_issues/061217/061217whosnews.html|accessdate=April 5, 2009}} {{Dead link| date=June 2010 | bot=DASHBot}}</ref><!--- not in wayback --->

Damon appeared in several of E! Entertainment's top ten ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' spoofs.<ref name="Kimmel top 10">{{cite web | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/464205/jimmy-kimmel-live-10-best-spoofs-and-pranks-in-the-show-s-history | title=Jimmy Kimmel Life 10 Best Spoofs and Pranks in the Show's History | publisher=E! Entertainment | date=September 27, 2013 | accessdate=October 3, 2014 }}</ref> On January 31, 2008, Kimmel aired a clip of his then girlfriend, comedian [[Sarah Silverman]], singing a song entitled "[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!#"I'm Fucking Ben Affleck"|I'm Fucking Matt Damon]]" in which Damon appeared.<ref name="PeopleSarahMatt">{{cite news|last=Jordan|first=Julie|title=Behind Matt Damon's Raunchy Payback to Jimmy Kimmel|publisher=''[[People (magazine)|People]]''|date=February 2, 2008|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20175789,00.html|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Kimmel top 10" /> Kimmel responded on February 24, 2008 with his music video which represented that he was "fucking Ben Affleck". It featured Affleck along with several other actors.<ref name="Kimmel top 10" /> Another encounter, titled "The Handsome Men's Club", featured Kimmel, along with handsome actors and musicians. At the end of the skit Kimmel had a door slammed in his face by Damon who said that they had run out of time, followed by a sinister laugh.<ref name="NYTKimmelAffleck">{{cite news|last=Wyatt|first=Edward|title=Late-Night TV Satires Become Online Hits |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 27, 2008|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/arts/television/27kimm.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Kimmel top 10" />

On January 24, 2013, Damon took over his show and mentioned the long-standing feud and having been bumped from years of shows. It involved celebrities who were previously involved in on the "feud", including Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, and Sarah Silverman.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/01/25/jimmy-kimmel-live-matt-damon/ | title=Matt Damon finally, finally conquers 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' -- VIDEO | publisher=Entertainment Weekly | date = January 25, 2013 | accessdate=October 3, 2014 }}</ref>
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=== Political views ===
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=== Advertising ===
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== Awards and honors ==
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