Welcome to my page. As for you most of you already know my full name is matthew paige damon.
I was born October 8, 1970 and i am an American actor and philanthropist. I won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for my screenwriting in Good Will Hunting, and was nominated for my lead performance in the same film. Growing steadily in popularity from the 1997 film, I have since matched up with A-list actors in mainstream films, and today am rated among the top actors in Hollywood.I have starred in popular films such as Saving Private Ryan, The Talented Mr. Ripley, the Ocean's 11, 12 and 13, the Bourne series, Syriana, The Good Shepherd and The Departed. Ive won multiple awards for my filming performances and have received a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [YES !!] I am one of the top twenty-five highest grossing actors of all time. In 2007, I was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.I have been actively involved in charitable work, including the ONE Campaign and H2O Africa Foundation. With my beautiful wife, Luciana Bozán Barroso, I have two daughters, Isabella and Gia, and stepdaughter Alexia from Barroso's prior marriage.I was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On an interview with Mail, I recall stating that my grandfather is probably the most "impressive person I know," stating, "He's Finnish, a very proud man, who would never take help from anybody. He came to America when he was a little boy, grew up during the Great Depression and sold shoes. He always used to tell us the story about getting a raise of three and a half cents, and how that was an incredible moment of success. He's extraordinary." I am of English, Finnish, and Scottish ancestry. I have a brother, Kyle, who is an accomplished sculptor and artist. The family lived in Newton for the first two years of my life, but after my parents divorced, Kyle and I moved with our mother to Cambridge.I grew up near Ben Affleck, a close friend since childhood and future collaborator on several films, and historian and author Howard Zinn, whose biographical film You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train and audio version of A People's History of the United States I narrated. I attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, and performed in several theater productions. I graduated from the school in 1988 and began attending Harvard University the same year. I could have graduated in 1992, but chose to defer classes to pursue acting projects, including the TNT original film Rising Son and ensemble prep-school drama School Ties. While i was at Harvard, i studied English and lived in Lowell House. I did not take part in student theater generally, but did appear in A... My Name is Alice (in one of the three male roles usually performed by women). lol dont ask. I dropped out of the university to pursue my acting career in Los Angeles when Geronimo: An American Legend was expected to be a big success.My first film role came in 1988 was when i was eighteen, with a single line of dialogue in the romantic comedy Mystic Pizza. I appeared in small roles before landing a big part in Geronimo: An American Legend with Gene Hackman and Jason Patric. I next appeared as a heroin-addicted soldier in 1996's Courage Under Fire. I was required to lose 40 pounds in 100 days (for only two days of filming. After following a self-prescribed diet and fitness regimen to lose the weight, I was told after filming that i was fortunate my heart did not shrink. i took medication for several years afterwards to correct the stress inflicted on my adrenal gland, and have said that it was worthwhile to properly portray my character and show the industry how committed he was to the role.Me and Ben Affleck wrote a screenplay about a young math genius, which we've had pitched around Hollywood. Receiving advice from writer/director/actor Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, and our good friend writer/director Kevin Smith, the two made changes to the script. The script eventually became Good Will Hunting, and received nine Academy Awards nominations, earning me and Affleck Oscars for Best Original Screenplay. i was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film and the film netted an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for co-star Robin Williams. me and Affleck were each paid salaries of $500,000; the film grossed over $100 million at the box office. i parodied my role in the film in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back lmao.[LOVEMYFLASH]
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