Matthew paige damon was born on october 8, 1970, in boston, massachusetts, to kent damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and nancy carlssonpaige, an early childhood education professor at lesley university. Matt damon stars in the scifipolitical thriller elysium, neill blomkamps follow up to district 9, along with jodie foster as elysiums secretary delacourt and sharlto copley as the main villain kruger. On the tv side, he contended at the emmys for candelabra, 30 rock, saturday night live and for producing the. Damon was also nominated for an academy award for best actor for the same film. This movie is great with matt damon and michael douglas playing liberace. There was once a gay sex scene in the script of good will hunting.
He made his screen debut with a minor role in the 1988 film mystic pizza. Damon and ben affleck wrote good will hunting 1997, a screenplay about a young math genius, which received nine academy awards nominations, earning damon and affleck oscars and golden globes for best screenplay. It is based on thorsons memoir, behind the candelabra. Matt damon and ben affleck to play 14thcentury knights in ridley scotts the last duel this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The martian, a novel by andy weir, served as the screenplay adapted by drew goddard. Damon starred in the science fiction film elysium 20, where he played former carthiefturnedfactoryworker max decosta. Dwayne the rock johnson flying through the air, and big ol explosions, and you get the most entertaining action romp of the year. Fifteen years after the release of the movie that made them stars, matt damon and ben affleckalong with the rest of the cast and crewreflect in their own. Matthew paige matt damon born october 8, 1970 is an american actor, screenwriter, producer and philanthropist. Matt damons best movies jul 27, 2016 with matt damon returning to play jason bourne this weekend, we thought it was the perfect time to look back at his critical highlights.
Founder of local rock music station, the rock, and dun laoghaire resident lloyd barber has put posters all over dalkey with. The film takes place on both a ravaged earth, and a luxurious space habitat stanford torus design, one of the proposed nasa designs called elysium. Matt damon can save us all in new elysium poster b. It stars matt damon, jodie foster, alice braga, and sharlto copley. Some of kimmels most popular comedy bits include mean tweets, lie witness news, jimmys twerk fail prank, unnecessary censorship, youtube challenge, the baby bachelor, movie. Matt damon is a fraction of his normal size in downsizing first full trailer video. Portraying the character of a dying man who has just five days of life left to him, matt was to bulk up his body with muscles to make him suit the character. The film takes place on both a ravaged earth, and a luxurious space habitat stanford torus. A chronicle of the tempestuous six year romance between megastar singer, liberace, and his young lover, scott thorson.
Doubleedged sword is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the american television comedy series 30 rock, and the 94th overall episode of the series. The film depicts an astronauts lone struggle to survive on mars after being left behind, and efforts to rescue him and bring him home to earth. Jul 24, 2017 damon, a native of massachusetts, is very familiar with his home states irish community and heritage and has said in interviews as far back to 2014 that he wanted to portray robert f. In 2010, matt damon narrated the documentary film inside job about the part played by financial deregulation in the late2000s financial crisis. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. In addition, it was damon s idea to shave his head because he was making the brothers grimm. Before his breakout with good will hunting, matt damon was already something of an actor to watch, showing versatility as a gaunt military medic in courage under fire and as a determined law school grad in the rainmaker. Some of the best matt damon films of the current decade include true grit 2010, elysium 20 and the martian 2015, the last being his alltime top grossing film. Will they be revealed in the hbo movie starring michael douglas and matt damon. For the 1996 movie, courage under fire, he shed forty pounds in mere three months, and for the 2009 movie, the informant. During an interview with variety, smith admitted that he was given the opportunity to direct good will hunting because he already had a tight relationship with ben affleck and matt damon. Big movie premiere 1 episode 2007 the insider 1 episode. With michael douglas, matt damon, scott bakula, eric zuckerman.
All matt damon movies ranked by tomatometer matt damon movies ranked by tomatometer. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. After appearing in a series of supporting parts in much of the 1990s, damon was cast by francis ford coppola as the lead of the 1997 legal drama the rainmaker. He won an oscar for best original screenplay for good will hunting 1997 and went on to act in such hits as the oceans trilogy, the jason bourne series, and the martian 2015. Matt damon on david letterman july 31 20 full interview. He tells tim lewis about offending barack obama, his love for ben affleck and marrying. Matt damon is a fraction of his normal size in downsizing. Good will hunting my boys wicked smart hd matt damon, ben affleck miramax. It is the fourth film in smiths view askewniverse series. Dogma is a 1999 american fantasy comedy film, written and directed by kevin smith, who also stars with ben affleck, matt damon, george carlin, linda fiorentino, janeane garofalo, chris rock, jason lee, salma hayek, bud cort, alan rickman, alanis morissette and jason mewes. An oral history of good will hunting, in the words of matt damon, ben affleck, robin williams, and the rest of the good will hunting cast and crew.
They both did terrific jobs and amazingly the setting for the movie had so much of liberaces types of clothing, they used one his original pianos from the museum and they. Modern family was a repeat winner, taking home the best comedy emmy for the fourth consecutive year, and. Yes, ben affleck and matt damon put a gay sex scene in good will hunting script by cavan sieczkowski ben affleck sitting beside matt damon in a scene from the film good will hunting, 1997. Mcconaughey filmed 2002 movie reign of fire in ireland and rock. Matt damon, ben affleck to star in the last duel, ridley. Ben affleck and matt damon were rookie screenwriters when they wrote the 1997 film about a gifted janitor working at massachusetts institute of technology.
Matt damons elysium is an action movie for the 99 percent vulture. Pain and gain trailer dwayne johnson mark wahlberg. In march 2010, it was announced that actor matt damon would guest star on 30 rock. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Starring matt damon, emily blunt, anthony mackie, john slattery, and terence stamp, the film tells the story of a united states congressman who discovers that what appear to be chance events in his life are controlled. A few hours ago at the arclight theater in hollywood, director neill blomkamp showed off a rockemsockem trailer for his new scifi epic. Kevin smith reveals he had a chance to direct good will. The adjustment bureau is a 2011 american science fiction romantic thriller film written and directed by george nolfi, based on the philip k. Matt damon did his doggiestyle liberace sex scene with. Sep 29, 2017 this is the official youtube channel for 30 rock. Matt damon full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming. Damon had a recurring role on 30 rock as an airline pilot. A trio of bodybuilders in florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Matt damon at the emmy awards 20 popsugar celebrity.
Off screen, damon married interior designer luciana barroso. He also appeared in the science fiction movie the zero theorem by terry gilliam in 20. Matthew paige damon was born on october 8, 1970, in boston, massachusetts, to kent damon. Watch all of the official clips from the series, the funniest moments and recurring jokes, and follow the adventures of the tgs crew of misfits. Matt damon stars in the scifipolitical thriller elysium, neill blomkamps follow up to district 9, along with jodie foster as elysiums secretary delacourt and sharlto copley. Pain and gain trailer german deutsch 20 dwayne johnson. List of awards and nominations received by matt damon. Matt damon, american actor, screenwriter, and producer who was noted for his cleancut good looks and intelligent performances. Damon added that the bourne movies allow him to do riskier movies, like the brothers grimm, due in. Damons biggest commercial successes in the 2010s came with the western true grit 2010, and the science fiction films elysium 20 and the martian 2015. The evolution of matt damon from mystic pizza to downsizing photos. Production is under way on matt damon and adam drivers new movie the last duel, with both actors rocking unique period costumes.
It dramatizes the last ten years in the life of pianist liberace and the relationship he had with scott thorson. Given that theme, the movie s style, effects, music all worked really well to reinforce that. A chronicle of the tempestuous sixyear romance between megastar singer liberace and his young lover scott thorson. Matt damon full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. He made his debut in the fourth season finale episode i do do as carol, an airline pilot and love interest for feys character, liz lemon, and reprised the role in the fabian strategy. Elysium trailer 20 official matt damon movie hd youtube. Confessions of a dangerous mind bachelor matt 2002. Matt damon and adam driver rock period attire on the set. The martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by ridley scott and starring matt damon. He was joined by his wife, luciana, who shined on the red carpet in a gold naeem khan gown.
Despite his enormous success, movies like we bought a zoo 2011, promised land 2012 and the monuments men 2014 are considered some of his worst films. Ofta television award nominee 20 best actor in a motion picture or miniseries. Learn about matt damon including past and current movies, upcoming movies, and celebrity news at movies. Damon s tortured genius is one of the most layered roles in recent cinema and the movie itself escapes every opportunity to. He agreed to play the overthetop leader of a rock band as a favor to the movie creators, who he went to college with. An affable player who has cultivated friendships in tandem with his showbiz career, damon began acting professionally while attending harvard university. On march, 2018, matt damon and ben affleck announced they will adopt the inclusion rider agreement in all their future production deals through their pearl street films. The matt damon and gwyneth paltrow movie depicted a global epidemic, showing the virus originated with a bat in china, as the coronavirus did. Damon had long since established himself as an alist movie star.
Matt damon biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Matt damon is an american actor, producer and screenwriter. He won the academy award for best original screenplay for his writing of the story for the movie good will hunting, and he was nominated for his acting in the same movie. Its a shame we cant put his carol from 30 rock on this list. Matt damon explains why audiences need to see the great wall erik davis august 1st 2016, 7. His father was of english and scottish descent, and his mother is of finnish and. Yes, ben affleck and matt damon put a gay sex scene in good. His first notable role was as an antisemitic student in the 1992 teen drama school ties, costarring his childhood buddy and future collaborator ben affleck. Dwayne the rock johnson has ended robert downey jr. For me the answer is strong yes, i tend to respond to the emotions a movie is trying to convey, ultimately this is a story of loss and love, a nice universal theme that always resonates.
Yes, ben affleck and matt damon put a gay sex scene in. Max behind the candelabra 20 scott thorson house of lies tv series 20 matt damon 1 episode, 20 promised land. With mark wahlberg, dwayne johnson, anthony mackie, tony shalhoub. Elysium is a 20 american science fiction action film written, produced and directed by neill blomkamp. Starring mark wahlberg and dwayne the rock johnsons join us on facebook best action movies are here. Matt damon is an american actor, producer and screenwriter who gained recognition for playing the eponymous reclusive genius in the 1997 drama film good will hunting, which also earned him an academy award nomination. Matt damon and christian bale star in a handsomelooking but dull account of the rivalry between the us and italian carmakers published. Matt damon did his doggiestyle liberace sex scene with michael douglas in a single take march 7, 20 by andy towle filed under. Despite the steady stream of work, damon still found time for some fun, capitalizing on a longrunning joke with jimmy kimmel by appearing in a humorous and sexually suggestive music video with kimmels onagainoffagain girlfriend sarah silverman. Matt damon and christian bale star in a handsomelooking but dull account of the rivalry between the us and italian carmakers.
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the cdc works to find a cure. With matt damon, kate winslet, jude law, gwyneth paltrow. Matt damon workout, exercise routine and diet plan healthy. It stars matt damon, jodie foster, alice braga, and. Meanwhile, damon tried his hand at small screen work with a memorable recurring role as carol, an airline pilot and sometime boyfriend of liz lemon, on the nbc situation comedy 30 rock and a lauded turn opposite michael douglas liberace in the tv movie behind the candelabra. Jan 02, 20 an oral history of good will hunting, in the words of matt damon, ben affleck, robin williams, and the rest of the good will hunting cast and crew. Matt damon simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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