Variety is the spice of love.

Actor and screenwriter                          

Selected Works:

Mystic Pizza - 1988 - 	Steamer	One line
School Ties - 1992 - Charlie Dillon	
Geronimo: An American Legend - 1993 - 2nd Lt. Britton Davis	
Glory Daze - 1996 - Edgar Pudwhacker - Cameo
Courage Under Fire - 1996 - Specialist Ilario
	
Good Will Hunting - 1997 - Will Hunting	
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with Ben Affleck
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay:
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award with Ben Affleck

The Rainmaker - 1997 - 	Rudy Baylor	
Chasing Amy - 	1997 - Shawn Oran - Cameo
Rounders - 1998 - Mike McDermott
	
Saving Private Ryan - 1998 - Private James Francis Ryan - Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast

The Talented Mr. Ripley - 1999 - 	Tom Riple - Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor

Dogma - 1999 - Loki	
Finding Forrester	 - 2000 - Steven Sanderson - Cameo
All the Pretty Horses - 2000 - John Grady Cole	
The Legend of Bagger Vance - 2000 - Rannulph Junuh	
Titan A.E. - 2000 - Cale Tucker - Voice only
The Majestic - 2001 - Luke Trimble - Voice only
Ocean's Eleven - 2001 - Linus Caldwell	
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - 2001 - Himself - Cameo
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	- 2002 - Matt - bachelor #2 - Cameo
The Bourne Identity - 2002 - Jason Bourne	
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - 2002 - Spirit - Voice
Gerry - 2002 - Gerry - Also co-writer
Stuck on You - 2003 - Bob Tenor	
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train - 2003 - Narrator	 - Voice
Ocean's Twelve - 2003 - Linus Caldwell	
The Bourne Supremacy - 2004 - 	Jason Bourne	
Jersey Girl - 2004 - PR Exec #2 - Cameo
Eurotrip	 - 2004 - Donny	Cameo
Syriana - 2005 - Bryan Woodman	
The Brothers Grimm - 2005 - Will (Wilhelm) Grimm	
The Good Shepherd - 2005 - Edward Wilson	
The Departed - 	2006 - Colin Sullivan - Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast
Ocean's Thirteen - 2006 - Linus Caldwell	
The Bourne Ultimatum - 2006 - Jason Bourne	
Youth Without Youth - 2007 - Ted Jones, Life Magazine Reporter - Cameo
Arthur - 2007 - Himself - Voice only	
2008	Che: Part Two - 	2008 - Fr. Schwarz - Cameo
2009	Ponyo - 	Koichi - 2008 - Voice
The Informant! - - 2008 - Mark Whitacre	
Margaret - 2009 - Mr. Aaron - completed
Invictus	Francois Pienaar - 2009 - post-production
2010	Green Zone - 2010 - Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller	completed
The Adjustment Bureau - 2010 - David Norris - filming.                          

Mother Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Father Kent Telfer Damon, two chidlren, Matthew and Kyle.
Wife Luciana Bozán Barroso, two daughters, Isabella and Gia, and stepdaughter Alexia from Barroso's prior marriage.                          

Board member of Tonic Mailstopper - formerly GreenDimes, a company that attempts to halt junk mail delivered to American homes.

Supports ONE, a campaign fighting AIDS and poverty in Third World countries -  with George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

Ambassador for OneXOne, a non-profit foundation committed to supporting, preserving and improving the lives of children at home around the world.

One of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities such as in Darfur -  with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, and Jerry Weintraub.

Founder of H2O Africa Foundation, the charitable arm of the Running the Sahara expedition - merged with WaterPartners to create Water.org in July 2009.