Matt Damon Biography

Date of Birth:8 October 1970, 

Place of Birth:Boston, Massachusetts
                     USA 

Birth Name:Matthew Paige Damon 

Height:5' 10" (1.78 m) 

Matt Damon was born in 1970. Matt Damon father, Kent Damon, a tax preparer, and his mother, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, a college professor, are now divorced. Matt Damon older brother, Kyle (b. 1967), is a sculptor.Matt's first film role was a one-line part in Mystic Pizza (1988). Hollywood's power brokers realized his potential as a serious actor when they saw him play a Gulf War vet-turned-heroin addict in Courage Under Fire (1996).One of Matt's closest childhood friends was fellow young thespian Ben Affleck, who starred in Chasing Amy (1997). Damon and Affleck collaborated on the screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), in which they co-star.