Matt Damon
An affable player who has cultivated friendships in tandem with his showbiz career, Damon began acting professionally while attending Harvard University. His first notable role was as an anti-Semitic...
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10/07/1970
Cambridge, MA |
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| At one time, his father was a janitor at Harvard University, and he protested for employee rights on his father's behalf. |
| Announced that he and Minnie Driver broke up during a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1998) before telling her in person. |
| Bartended in Tennessee to perfect his Southern accent for a role in The Rainmaker (1997). He hired a customer to be his dialect coach. |
| Left Harvard University 12 credits shy of a degree in English to pursue a career in acting. |
| Worked as an extra on Field of Dreams (1989) with best friend Ben Affleck. He jumped down to Boston's Fenway Park to pick a few blades of grass as mementos for his father during the shoot. |
| Learned to play the piano for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). |
