Facts about Matt Damon's life

Matt Damon - outstanding actor, who became known for such films as "The Bourne Identity", "Saving Private Ryan", "The Martian", "The Bourne films" and others. He is a real film star militants and an Oscar winner. He has a star on the Walk of Fame.

We suggest digging deeper and finding out how Matt Damon's life went, where his career achievements began and how his personality in general went through the formation of his personality.

General facts from the biography of the film star

1. Matt Damon was born  8 October 1970 in the family of a tax inspector and a university lecturer.
2. Place of birth - city Cambridge, U.S.A.
3. The actor is 178 cm tall and weighs 70 kilograms.
4. has an older brother.
5. Parents filed for divorce when the future actor was only two years old.
6. At the age of six, Matt had a great desire become a basketball playerbut at his father's insistence he abandoned the idea.
7. A surprising fact is that Matt's mother prophesied that her eldest son would become a sculptor and her youngest an actor. And so it happened.
8. Quite a significant event, which in the future influenced the career life of the actor, was Damon's acquaintance with the Ben Affleck. The boys managed to become friends, and later they attended a theatre group together.
9. Already from the age of eight, Affleck began a career as an actor, to which he encouraged his friend Matt.
10. Having finished theatre schoolthe guys decided to go to New York to audition.
11. After graduating from high school, Damon goes to Harvard University to the Faculty of Philology. She has been studying foreign languages for a long time.
12. After a year of understudying, Matt Damon once again seeks to conquer New York. When he arrives there and meets his friend Ben, he immediately gets a role in a film. "Geronimo is an American legend.".
13. Matt had bad habit - smoking, which he managed to get rid of after several hypnotherapy sessions.

Matt Damon's career and his first roles

1. It is known that the first acting experience Matt Damon received at the age of ten years old with his friend Ben, when he attended the theatre club. It was there that he learnt the first skills of acting, which was the impetus for further development in this direction.
2. The very first film role went to the budding movie star at the age of 18 in the film "Mystic Pizza", which also starred the famous Julia Roberts. In this film, Matt Damon speaks only . single word.
3. real fame and notoriety came to the aspiring actor after his direct participation in the film "Good Will Hunting."the screenplay for which he co-wrote with Ben Affleck. The script was bought by the studio for one million dollars.
4. In 1998, the actor was voted the most attractive man in the magazine "People.".
5. After a while, Matt was invited to participate in the film "Courage in battle", for which the actor had to to lose twenty-five kilos.
6. Soon a new role in a film was waiting for him "Saving Private Ryan.". However, the director Tom Hanks at first thought that Matt could not play the main character, as he has too little weight. But very soon his opinion changed.
7. In 2001, the actor managed to star in the then famous film "Ocean's Eleven.".
8. Already in 2002 starts shooting a series of films about Jason Bourne, but the film was not able to take a high rating, although it received positive reviews from film critics.

9. The next, but already successful film of Matt Damon was a film film "Apostates.". The film won the hearts of millions of viewers and received terrific reviews from film critics.
10. Of Matt Damon's latest project, one that stands out is the acclaimed "The Martian.". The actor was able to receive two well-deserved awards.

The film star's personal life

1. Matt Damon's first high school love dumped him long before his popularity. After leaving to attend medical school, she started a new relationship.
2. A string of short-lived "film" romances followed later, which also ended in breakups.
3. Matt Damon's next love was a flamboyant actress Winona Ryderwho, after breaking up with Johnny Depp found comfort and affection in his arms. After a few years, however, the affair ended difficult breakupafter which Damon decided not to get involved with actresses.
4. In 2003, the actor finally meets the one. She was a bartender Lucciana Barose. The relationship started very quickly and led to marriage and a birth of children.

5. The couple had their first child a year after the wedding. The girl was named Isabella. Two years later, a second daughter, Gia, was born, and two years later, a girl was born again, named Stella.

6. The Damon family resides in Los Angeles.

Little-known facts about Matt Damon you weren't likely to know

1. The actor's full name is. Matthew Page Damon.
2. The actor is a mix of several bloodsincluding English, Scottish and Finnish.
3. As a student, to earn money, the future film star had to dance in the squares of the city to earn money breakdance.
4. Matt Damon had weight and eating problems. He had a hard time both losing weight and gaining weight.
5. Everyone knows the strong friendship between Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. However, not many people know the fact that the buddies are distant relatives for Matt's dad.

6. Damon is gambling addictparticularly poker. The actor almost always wins.
7. Many of Matt Damon's friends and colleagues call him good-natured and unique generous person.