In her report, she suspected Lombardo of facilitating incidents of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct in Europe. [92], Damon starred in the science fiction film Elysium (2013), where he played former car-thief-turned-factory-worker Max DeCosta. [59], Damon began 2002 with writing and starring in Gerry, a drama about two friends who forget to bring water and food when they go hiking in a desert. Damon è diventato noto per la sua versatilità, protagonista di film commercialmente e criticamente di successo come l'agente segreto pentito Jason Bourne nella serie di The Bourne, di un anti-eroe ne Il talento di Mr. Ripley (1999), di un angelo in Dogma (1999), di un giovane soldato in Salvate il soldato Ryan (1998), di un gemello siamese in Fratelli per la pelle (2003). The deal earned him $3 million. [132], In 2016, Damon endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. The series was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002, 2004 and 2005. "[168], Matt Damon's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Handprints and footprints of Damon in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, American actor, screenwriter and film producer, Another neighbor of Damon's was historian and author. [108][109], Damon lent his voice to the English version of the animated film Ponyo, which was released in the United States in August 2009. [112], In January 2012, it was announced that Damon had signed a multiyear deal to be the voice of TD Ameritrade advertisements, replacing Sam Waterston as the discount brokerage's spokesman. And a juggler. The reviews for the film were generally positive, but it was a box-office failure. [41] Variety said of his work in All the Pretty Horses: "[Damon] just doesn't quite seem like a young man who's spent his life amidst the dust and dung of a Texas cattle ranch. Il regista è Doug Liman, specialista in storie sporche e al cardiopalma: non solo Mr & Mrs Smith (sì, è stato lui a far incontrare/innamorare Angelina Jolie e Brad Pitt! [56] The film was successful at the box-office, grossing $450 million from a budget of $83 million. Il film viene incoronato dal sito US Weekly come peggior film dell'anno[11]. mercoledì 20 aprile 2011 La coppia composta dal regista Paul Greengrass e l'attore Matt Damon fa centro con questo "Green Zone" che … Bugie da orso bianco. [107] In March 2010, Damon and Affleck teamed up again to create Pearl Street Films, a Warner Bros. based production company. Creature ibride, trafugate dalla realtà, deformate e addolcite dal cinema. [18], L'anno successivo divide il grande schermo con Christian Bale nel film Le Mans '66 - La grande sfida, ambientato negli anni '60, quando Ford decise di costruire una vettura più potente per sfidare l'avversaria Ferrari alla 24 Ore di Le Mans del 1966. Il film, basato su una storia vera, è tratto dal libro-inchiesta The Informant (a True Story), scritto dal giornalista Kurt Eichenwald.[4]. Damon says starring in the film broadened his understanding of the oil industry and that he hoped the people would talk about the film afterward. Damon is also known for his starring roles as Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise (2002–2016), as a con man in the Ocean's trilogy (2001–2007). All'età di dieci anni conosce Ben Affleck, che viveva a due isolati di distanza e con il quale stringe una solida amicizia, coltivata anch… Il padre ha origini scozzesi e inglesi, mentre la madre ha origini finlandesi e svedesi. [51] He played a fallen angel who discusses pop culture as intellectual subject matter with Affleck in Dogma (1999). [70] For the film, he earned an Empire Award for Best Actor; the award's presenter Empire attributed Damon's win to his "astute, underplayed performance, through which he totally eschews movie star vanity". He has appeared in their print and television advertising. "[72], Later in 2005, he appeared as an energy analyst in the geopolitical thriller Syriana alongside George Clooney and Jeffrey Wright. [8] He credited his drama teacher Gerry Speca as an important artistic influence, though his close friend and schoolmate Ben Affleck got the "biggest roles and longest speeches". Intercettazioni, fughe, capitomboli, ris Matt è sposato con Luciana Barroso dal 2005 e hanno quattro figlie [155][156] Since 2012, they have lived in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles,[157] having previously lived in Miami and New York City. "[76] The Departed received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He had a supporting role as rugby player Francois Pienaar in Invictus (2009) and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his leading role as an astronaut stranded on Mars in The Martian (2015). di Bella Earl! Dopo aver conseguito l'Oscar viene scelto da Steven Spielberg per Salvate il soldato Ryan. "[45] For the role, Damon gained most of the weight he had lost for Courage Under Fire. [117], Damon, alongside George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, David Pressman, and Jerry Weintraub, is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch Project, an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities such as in Darfur. In quell’anno è stato pubblicato il romanzo “Un nome senza volto”: tra le sue pagine i lettori hanno incontrato per la prima volta questo letale sicario senza memoria. Nor does he strike any sparks with [Penelope] Cruz. [139] Also during this time, Damon said that he had heard a story from Ben Affleck that Gwyneth Paltrow, a co-worker on a feature film of his, had been harassed by Weinstein in 1996, but thought "she had handled it" because they continued to work together, and Weinstein "treated her incredibly respectfully". [166], Aside from awards he has garnered for his role as actor and producer, Damon became the 2,343rd person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 25, 2007. Avevano fissato le nozze ma lui decise di interrompere la relazione. [26] Assessing his work in the two films, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote that Damon has the unique "ability to recede into a film while also being fully present, a recessed intensity, that distinguishes how he holds the screen. [74] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone was mainly impressed [111] He also voiced the lead character Cale Tucker in Titan A.E., took the narrative voice of the Stallion Spirit in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and voiced a krill named Bill in Happy Feet Two. Dopo ben 9 anni, Matt Damon torna a rivestire i panni di Jason Bourne, la super spia senza memoria e senza identità. Con Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy LettsNon solo vroom vroom, sorpassi e sgommate. spoofs. In 2017, Damon played the lead role in Zhang Yimou's The Great Wall, a hit internationally and a disappointment at the domestic box office. [17][18][nb 1] He attended Harvard University, where he was a resident of Lowell House and a member of the class of 1992, but left before receiving his degree to take a lead role in the film Geronimo: An American Legend. [127], While discussing the Iraq War on Hardball with Chris Matthews in December 2006, Damon expressed concern about inequities across socioeconomic classes with regard to who is tasked with the responsibility of fighting wars. Nel 2013 è protagonista insieme a Jodie Foster del film di fantascienza Elysium, diretto da Neill Blomkamp[7], e del film per la tv Dietro i candelabri, accanto a Michael Douglas, e narra la storia d'amore tra lo show-man Liberace e suo giovane amante Scott Thorson, il film è stato presentato al Festival di Cannes 2013[8] Nello stesso anno affianca l'amico George Clooney nella pubblicità della Nespresso, lo spot fa guadagnare all'attore circa 150.000 dollari al secondo, per un totale di 3 milioni di dollari per 20 secondi di pubblicità.[9]. Matthew Paige Damon was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 8, 1970,[6] the second son of Kent Telfer Damon (1942–2017), a stockbroker, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige (b. "[85], In 2010, he reteamed with director Paul Greengrass, who directed him in the Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum, for the action thriller Green Zone, which flopped commercially[86] and received a score of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes and ambivalent reception from critics. [140][141], In another series of interviews during December 2017, Damon advocated for a "spectrum of behavior" analysis[142][143][144][145] of sexual misconduct cases, noting that some are more serious than others. Un’altra grande pagina, poi, tra il 2002 e il 2007 Matt Damon, nelle vesti di Jason Bourne, la spia-killer protagonista dei film tratti dai fortunati romanzi di … Matt Damon lo scorso maggio, durante una discussione, si era dichiarato più che disponibile ad interpretare ancora una volta la fuggitiva spia del governo, creata dall’autore Robert Ludlum. In 2010, Damon narrated the documentary film Inside Job, about the part played by financial deregulation in the late-2000s financial crisis. Nel 2015 è il protagonista della pellicola Sopravvissuto - The Martian che, diretto da Ridley Scott, narra la storia di un astronauta americano lasciato su Marte dal suo equipaggio che lo credeva morto in una tempesta di sabbia. Matt Damon nasce in una famiglia nella quale il padre, Kent Telfer Damon, è un banchiere, mentre la madre, Nancy Carlsson Paige è una professoressa di pedagogia alla Lesley University. 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Un giovane viene ritrovato per caso al largo delle coste mediterranee da un peschereccio italiano.Segni particolari: tre proiettili nella schiena, il numero di un conto corrente svizzero, tabula rasa sul proprio passato. [8][16] As a lonely teenager, he has said that he felt he did not belong. Nel 2016 è stato uno dei produttori del film Manchester by the Sea, con il quale ha ottenuto la nomination agli Oscar al miglior film.