Matt Damon Overview

It all happened pretty fast for Matt Damon, a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1995, no one except his family and friends knew of Matt Damon. Then, in 1996, Francis Ford Coppola plucked Damon out of obscurity when he cast him to star in his adaptation of John Grisham's bestselling novel The Rainmaker. Suddenly the old cliché "when it rains, it pours" came true as offers began showering down on Damon. Steven Spielberg came calling with an offer for Matt to star alongside Tom Hanks in Saving... See All