Performer

Matt Damon

A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.

Born
8 October 1970
Age
55
Nationality
American
Active
1989–present
Performances
83
In Nutevio
1989–present
Known for
Untitled Daniels Event Film
Performer Score
7.8
  • Academy Award Winner
  • Hall of Fame
  • Horror Icon
  • Action Legend
  • Modern Classic
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Nutevio rank

#3

of 909177 performers

Top 1%

Matt Damon represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 38 years in, and Matt is still choosing the harder script.
Ranked #3 of 909177 performers in the Nutevio catalogue. Recalculated automatically as titles and credits are imported.

The essay

Reading Matt Damon

Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.

Why this performer matters

Matt Damon appears in 83 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Matt. An everyman surface with an unusually fast mind running underneath it. Influenced is the clearest case: a film rated 10.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.

Signature style

The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for adventure, drama, fantasy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.

Legacy

Working with Daniel Kwan, Christopher Nolan, Joe Carnahan and others, Matt Damon helped set a standard other performers now audition against. 1 Academy Award confirm what the films already argue.

Best known for

Influenced (2026) as Self · Interstellar (2014) as Mann · Oppenheimer (2023) as Leslie Groves

Career snapshot

The career at a glance

Ranked #3 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.

  • Films in Nutevio

    83

    1989–2027

  • Career length

    38 yrs

    Active since 1988

  • Academy Awards

    1

    Competitive wins

  • Oscar nominations

    5

    Career total

  • Highest Nutevio score

    10.0

    Influenced

  • Average Nutevio score

    6.8

    Across catalogue work

  • Highest IMDb rating

    10.0

    Influenced

  • Most frequent director

    Christopher Nolan

    6 films together

  • Longest collaboration

    With Christopher Nolan

  • Most common genre

    Drama

    47 titles

  • Average runtime

    1h 57m

    Across catalogue work

  • Golden Globe wins

    2

    Career total

Nutevio metric

Performer Score

Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.

Nutevio Performer Score

7.8

out of 10

A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.

  • Performance quality7.4
  • Consistency7.0
  • Emotional range8.4
  • Character transformation8.6
  • Cultural impact6.8
  • Iconic roles8.3
  • Career longevity9.5
  • Influence6.8
  • Awards recognition9.3
  • Rewatch value6.4

Nutevio metric

Influence Score

Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.

Nutevio Influence Score

8.3

out of 10

Substantial influence: the work changed casting, not only credits.

  • Cultural impact7.2

    How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.

  • Legacy7.1

    What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.

  • Industry recognition8.9

    Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.

  • Career longevity9.3

    Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.

  • Awards8.7

    Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.

  • Iconic performances9.9

    Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.

  • Influence on filmmakers8.2

    Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.

  • Influence on other actors7.1

    The reading other performers now have to answer.

Actor DNA

How they work on screen

A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.

  • Versatility99
  • Transformation99
  • Quiet performance87
  • Screen presence72
  • Charisma67
  • Rewatchability67
  • Drama60
  • Emotional range54
  • Intensity36
  • Villain presence36
  • Physical performance31
  • Action30
  • Comedy26

The shape of a career

Career evolution

Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.

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  • Nutevio
  • Performance score
  • IMDb

Peak years

Best era

Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.

Best decade

1990s

7.1 average MV

The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. Dogma, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving Private Ryan — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.

Highest average Nutevio score

1990s

7.1

Across 10 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.

Highest average IMDb rating

1980s

7.1

The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.

Most awarded era

2020s

7 Academy Awards

Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Untitled Daniels Event Film, The Odyssey, The Rip.

Most productive era

2010s

26 films

The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.

Range, mapped

Career heatmap

Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.

The career concentrates in drama during the 2010s, and the scores hold there.
Genre1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
Drama
7.01 film
7.29 films
7.015 films
6.916 films
7.96 films
Action
6.41 film
6.96 films
6.89 films
7.23 films
Thriller
6.93 films
7.212 films
6.47 films
7.35 films
Comedy
6.82 films
6.27 films
6.67 films
7.06 films
Sci-Fi
9.41 film
Crime
7.13 films
7.37 films
5.91 film
6.35 films
Romance
6.81 film
6.45 films
6.81 film
Horror
6.31 film

Chronology

Career timeline

Firsts and peaks

Career milestones

The turning points, in the order they happened.

  1. Career begins

    1988Working from 1988

    The start of the professional record — years before the catalogue picks the story up.

  2. First film in Nutevio

    1989Field of Dreams

    Where our catalogue meets this career, as Baseball Fan (uncredited).

  3. First Academy Award nomination

    1998Good Will Hunting

    Best Original Screenplay — the moment the industry started writing the same sentences our editors had been writing.

  4. First Academy Award

    1998Good Will Hunting

    Best Original Screenplay. Confirmation rather than revelation, which is how the best of these usually arrive.

  5. First Nutevio masterpiece

    2006The Departed

    The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches.

  6. Highest rated performance · Career peak

    2026Influenced

    10.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.

  7. Most recent film

    2027Untitled Daniels Event Film

    The current state of the argument.

Our order

Performances ranked

Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.

1
Official poster for Influenced (2026)

Influenced

2026 · Comedy

1h 28m

10.0IMDb
2
Official poster for Interstellar (2014)

Interstellar

2014 · Sci-Fi

2h 49m

8.7IMDb
3
Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer

2023 · Drama

3h 0m

8.3IMDb
4
Official poster for The Making of the Last Duel (2021)

The Making of the Last Duel

2021 · Documentary

0h 33m

9.0IMDb
5
Official poster for The Departed (2006)

The Departed

2006 · Crime

2h 31m

8.5IMDb
6
Official poster for The Odyssey (2026)

The Odyssey

2026 · Adventure

2h 45m

8.4IMDb
7
Official poster for Interstellar (2014)

Interstellar

2014 · Science Fiction

2h 49m

8.5IMDb
8
Official poster for Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Saving Private Ryan

1998 · War

2h 49m

8.2IMDb
9
Official poster for The Departed (2006)

The Departed

2006 · Crime

2h 31m

8.2IMDb
10
Official poster for Good Will Hunting (1997)

Good Will Hunting

1997 · Drama

2h 7m

8.2IMDb
11
Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer

2023 · Drama

3h 1m

8.0IMDb
12
Official poster for Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Ford v Ferrari

2019 · Action

2h 33m

8.0IMDb
13
Official poster for The Odyssey (2026)

The Odyssey

2026 · Action

2h 53m

8.0IMDb
14
Official poster for The Martian (2015)

The Martian

2015 · Science Fiction

2h 21m

7.7IMDb
15
Official poster for Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Thor: Ragnarok

2017 · Action

2h 11m

7.6IMDb
16
Official poster for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002 · Western

1h 23m

7.7IMDb
17
Official poster for Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Ocean's Eleven

2001 · Crime

1h 56m

7.5IMDb
18
Official poster for Deadpool 2 (2018)

Deadpool 2

2018 · Action

2h 0m

7.5IMDb
19
Official poster for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

The Bourne Ultimatum

2007 · Action

1h 55m

7.4IMDb
20
Official poster for The Bourne Identity (2002)

The Bourne Identity

2002 · Action

1h 59m

7.5IMDb
21
Official poster for The Last Duel (2021)

The Last Duel

2021 · Drama

2h 33m

7.4IMDb
22
Official poster for The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

The Bourne Supremacy

2004 · Action

1h 48m

7.3IMDb
23
Official poster for Air (2023)

Air

2023 · Drama

1h 52m

7.3IMDb
24
Official poster for True Grit (2010)

True Grit

2010 · Western

1h 50m

7.3IMDb
25
Official poster for Invictus (2009)

Invictus

2009 · Drama

2h 14m

7.2IMDb
26
Official poster for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999 · Crime

2h 20m

7.2IMDb
27
Official poster for The Rip (2026)

The Rip

2026 · Action

1h 53m

7.1IMDb
28
Official poster for Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018 · Action

1h 58m

7.1IMDb
29
Official poster for Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

2022 · Documentary

0h 55m

7.0IMDb
30
Official poster for Rounders (1998)

Rounders

1998 · Crime

2h 1m

7.0IMDb
31
Official poster for The Rainmaker (1997)

The Rainmaker

1997 · Crime

2h 15m

7.0IMDb
32
Official poster for Field of Dreams (1989)

Field of Dreams

1989 · Fantasy

1h 45m

7.1IMDb
33
Official poster for IF (2024)

IF

2024 · Comedy

1h 44m

6.9IMDb
34
Official poster for Dogma (1999)

Dogma

1999 · Comedy

2h 10m

6.9IMDb
35
Official poster for The Roast of Tom Brady (2024)

The Roast of Tom Brady

2024 · Comedy

2h 59m

6.8IMDb
36
Official poster for The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

The Adjustment Bureau

2011 · Romance

1h 46m

6.8IMDb
37
Official poster for We Bought a Zoo (2011)

We Bought a Zoo

2011 · Comedy

2h 4m

6.8IMDb
38
Official poster for Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Ocean's Thirteen

2007 · Crime

2h 2m

6.7IMDb
39
Official poster for The Majestic (2001)

The Majestic

2001 · Romance

2h 33m

6.8IMDb
40
Official poster for Chasing Amy (1997)

Chasing Amy

1997 · Romance

1h 54m

6.8IMDb
41
Official poster for Contagion (2011)

Contagion

2011 · Science Fiction

1h 46m

6.7IMDb
42
Official poster for Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Ocean's Twelve

2004 · Crime

2h 5m

6.6IMDb
43
Official poster for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002 · Romance

1h 53m

6.7IMDb
44
Official poster for Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022 · Action

1h 59m

6.4IMDb
45
Official poster for Stillwater (2021)

Stillwater

2021 · Crime

2h 19m

6.6IMDb
46
Official poster for Che: Part Two (2008)

Che: Part Two

2008 · War

2h 15m

6.6IMDb
47
Official poster for EuroTrip (2004)

EuroTrip

2004 · Comedy

1h 32m

6.6IMDb
48
Official poster for The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000 · Romance

2h 6m

6.6IMDb
49
Official poster for Titan A.E. (2000)

Titan A.E.

2000 · Action

1h 35m

6.6IMDb
50
Official poster for Courage Under Fire (1996)

Courage Under Fire

1996 · War

1h 56m

6.5IMDb
51
Official poster for The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic (2026)

The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic

2026 · Documentary

0h 23m

6.5IMDb
52
Official poster for Elysium (2013)

Elysium

2013 · Action

1h 49m

6.5IMDb
53
Official poster for Green Zone (2010)

Green Zone

2010 · War

1h 55m

6.5IMDb
54
Official poster for School Ties (1992)

School Ties

1992 · Drama

1h 46m

6.5IMDb
55
Official poster for No Sudden Move (2021)

No Sudden Move

2021 · Crime

1h 55m

6.4IMDb
56
Official poster for Jason Bourne (2016)

Jason Bourne

2016 · Action

2h 3m

6.4IMDb
57
Official poster for Margaret (2011)

Margaret

2011 · Drama

2h 30m

6.4IMDb
58
Official poster for The Good Shepherd (2006)

The Good Shepherd

2006 · Drama

2h 47m

6.3IMDb
59
Official poster for Syriana (2005)

Syriana

2005 · Drama

2h 8m

6.4IMDb
60
Official poster for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2001 · Action

1h 44m

6.4IMDb
61
Official poster for Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993 · Action

1h 55m

6.3IMDb
62
Official poster for Unsane (2018)

Unsane

2018 · Horror

1h 38m

6.3IMDb
63
Official poster for Promised Land (2012)

Promised Land

2012 · Drama

1h 46m

6.3IMDb
64
Official poster for Clerk (2021)

Clerk

2021 · Documentary

1h 55m

6.2IMDb
65
Official poster for Happy Feet Two (2011)

Happy Feet Two

2011 · Comedy

1h 39m

6.2IMDb
66
Official poster for Hereafter (2010)

Hereafter

2010 · Fantasy

2h 9m

6.2IMDb
67
Official poster for The Informant! (2009)

The Informant!

2009 · Comedy

1h 48m

6.2IMDb
68
Official poster for Jersey Girl (2004)

Jersey Girl

2004 · Romance

1h 42m

6.2IMDb
69
Official poster for The Instigators (2024)

The Instigators

2024 · Comedy

1h 42m

6.1IMDb
70
Official poster for The Monuments Men (2014)

The Monuments Men

2014 · War

1h 58m

6.1IMDb
71
Official poster for The Zero Theorem (2013)

The Zero Theorem

2013 · Science Fiction

1h 47m

6.1IMDb
72
Official poster for Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis (2019)

Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis

2019 · Documentary

0h 50m

6.0IMDb
73
Official poster for The Great Wall (2016)

The Great Wall

2016 · Action

1h 43m

6.0IMDb
74
Official poster for Suburbicon (2017)

Suburbicon

2017 · Mystery

1h 45m

5.9IMDb
75
Official poster for The Brothers Grimm (2005)

The Brothers Grimm

2005 · Action

1h 58m

5.9IMDb
76
Official poster for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019 · Action

1h 45m

5.7IMDb
77
Official poster for All the Pretty Horses (2000)

All the Pretty Horses

2000 · Romance

1h 57m

5.7IMDb
78
Official poster for Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025)

Netflix Tudum 2025

2025

1h 56m

5.5IMDb
79
Official poster for Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

Drive-Away Dolls

2024 · Comedy

1h 24m

5.5IMDb
80
Official poster for Downsizing (2017)

Downsizing

2017 · Science Fiction

2h 15m

5.4IMDb
81
Official poster for Stuck on You (2003)

Stuck on You

2003 · Comedy

1h 59m

5.4IMDb
82

Untitled Daniels Event Film

2027

83

Clint Eastwood : la légende

2025 · Documentary

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Filmography

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83 of 83 films

Official poster for Influenced (2026)

as Self

Directed by Unknown

  • Masterpiece
IMDb10.0Rotten Tomatoes99%Metacritic921h 28mComedy
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Official poster for The Odyssey (2026)

as Odysseus

Directed by Christopher Nolan

IMDb8.4Rotten Tomatoes89%Metacritic802h 45mAdventure · Drama · Fantasy
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Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

as Leslie Groves

Directed by Christopher Nolan

  • Masterpiece
  • Oscar Winner
  • Editor's Pick
IMDb8.3Rotten Tomatoes92%Metacritic813h 0mDrama · History · Thriller
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Official poster for The Departed (2006)

as Colin

Directed by Martin Scorsese

  • Masterpiece
IMDb8.5Rotten Tomatoes90%Metacritic812h 31mCrime · Thriller · Drama
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From the library

Complete credits

Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.

The defining work

Signature performances

Official poster for Influenced (2026)

#1

Self

Influenced (2026)

Performance score9.7

The performance the rest of the career is read through. Self gives Matt Damon a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.

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Official poster for The Odyssey (2026)

#2

Odysseus

The Odyssey (2026)

Performance score9.3

The Odyssey asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Odysseus is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.

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Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

#3

Leslie Groves

Oppenheimer (2023)

Performance score9.2

Oppenheimer asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Leslie Groves is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.

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Official poster for The Making of the Last Duel (2021)

#4

Self

The Making of the Last Duel (2021)

Performance score9.1

The Making of the Last Duel asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Self is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.

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Start here

The movie journey

A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.

Official poster for Influenced (2026)

Best entry point

Influenced

as Self

Start here. Influenced is the clearest statement of what Matt Damon does — accessible, 88 minutes, and rated 10.0 by our editors. No context required.

Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Matt at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.

  1. Official poster for The Departed (2006)

    The Departed (2006)

    A deliberate change of key after Influenced — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.

  2. Official poster for The Making of the Last Duel (2021)

    The Making of the Last Duel (2021)

    A deliberate change of key after The Departed — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.

  3. Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

    Oppenheimer (2023)

    A deliberate change of key after The Making of the Last Duel — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.

  4. Official poster for The Odyssey (2026)

    The Odyssey (2026)

    Same director as Oppenheimer, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.

Company kept

Frequent collaborators

The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.

Behind the camera

Director network

Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

Director

2 films together · 7.7 avg MV

A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.

Official poster for The Martian (2015)

Best film together

The Martian

Six degrees

Connected through cinema

Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.

Recognition

Awards

6 wins · 6 nominations

Academy Awards

3 wins · 6 nominations · latest 2024

  • Winner7 wins for the film2024

    Oppenheimer

  • Winner1 win for the film2015

    Interstellar

  • WinnerBest Original Screenplay1998

    Good Will Hunting · as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Picture2017

    as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Actor2016

    as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor2010

    as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Actor1998

    as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay1998

    as Actor

  • NomineeBest Actor1998

    Good Will Hunting · as Actor

Golden Globes

1 win · latest 2016

  • WinnerBest Actor — Musical or Comedy2016

    The Martian · as Actor

Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture

1 win · latest 2006

  • WinnerSatellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture2006

    as Actor

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

1 win

  • Winnerstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame

    as Actor

Categories of our own

Most rewatchable, most emotional, most influential

Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.

Most rewatchable

Official poster for Influenced (2026)

Influenced

as Self

The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.

Most emotional performance

Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer

as Leslie Groves

Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.

Most influential performance

Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer

as Leslie Groves

You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.

Best ensemble performance

Official poster for Che: Part Two (2008)

Che: Part Two

as Fr. Schwartz

Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.

Career defining performance

Official poster for Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer

as Leslie Groves

If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.

In their films' words

Lines that stay

You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Matt Damon has known it for a long time.

Nutevio Editors · On Influenced

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

J. Robert Oppenheimer · Oppenheimer (2023)

They won't fear it until they understand it. And they won't understand it until they've used it.

Oppenheimer · Oppenheimer (2023)

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Professor Brand · Interstellar (2014)

Murph, I'm coming back.

Cooper · Interstellar (2014)

Head to head

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Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.

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Nutevio Performer Score9.08.7
Career ranking#1 of 681#7 of 681
Awards on file3 recorded4 recorded
Oscar wins11
Oscar nominations55
Average Nutevio score9.19.4
GenresAdventure, Drama, Fantasy, HistoryAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
DirectorsChristopher Nolan, Martin ScorseseChristopher Nolan, David Fincher, Frank Darabont
Performance DNATransformation, Drama, Screen presenceScreen presence, Drama, Rewatchability
Career timeline2006–20261994–2008
Most iconic roleOdysseus — The OdysseyEllis Boyd 'Red' Redding — The Shawshank Redemption
Most rewatchable filmInterstellarThe Shawshank Redemption
Filmography4 catalogue films3 catalogue films

Films together

Nothing in common in the library yet.

Shared directors

Christopher Nolan

Shared collections

Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked, Drama Movies, Thriller Movies, Top 250 Movies of All Time, Top 100 Crime Movies, Crime Movies

Collaborators in common

Christopher Nolan · Michael Caine · Cillian Murphy

Matt Damon takes it on our scale, largely on the strength of the catalogue's rating of the films Matt chooses.

Ours alone

Nutevio Honors

Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.

Career Achievement

Awarded

38 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.

Editor's Icon

Awarded

Named by our desk for a body of work we return to when we need to explain what screen acting is for.

Modern Classic Performer

Awarded

Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.

Most Influential Career

Awarded

Recognised for changing what casting directors thought a leading performance could look like.

Drama Legend

Awarded

47 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.

Our desk

Editor's picks

Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.

Best ending

Official poster for Interstellar (2014)

Interstellar

as Mann

The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.

Best opening

Official poster for The Departed (2006)

The Departed

as Colin

A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.

Most emotional

Official poster for The Odyssey (2026)

The Odyssey

as Odysseus

The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.

Best twist

Official poster for Interstellar (2014)

Interstellar

as Mann

A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.

Best visual achievement

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Interstellar

as Mann

Images that would survive with the sound switched off.

Best action sequence

Official poster for The Odyssey (2026)

The Odyssey

as Odysseus

Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.

Best dialogue

Official poster for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

as Bachelor Matt

Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.

Most underrated film

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Oppenheimer

as Leslie Groves

The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.

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Quick facts

Born
8 October 1970
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Age
55
Height
1.78 m
Nationality
American
Years active
1988–present
Known for
An everyman surface with an unusually fast mind running underneath it.
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards
1 Oscar
5 nominations
IMDb
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Nutevio rank
#3
of 909177 performers tracked

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