Matt Damon Timeline

Oct. 8, 1970

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1988

Oct. 21, 1988: Has his feature film debut in Mystic Pizza starring Julia Roberts. His one line is: "Mom, do you want my green stuff." Drops out of Harvard to become an actor. Damon and Affleck finish the screenplay for Good Will Hunting after many beers and numerous faxes. Stars in School Ties alongside Brendon Fraser and Ben Affleck. Begins dating Minnie Driver. Plays a heroin addict Courage Under Fire with Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan. He loses forty pounds for the part, eating only potatoes and boiled chicken, and almost dies in the process. Sells Good Will Hunting. Damon and Affleck star in Good Will Hunting and it gets immediate acclaim, becoming the highest grossing film in Miramax history. Appears on the Oprah Winfrey show. When asked about Minnie Driver, he announces they have broken up. According to Minnie Driver, she knew nothing of this. According to Matt, they had broken up ten days before he appeared on Oprah Winfrey. Finds himself in an awkward situation when he wins the ShoWest Award for Best Male Star of Tomorrow alongside his ex-girlfriend Minnie Driver, who wins Best Female Star of Tomorrow, forcing them to stand on stage together. Wins the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting. Is seen with his future girlfriend Winona Ryder. Plays Private James Ryan in Saving Private Ryan alongside Tom Hanks and Vin Diesel. Plays Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law. Appears on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and informs everybody he and Affleck used to have pretend business lunches in the school cafeteria. Breaks off his engagement with Winona Ryder. Begins dating Ben Affleck's personal assistant, Odessa Whitmire. Plays Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity. Breaks up with Odessa Whitmire. Not long after his relationship with Whitmire ends, Damon meets Luciana Barrosso at Crobar, a Miami club where Barroso is a bartender. While filming The Bourne Supremacy in Italy, Damon takes time to do some sightseeing with Barroso. The two are spotted in Naples, where on tabloid reports that the two "visited the Castel dell'Ovo - a castle on an island - where 'they walked all around and Matt took pictures of Luciana,' says an eyewitness. Afterwards they dine at a cozy seaside restaurant." Matt announces he would like to star in a porn movie entitled "The Porn Identity." Appears as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Supremacy. Damon and Barroso celebrate his birthday in Prague, where he is filming the Brothers Grimm. Damon and Brad Pitt are evacuated from Claridges restaurant after a fire breaks out. Damon proposes to girlfriend Luciana Barroso. Officially announces he is engaged to interior designer Luciana Barroso. Access Hollywood reports that Damon and Luciana Barroso are expecting a child. When asked by In Style magazine if he's ever been fired, he says: "Yes - selling dance shoes. My boss said, 'Management wants to make a change.' We put that line in Good Will Hunting."