He has a knack for needing to be rescued, doesn't he? Since the late 1990s, Matt Damon has enjoyed rarified stardom in Hollywood as one of the industry's most bankable leading men. Versatile as both a dramatic performer and an action hero, Damon's movies span a million and one different genres. But which ones should actually be considered his greatest of all time?
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Damon discovered acting in high school. That's also where he met his best friend Ben Affleck, who would later become a major Hollywood player in his own right. While at Harvard University, Damon and Affleck drafted the first versions of what would become their 1997 classic Good Will Hunting - a movie that would get them into the rarefied spaces of Hollywood.
