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InvictusMatt Damon in Invictus (2009), directed by Clint Eastwood.

Matt Damon, (born Oct. 8, 1970, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.), U.S. actor. He appeared in several films, notably Courage Under Fire (1996) and The Rainmaker (1997), before his breakthrough performance in Good Will Hunting (1997); he also cowrote the script with Ben Affleck, and the two received the Academy Award for best original screenplay. Damon became known for his versatility and intelligent performances. His later credits include Saving Private Ryan (1998), the Ocean’s trilogy (2001, 2004, 2007), the Jason Bourne series (2002, 2004, 2007, 2016), The Departed (2006), Invictus (2009), True Grit (2010), Contagion (2011), Interstellar (2014), The Martian (2015), and Ford v Ferrari (2019).

Academy Award: Oscar statuettes
Academy Award Summary
Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly
acting Summary
Acting, the performing art in which movement, gesture, and intonation are used to realize a fictional character for the stage, for motion pictures, or for television. (Read Lee Strasberg’s 1959 Britannica essay on acting.) Acting is generally agreed to be a matter less of mimicry, exhibitionism, or
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film Summary
Film, series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, this gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous movement. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film