Talk:Matt Damon

Inside Job
There is no mention of Matt Damon's narration of the Academy Award Winning documentary, Inside Job. I believe this should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.249.85 (talk) 23:17, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Content removed
I'm not sure that I understand the edits in this revision where there were chunks of text removed. There was no edit summary - so I'm assumed that it may have been either a good-faith error - or perhaps vandalism.

It looked like you wanted to move an image down into the awards section, so I took are of that, but made it a gallery so it doesn't "sandwich" the text MOS: Images.

I returned it but will look over the edits to see if there are corrections, etc. Any feedback in the meantime, though, is helpful!-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 17:25, 5 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Per your comment on my talk page: Great! I worked on the GA Reassessment, and anything that will make the article better is good. I explained why I reverted above - and certainly don't want to enter into an edit war, which is why I started the dialogue here to better understand what's going on. As an FYI, I've been pretty firmly entrenched in the article for several days.-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 17:29, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I wanted it to move it down, that I forgot it, ultimately :). I also wanted to move the footprints at the awards section. Thanks for fixing it up. Didn't want to look as vandalism. As you may have noticed, my edits before were to try to fix the sections and the years in them. Thanks for fixing my work! Thanks for contributing to it! The Mad Hatter (talk)


 * Cool! Thanks for catching the need to tweak placement of the cameo's and time frames. I wanted to add a couple of links, but I'm done now. Going back to the awards page. -- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 17:47, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Hey, I made another edit, because the lines of commercially and critically successful films are kind of overlapping into one another. Also felt that Green Zone might also be considered a flop. Look it up, don't wanna stand out as a deletor, but some of it really needs a work Carole. Respect: The Mad Hatter (talk)

Hello Carole, I made another edit. Since his "Early life" and "Early years" in acting are repeating each other in the Harvard last section, since that are his debut years in acting, decided to be bold and move them downwards, so that there is no overlapping. Look again at the intro section, I still think it neeeds polishing and tweaking. All the best: The Mad Hatter (talk)


 * Thanks for resolving the Harvard University info - much better! And the intro looks good, too! My point was just to provide examples - following a summary style approach, so I'm not at all surprised that there are other examples of successful or unsuccessful films. But, you've kept the summary style and improved on it - so kudos to you!
 * Thanks for resolving the Harvard University info - much better! And the intro looks good, too! My point was just to provide examples - following a summary style approach, so I'm not at all surprised that there are other examples of successful or unsuccessful films. But, you've kept the summary style and improved on it - so kudos to you!


 * I don't know if you saw much conclusion to the GAR, "There are a number of talented contributors to the article that may be able to finesse some of my edits, but I think it now..." - so yes, your edits are appreciated!-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 20:37, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Uncited content
Are there reliable, secondary sources for this information?


 * Damon is reportedly in talks to star in a biopic of Whitey Bulger, as well as an action comedy from director Ben Affleck reportedly co-starring Denzel Washington, Christian Bale, Robert Downey Jr., Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hardy, Jeremy Renner, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Mila Kunis.


 * Damon will also appear in 2015's Ridley Scott film The Martian and the new Bourne film from Paul Greengrass.

Thanks!-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 22:27, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Notability
How notable is it that he attended this game - an addition made by User:50.143.155.35?


 * Damon is also a fan of the Santa Cruz Derby Girls, a roller derby team based in Santa Cruz, California, and has been photographed at several of their public games over the past few years. . One of their skaters, Sharon D. Payne (or Eileen Jacinto Hill off the track) is a college friend of Damon's wife.

I get that there's an interest and that he's come to more than one game, but what would this article look like if all of his interests were recorded? So, that's why I'm asking what makes this more notable than other interest he may have (partial ownership, other)?-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 21:26, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

What Up,Cuz?
According the material presented to Ben Affleck in Season 2,episode 4 of "Finding Your Roots." Damon and Affleck are Tenth Cousins,once removed. Sochwa (talk) 19:41, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Yep, it's in a note right now. Being a 10th cousin is not particularly notable, but I can move it out of the note and into the body of the article.-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 21:23, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Filmography section
Having select films that an actor is known for in the filmography section is pretty common when there is another page for their credits. See George Clooney, Robin Williams, Robert Downey Jr. or look at Julianne Moore for a non-list version. It's better than having the section blank with just the redirect to the filmography page. LADY LOTUS • TALK 18:50, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * The Julianne Moore example is a good one, because there is criteria for what films are identified in the main article section - ones that won her awards or earned her the most money. It's also nice that it's a summary. Otherwise, like the Robin Williams article, it's a long list without context. What would you select as the criteria for the ones that are included in the main article to avoid replication of the information the filmography article (e.g., prevent people from jumping on the bandwagon and adding films to the list indiscriminately)?
 * Love your signature, cool!-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 20:03, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Yea, the Robin Williams one is a bit much, I don't think every single film needs to be mentioned. I think it Damon's situation, the films that have got him a lot of recognition or awards could be worded the way Moore's is, in a "lead" type style. I just hate to see that section blank.
 * lol thanks LADY LOTUS • TALK 20:29, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Sounds good.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 23:54, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

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Damon's "keep your sexuality to yourself" comments
C'omn, you knew someone was going to bring up this matter sooner or later as far as this article goes. As we know, Damon's "People shouldn't know anything about your sexuality." comment, which tied into his view on gay actors coming out, has gotten a lot of media attention, as seen here, here, here and here. Having checked this article's edit history to see what was added at the time of the media attention, I'm surprised to see that nothing has been added or reverted on this matter yet (unless I missed some random IP additions, where they added a poor mention of it). I wouldn't feel that this topic needs addressing in this article, if it weren't for the fact that it sparked a cultural debate, with even Ellen Page weighing in on it. So I definitely think that a paragraph or two about this should go in the "In the media" section. Flyer22 (talk) 08:38, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Okay, in the absence of any valid objections, I will add content on this matter to the "In the media" section in a few days; I will keep the WP:Neutral policy, including its WP:Due weight section, in mind when doing so. Flyer22 (talk) 21:26, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with Flyer22. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 01:07, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Missing Courage Under File under Filmography
Courage Under File in 1996 is missing from his Filmography. Tony (talk) 06:42, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

I also noticed that the Filography is missing Saving Private Ryan (1998) CatGrass (talk) 05:01, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Jason Bourne/David Webb
@Bovineboy2008 @Checkingfax Thank you for reviewing, but I would like to know your reason for reverting it. The character's actual name is David Webb and one of the character's major goals in the first film is to learn who he is. Thank you. -- SLV100 (talk) 07:45, 12 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi . Because Damon is credited as Bourne, not as Webb. Also, you were set up because another editor was cocking around with the casing of the infobox name. Cheers!  07:58, 12 March 2016 (UTC)


 * @Checkingfax Thank you for your response. In the film series, Damon has been credited as "Bourne", "Jason Bourne", and "Jason Bourne/David Webb". It seems the latter covers all three. Thank you. -- SLV100 (talk) 08:09, 12 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi . Which one credited Damon as Webb? Cheers!  09:37, 12 March 2016 (UTC)


 * @Checkingfax If I'm not mistaken Supremacy and Ultimatum. Thank you. -- SLV100 (talk) 09:48, 12 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi . I am only tasked as a Pending Changes Reviewer with thwarting vandalism so if you put it back up and I see it I will accept it. Cheers!  10:22, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Relationship history
Do we have to keep a record of his romantic relationships here? They aren't significant enough to be mentioned. As you can see there's no mention of Damon on Minnie Driver and Winona Ryder's articles. It was removed by other users because no significance was indicated. I think we should do the same thing here, but instead of removing the material I decided to discuss it first. Keivan.f Talk 03:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm in favour of getting rid of them. I find relationship histories usually aren't important enough for an article. My two cents. Willondon (talk) 23:02, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Well, it seems that no one opposes what I said. Keivan.f  Talk 22:25, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

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#exposed
okay so theres this fairly popular podcast made by jennamarbles (called the jenna julien podcast) that a) has a long-running joke about damon's movie stuck on you being an Incredible cinematographic masterpiece and b) now has a conspiracy theory about damon being exposed as 14 years old. i just feel as if this article about him should address these jokes, or at least that he has been #exposed as today being his 14th birthday Breezeham (talk) 03:49, 3 October 2017 (UTC) i hate myself so much for this lo siento mucho Breezeham (talk) 03:54, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Children
In his statement about Harvey Weinstein, Damon referred to himself as the "father of four daughters." Since he obviously acknowledges his stepdaughter's existence, shouldn't his page? ("Children = 4 (including one stepchild)")

Shouldn't the opening paragraph also be modified from "they have three daughters together" to something like "they have four daughters together, (including a daughter from Luciana's previous marraige)" or something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.169.34.6 (talk) 16:23, 21 October 2017 (UTC)


 * On Saturday Night Live December 15, 2018, he said he had 4 children, the youngest being 8 years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muffycoco (talk • contribs) 05:41, 18 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Supporting the edit to 4 children in brief bio & opening paragraph, reflecting his co-parenting his stepdaughter. The current status on the page is insulting to him, his wife, and the children. Truesally86 (talk) 17:39, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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Controversy update
Dec 18, 2017 Matt Damon's interview with ABC news, the resultant backlash should be added. There's been quite a response on twitter, both good and bad. AspiringCheetah (talk) 04:50, 22 December 2017 (UTC)AspiringCheetah

Controversy section
Some new edits have been made recently, which were not really written from a neutral point of view and littered with grammar and spelling errors. I did some copyediting and consolidation, and removed some of the editorial and POV claims supported by low-quality sources. Gene2010 (talk) 07:27, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 January 2018
The "Controversy" section should be changed to "Controversies" because there's more than one.

Also, if you're going to be fair to women then you have to be fair to visible minorities too and add this incident in 2015 to Damon's controversies:

When independent African-American filmmaker, Effie Brown, suggested that a white woman and a Vietnamese-American man co-direct a proposed film, Damon interrupted the Brown to explain to her what diversity means in Hollywood saying "When we’re talking about diversity you do it in the casting of the film not in the casting of the show." Damon alleges his words were taken out of context on a show that he was executive producer and then apologised. 5.32.55.154 (talk) 04:19, 11 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Controversy can be used as a collective singular noun, as it appears to be here.  The requested additions appear to be about a short-lived and low-impact event form over two years ago and adding this event to a section that already has been tagged for undue weight issues is not within the scope of an edit request.  Please open a separate discussion about the Controversy section and the proper items to include so that a consensus among interested editors can be formed. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 January 2018
Early lif and education to Early Life and education Kdizzle98 (talk) 09:28, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Change section title in contents and at the top of section from "Early lif and education" to "Early life and education". Mcrooney (talk) 15:21, 11 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done Thank you both for catching that. —C.Fred (talk) 15:24, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 February 2018 for updating filmography
Please update 'Selected filmography' tab to add new movie: Downsizing (2018) [Reference Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389072/] Rcmola (talk) 11:48, 6 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: It's listed as "Selected filmography" for a reason. The movie Downsizing is mentioned on Matt Damon filmography.  Nihlus  21:20, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Matt Damon
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Matt Damon's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "marriage": From Trey Parker: </li> <li>From Jeff Bridges: </li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:47, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected removal
How can we remove semi-protection? Coddeg-9Wapji-nesgab (talk) 22:19, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

environmentalist not enviormentalist
typo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.170.100 (talk) 19:31, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2020
Social Views: Matt Damon Apologizes for Diversity Comments on ‘Project Greenlight’ Thomasholland (talk) 19:46, 30 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. &#8209;&#8209; El Hef  ( Meep? ) 19:49, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2021
CBS Sunday Morning reported in July 2021 that Damon has 4 daughters, not 3 children. 162.255.169.4 (talk) 22:25, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:45, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2021
Filmography

All Matt Damon films can be found in below page. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon_filmography Ranjith Thazhathepurath (talk) 03:09, 7 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:00, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Incomprehensible section
The section Pubic image in its entirety is as follows:

"Comedian Jimmy Kimmel had a running gag on his ABC television show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he apologized for not being able to interview Damon at the end of each show. It culminated in a planned skit on September 12, 2006, when Damon stormed off after having his interview cut short. Damon appeared in several of E! Entertainment's top ten Jimmy Kimmel Live! spoofs. On January 24, 2013, Damon took over his show and mentioned the long-standing feud and having been bumped from years of shows. It involved celebrities who were previously involved in the "feud", including Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, and Sarah Silverman."

There is no way that a reader who doesn't already know all about this will have any idea what feud (or "feud") is referred to here.

I hope that someone can fix this, someone who is knowledgeable about this subject and who also is capable of writing clearly. 2601:200:C000:1A0:AC8F:FBEF:B6C7:8E7D (talk) 01:20, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 January 2022
i want to upload a photo of young matt damon. I think he looks better there Matt Damon11 (talk) 21:15, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:19, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Harvard??
So if he doesn't have any degree from Harvard, he doesn't have any education from Harvard, does he? So why write "Harvard" under "Education"? He's a drop out. 188.113.81.146 (talk) 21:37, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2023
PLease fix a typo in the `Early life and education` section. Pleae change `Damon was born in Cambridge, Massachusettsm on October 8, 1970` to `Damon was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 8, 1970`. 2001:569:77F1:AE00:298B:4881:1C34:516B (talk) 19:56, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ – Thanks, well spotted! Favonian (talk) 20:01, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2023
Regret: JOHN MELLENCAMP’S boring child. 76.23.217.246 (talk) 05:26, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  05:30, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Comments on sexual harassment and homophobia
Yesterday, I restored the paragraph about Damon's comments on homophobic language, which seem to me relevant to his public image, especially coming so soon after his statements about Me Too. Am not totally clear that this information should be under the Personal life header, so I've put them under "Comments on sexual harassment and homophobia" as a subhead to at least seperate them out a bit. But they clearly have impacts on his activism (he made business decisions about an diversity rider that—at least as the text of the article implies—are probably related to the response to his statements about Me Too. And certainly views about feminism and homophobia have a political valence, but don't really fit in with the "capital p" Politics that are the subject of the political views subheader. If anyone can direct me to styleguide resources on how to divide up these sections better on a celebrity biography, that would be much appreciated. The critiques under WP:CSECTION that another user have pointed out are noted, but I still think this information about statements Damon made which caused controversy are relevant to this bio in some form. Handpigdad (talk) 21:13, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Matthew Damon
Send message to matt Damon 71.208.48.138 (talk) 03:17, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

What, No mention of Dogma?
i found no Filmography nor mention of the ultimate Damon-Affleck `99 collaboration, "Dogma"

Damon-Afflec`99 k collaborati Earnest79 (talk) 09:13, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2024
Remove the red links of IFC (American TV network) on 85 reference! 2804:7F2:5AD:51C1:25F5:6593:9BEC:9290 (talk) 03:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Fixed by creating a redirect. Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 03:34, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2024
In the current text under personal life, it says they live in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. It should say they in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. 2600:8801:111A:4900:647E:CA20:C704:D0E4 (talk) 01:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The suggested replacement makes less sense to me than what is already there, but I can see how the sentence could be parsed as "(the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of) Los Angeles" rather than the intended "(the Pacific Palisades neighborhood) (of Los Angeles)". I've changed "of" to "in" to eliminate any confusion. Tollens (talk) 02:53, 12 June 2024 (UTC)