Matt Damon

Matt Damon began acting at the age of 10 while attending Rindge & Latin prep school alongside his neighborhood friend Ben Affleck.

Later he went to Harvard to study English but dropped out 12 credits short of graduating to pursue his acting career. He used to breakdance in the middle of Harvard Square for money as a teenager.

While trying to find gigs in the acting world, he lived with Ben Affleck and his brother Casey. Damon and Ben decided to write their own script and they wrote “Good Will Hunting”. He sold the script of "Good Will Hunting" along with Ben to Miramax for $500,000.