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| On October 8, 1970, he was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[([[https:// | On October 8, 1970, he was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Parents ===== | ||
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| + | He is the second son of stockbroker Kent Telfer Damon and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, | ||
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| + | ===== Parents' | ||
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| + | His father is of English and Scottish origin, while his mother is five-eighths Finnish and three-eighths Swedish (his mother' | ||
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| + | ===== Moving ===== | ||
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| + | Damon and his family spent two years in Newton. Damon' | ||
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| + | ===== Kyle Damon ===== | ||
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| + | Kyle, his brother, is now a well-known sculptor and artist.[([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Not The Best Upbringing ===== | ||
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| + | He struggled to define his personal identity as a result of his mother' | ||
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| + | ===== Education ===== | ||
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| + | He was a strong student at Cambridge Alternative School (now Graham and Parks) and later Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.[([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Beginning As An Actor ===== | ||
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| + | Damon appeared in various high school theatrical plays as an actor.[([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Influence ===== | ||
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| + | He praised his theatre instructor, Gerry Speca, as a key aesthetic influence, despite the fact that his good friend and schoolmate, Ben Affleck, got the " | ||
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| + | ===== Harvard ===== | ||
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| + | Damon attended Harvard University, where he was a resident at Lowell House (Harvard College) and a member of the class of 1992, but left before graduating to play Geronimo: An American Legend.[([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Good Will Hunting ===== | ||
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| + | As an experiment for an English class at Harvard, he composed an early treatment of the screenplay for Good Will Hunting. Damon belonged to the Delphic Club, one of the University' | ||
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| + | ===== Harvard Arts Medal ===== | ||
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| + | He received the Harvard Arts Medal in 2013.[([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Academy Award For Screenplay ===== | ||
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| + | Damon won an Academy Award in 1998 for his screenplay for Good Will Hunting, which was presented to him by Harvard alumni Jack Lemmon, who was also a member of Harvard' | ||
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| + | ===== Mystic Pizza ===== | ||
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| + | Damon began his acting career in high school theater plays before making his professional debut in the film Mystic Pizza (1988).[([[https:// | ||