{"id":4279,"date":"2025-11-05T15:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:14:15","slug":"matt-damon-high-school-yearbook-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/matt-damon-high-school-yearbook-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon High School Yearbook Photo, Education, Family, & More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

See a young Matt Damon in his \u201880s high school yearbook photos and get to know the \u2018Good Will Hunting\u2019 and \u2018The Martian\u2019 actor better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Name: <\/strong>Matthew Paige Damon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birthdate: <\/strong>October 8, 1970 (age 55)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High School:<\/strong> Cambridge Rindge and Latin School<\/a>, Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yearbooks:<\/strong> 1988<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is Matt Damon?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d be lying if you said you didn\u2019t remember Matt Damon\u2019s legendary acting roles, especially as janitor-turned-math prodigy Will Hunting in \u2018Good Will Hunting\u2019 and as amnesiac hitman Jason Bourne in the \u2018Bourne\u2019 franchise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Paige Damon is a legendary actor who is best known for writing and starring in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting<\/em><\/a> alongside childhood friend Ben Affleck. The film is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and Damon and Affleck were the youngest ever recipients of the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for their writing of the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Damon began his career in the late 1980s with a minor role in the film Mystic Pizza <\/em>(1988)<\/a> alongside Julia Roberts<\/a>, and slowly crawled his way to stardom throughout the \u201890s. By the late \u201890s, he had established himself as a Hollywood icon, and had taken the film world by storm. His exceptional talent and versatile acting abilities allowed him to stand out in his most memorable films, and left a lasting impact on those growing up at the height of his legendary career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Should You Know About Matt Damon?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n