The Evolution Of Matt Damon

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How Hollywood's smartest actor has kept himself busy

Hereafter (2010)

True Grit (2010)

Thankfully, Damon redeemed his slow start to the year with an ace turn in the Coen brothers' western. As Texas Ranger La Boeuf, he plays it funny, but with admirably subtlety, ensuring that his character retains some dignity.

It's a credit to Damon's complete lack of vanity that he'll take a supporting role, and bury himself beneath period details, to the benefit of a great movie.

Brainiac Damon? He's a bit of a doofus, albeit a loveable one.

Inside Job (2010)

This week sees Damon narrating superior (and rather terrifying) documentary Inside Job , which investigates the global financial crisis with a wealth of insight and probing precision. Check out our review here .

Next up he'll be seen opposite Emily Blunt in sci-fi-tinged romance The Adjustment Bureau , and he's got Steven Soderbergh ensemble Contagion and Cameron Crowe's We Built a Zoo in the pipeline.

And after that, he's set to work with Soderbergh AGAIN on Liberace (with Michael Douglas in the lead), and he just might appear in Neill District 9 Blomkamp's Elysium . So, it doesn't look like he'll be taking it easy anytime soon...

Matt Maytum
Matt Maytum

Matt Maytum is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.