Bond is part of the system. He's an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing people, and he sits there slugging martinis. It'll never be the same thing as this, because Bourne is a guy who is against the establishment, who is paranoid and on the run. I just think fundamentally they're just very different things.

Invictus earned Damon an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The monologue was hijacked in part by Ben Affleck altering cue cards and the show culminated with an interview with Kimmel's former fiance Sarah Silverman. Damon became stepfather to Barroso's young daughter Alexia from her previous marriage.

He is one of the top-40 highest-grossing actors of all time. In 2007 Damon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (born October 8 1970) is an American actor screenwriter producer and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the drama film Good Will Hunting (1997) from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend and actor Ben Affleck.