--- title: Watch Matt Damon Act Out His Entire Film Career in 8 Minutes description: He had some help from James Corden canonical: https://time.com/4055408/matt-damon-entire-film-career-james-corden/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-30T13:13:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:26.099Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Matt Damon Act Out His Entire Film Career in Less Than 8 Minutes og:description: He had some help from James Corden og:url: https://time.com/4055408/matt-damon-entire-film-career-james-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c7dfaeef96f1f36/6988662b196cf4c1890384cc/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "The Martian" - European Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Matt Damon Act Out His Entire Film Career in Less Than 8 Minutes twitter:description: He had some help from James Corden twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c7dfaeef96f1f36/6988662b196cf4c1890384cc/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Matt Damon Act Out His Entire Film Career in Less Than 8 Minutes by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 30, 2015 1:13 PM UTC  Matt Damon attends the European premiere of "The Martian" at Odeon Leicester Square on September 24, 2015 in London, England. Matt Damon attends the European premiere of "The Martian" at Odeon Leicester Square on September 24, 2015 in London, England.Danny Martindale—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 30, 2015 1:13 PM UTC Matt Damon is only 44, but he’s already had a lifetime’s worth of landmark Hollywood performances, in films ranging from _Good Will Hunting_ to _The Departed_ to _True Grit_. But in just under eight minutes on Tuesday night, Damon was able to act out all the most prominent points in his career on _The Late Late Show_, with host James Corden filling in for many of his notable co-stars, from George Clooney in the _Ocean’s_ series to Jude Law in _The Talented Mr. Ripley_. Also included: Damon’s performance in _The Martian_, which hits theaters on Friday—only days after scientists announced the presence of [water on Mars](http://time.com/4052358/mars-water-life/). ### See Pictures of Mars in Movies  Robinson Crusoe on Mars, 1964 Paramount  Total Recall, 1990 Tristar  Red Planet, 2000 Warner Bros.  Mission to Mars, 2000 Magnet  Doom, 2005 Universal  John Carter, 2012 Disney  Last Day on Mars, 2013 Magnet  'The Martian', 2015 20th Century Fox ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4055408/matt-damon-entire-film-career-james-corden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4055408/matt-damon-entire-film-career-james-corden/"},"headline":"Watch Matt Damon Act Out His Entire Film Career in Less Than 8 Minutes","datePublished":"2015-09-30T13:13:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:26.099Z","description":"He had some help from James Corden","url":"https://time.com/4055408/matt-damon-entire-film-career-james-corden/","keywords":["Television","movies","Matt Damon","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c7dfaeef96f1f36/6988662b196cf4c1890384cc/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c7dfaeef96f1f36/6988662b196cf4c1890384cc/matt-damon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Martian\" - European Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"\"The Martian\" - European Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Danny Martindale—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4055408/matt-damon-entire-film-career-james-corden/","name":"Watch Matt Damon Act Out His Entire Film Career in Less Than 8 Minutes"}}]}] ```