6. Matt Damon
This is a hard one to gauge.
Matt Damon does a lot of acting in a lot of good movies. If he compares to any other destination actors career its probably Cary Grants. A lot of success over an extended period of time. So much success, in fact, it becomes difficult to mark a real golden age. With Grant the sixties stood out because of the density of classics. Similarly, Damon has been a fringe destination actor since the late nineties, but he is yet to put together a period of success as dense with quality performances as the destination actors. The 2000s were filled with enjoyable Damon features which included one of the better action series in many years in the
Bourne Trilogy. Outside of being
Jason Bourne though his other top films like the
Oceans Eleven series,
The Departed, and
True Grit see him only as part of the ensemble, not the star. If hes got any of Cary Grants magic in him this is the time to put the spotlight squarely on himself an let it show.