19 Actors who never starred in a main role in a TV show

Published Jan 11, 2025 12:01 ET

Still from Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning| Image via Paramount Pictures

3. Matt Damon

Matt Damon started his career with a small role in a movie called Mystic Pizza(1988). But his breakthrough role came when he played the title role in the movie Good Will Hunting, which he also co-wrote with Ben Affleck. Since then, Damon has shown his versatility as an actor in movies like Saving Private Ryan, The Martian, and Oppenheimer. He has appeared in a few occasional TV shows called, for example, 30 Rock and Entourage. Matt Damon's acting works, however, have mainly inclined more toward movies.