Twenty-year-old Will Hunting of South Boston is a self-taught math genius who was recently paroled after completing a prison term. He works as a janitor at MIT, and spends his free time drinking with his friends Chu… See more

• Matt Damon as Will Hunting
• Robin Williams as Dr. Sean Maguire
• Ben Affleck as Chuckie Sullivan
• Stellan Skarsgård as Professor Gerald Lambeau… See more

Matt Damon started writing the film as a final assignment for a playwriting class that he was taking at Harvard University. Instead of writing a one-act play, Damon submitted a 40-page script. He wrote into his script his then-girlfrie… See more