Screenwriters from Massachusetts

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

Benjamin Géza Affleck is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984–1988). He later appeared in the independent comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and several Kevin Smith comedies, including Chasing Amy (1997).

American playwright (1911–1983)

American writer (1923–2007)

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

American television host and comedian (born 1950)

Steven John Carell is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom The Office, and also worked at several points as a producer, executive producer, writer, and director. Carell has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award for The Office. He was recognized as "America's Funniest Man" by Life.

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

American actress

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, and writer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows, beginning with Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and Conan (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, O'Brien was a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1991, and the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1991 to 1993. He has hosted the podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since 2018, and starred in the 2024 travel show Conan O'Brien Must Go on HBO Max.

John Burke Krasinski is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place, for which Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has since written and directed the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020).

American novelist and screenwriter

American comedian, actor, and filmmaker (born 1967)

American actress and writer (1896–1985)

American actor, screenwriter and director (born 1962)

American actress, writer, and comedian

Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his partnership with David Lynch on the surrealist art films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). He also appeared in films such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), American Psycho (2000), Zoolander (2001), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Miami Vice (2006), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bumblebee (2018), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).

American filmmaker and actor

American animator, film director and screenwriter (born 1965)

American writer (1937-2010)

novelist

American television presenter

American comedian

American stand-up comedian

American actor

American screenwriter, actor and film director (1912–1997)

American film director (1890–1987)

American actor

American film and theatre director (born 1952)

American writer and director (1887-1995)

American television writer, director and producer

American actor and comedian

American actress and comedian

American actress

American writer and filmmaker (born 1977)

American director and musician

American playwright (1891–1939)

American actress and writer

American actor

American television producer, writer and attorney

American screenwriter (born 1961)

American actor and comedian of Greek origin.

American writer (1940–2023)

American actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1937)

American film director and screenwriter

American actress, comedian, and writer

actress, screenwriter (1886-1946)

American screenwriter and novelist

American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

American writer (1902–1971)

American actress (1895–1977)

American actress

American photographer and filmmaker (1921-1985)

Israeli–American filmmaker

Comedian, actor, writer

American film director, producer and screenwriter (1888-1944)

American actor and screenwriter

American actor, artist, author

American author and playwright

American radio producer and screenwriter (1910-2011)