'Those girls run you': Matt Damon's father tells actor his four daughters and wife call the shots at home despite his Hollywood status

By Millie Thwaites For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 10:27 EST, 3 July 2016 | Updated: 10:36 EST, 3 July 2016

He's undoubtedly one of Hollywood's biggest action stars, fronting the hugely successful Bourne franchise.

But as actor Matt Damon has revealed, his success in his career doesn't mean he gets to call the shots at home. 

Speaking with Rahni Sadler on Channel Seven's Sunday Night, the 45-year-old revealed his four daughters and wife of eleven years control of the reins.

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Opening up: Appearing on Sunday Night, Matt Damon revealed his success in his career doesn't mean he gets to call the shots at home and his father told him the women in his household call the shots

Opening up: Appearing on Sunday Night, Matt Damon revealed his success in his career doesn't mean he gets to call the shots at home and his father told him the women in his household call the shots

'Those girls run you': Damon's father made sure to tell his son he had no power at home over his beloved girls

'Those girls run you': Damon's father made sure to tell his son he had no power at home over his beloved girls

Damon recalled a comical story where his father told him: 'Those girls run you'.

He was quick to bow down and admit: 'That's true,' with a laugh. 

He said his father and brother took great joy in comparing him to Jackie Gleason's character Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners - a man who was respected in his own home despite being a bus driver - saying Damon was the complete opposite.

Normality: Damon laughed as he recalled his father telling him: 'Everybody thinks you're a big deal, and then you get home and you don't run s***'

Normality: Damon laughed as he recalled his father telling him: 'Everybody thinks you're a big deal, and then you get home and you don't run s***'

His father said to him: 'Everybody thinks you're a big deal, and then you get home and you don't run s***.'

The handsome star has been married to Argentinian-born Luciana Barroso for eleven years, and he is stepfather to Alexia, 17, and father to Isabelle, 10, Gia, seven, and Stella, five.

Damon admitted to regularly feeling outnumbered at home.

The moves: The action star taught Rahni Sadler some of the fighting moves he's picked up during filming The Bourne franchise

The moves: The action star taught Rahni Sadler some of the fighting moves he's picked up during filming The Bourne franchise

'There's a lot of oestrogen,' he admitted with a laugh.

'I occasionally need to leave to take my walk around the park by myself,' he said, before quickly adding: 'But its really wonderful.' 

The doting father is currently in Australia promoting his latest film and the return of the Bourne series, Jason Bourne.

'There's a lot of oestrogen:' Damon and his wife - Argentinian-born Luciana Barroso - share four daughters, and the actor admitted he is outnumbered at home

'There's a lot of oestrogen:' Damon and his wife - Argentinian-born Luciana Barroso - share four daughters, and the actor admitted he is outnumbered at home

In the hotly-anticipated film, Damon returns to the spy franchise that made him a full-blown movie star with all the freedom such status affords.

Given how much actor credits the series with, it's a welcome homecoming.

He revealed that even though he left the films behind after The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007, he always knew he wanted to reprise the role. 

Loved-up: The Hollywood hunk and his wife have been married for 11 years

Loved-up: The Hollywood hunk and his wife have been married for 11 years

It was just about finding the right time, and doing it with the right people, namely the director Paul Greengrass. 

'I said I wouldn't do it without Paul.

'He and I would talk about it, and after a while, we thought "We're kind of d**** if we don't do another one".'

He's back: The 45-year-old is currently in Australia with Jason Bourne co-star Alicia Vikander promoting the film

He's back: The 45-year-old is currently in Australia with Jason Bourne co-star Alicia Vikander promoting the film

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