Matt Damon is keen to reprise one of his most famous roles as Jason Bourne in a future movie.

The Hollywood actor, who had received positive reviews for his performance in Oppenheimer, has acted in four of the Robert Ludlum-penned espionage films; his most recent appearance was in Jason Bourne (2016).

In an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Damon, 53, confirmed that director Edward Berger, best known for All Quiet on the Western Front, is working on a new story.

"There is a great director named Edward Berger," Damon said. "(All Quiet on the Western Front) is a fantastic film, and he's wonderful and he said he had an idea. I would love to work with him, so he's working on it. Look, I'm as anxious as you are to see if this thing (happens) " I hope it's great and that we can do it." The actor, however, is open to handing over the baton to a different actor in the near future.

"At a certain point somebody is going to need to take it over," he said. "I'm not getting any younger," he said.

Up next, Damon will appear in the Netflix drama Animals, which is helmed by Ben Affleck, a friend of his. It will be produced by Artists Equity, their production firm.

In the 2002 film The Bourne Identity, the actor portrayed the lead role of a CIA assassin. He then starred in the films The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Jason Bourne in 2004 and 2016.