Ben Affleck
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
150
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-08-15 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Berkeley, California, USA
Ben Affleck
Biography
Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He 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 coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and various Kevin Smith films, including Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Good Will Hunting (1997), which they also starred in. He then established himself as a leading man in studio films, including the disaster film Armageddon (1998), the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001), and the thrillers The Sum of All Fears and Changing Lanes (both 2002). After a career downturn, during which he appeared in Daredevil (2003) and Gigli (2003), Affleck received a Golden Globe nomination for portraying George Reeves in the noir biopic Hollywoodland (2006). His directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007), which he also co-wrote, was well received. He then directed, co-wrote and starred in the crime drama The Town (2010) and directed and starred in the political thriller Argo (2012); both were critical and commercial successes. For the latter, Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director, and the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Picture. He has since starred in the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014), the thriller The Accountant (2016), the action-adventure Triple Frontier (2019), and the sports drama The Way Back (2020). In 2016, he began portraying Batman in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. Affleck is the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization. He is also a stalwart supporter of the Democratic Party. Affleck and Damon are co-owners of the production company Pearl Street Films.
Known For
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
El hormiguero
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The View
Golden Globe Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Accountant²
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Gone Girl
ABC Afterschool Special
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
The Flash
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Good Will Hunting
Deep Water
The Oscars
Finding Your Roots
Justice League
Entertainment Tonight
Air
The Accountant
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Joseph: King of Dreams
He's Just Not That Into You
Today
Suicide Squad
History 101
TRL
Pearl Harbor
Armageddon
The Town
Triple Frontier
The Last Duel
Boiler Room
Project Greenlight
Daredevil
The Sum of All Fears
Hypnotic
Extract
Dogma
Argo
The Osbournes
The Rip
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Clerks II
Clerks III
School Ties
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Smokin' Aces
The Torkelsons
Jersey Girl
Surviving Christmas
Reindeer Games
State of Play
The Company Men
Dazed and Confused
Paycheck
This Is Me…Now
Halftime
Netflix Tudum 2025
This Week
Fahrenheit 9/11
Changing Lanes
Live by Night
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Mallrats
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Forces of Nature
Ghost Army
Celebrity Poker Showdown
The Early Show
Chasing Amy
Shakespeare in Love
Bounce
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
The Way Back
New Heights
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
Field of Dreams
Revealed with Jules Asner
Phantoms
Making the Video
Animals
Runner Runner
Clerk
Gigli
Falling to Earth
The Roast of Tom Brady
The Good Mother
The Tender Bar
Hollywoodland
Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith
Against the Grain
200 Cigarettes
To the Wonder
Man About Town
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Glory Daze
The Third Wheel
Hands of a Stranger
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Going All the Way
MADtv
Daddy and Them
The Dark End of the Street
Armageddon: Target Earth
The Last Thing He Wanted
Daddy
Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Inside the Actors Studio
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
The Making of the Last Duel
The Voyage of the Mimi
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
The Grammys
E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest
I Am Still Alive
Magnum Dopus
The Curse of the Bambino
TMZ Investigates: JLo & Ben: Missed Warning Signs
Teen Choice Awards
The Second Voyage of the Mimi
Celebrities Uncensored
537 Votes
A Case for Kindness
Making Dazed
2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Road to Justice League
Believers: Boston Red Sox
Unraveling George
Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote!
