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 Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
El hormiguero
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Golden Globe Awards
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Accountant²
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Gone Girl
The Flash
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Good Will Hunting
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Pearl Harbor
Deep Water
Finding Your Roots
ABC Afterschool Special
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
The Oscars
The Town
Dogma
Justice League
The Last Duel
The Accountant
Suicide Squad
Armageddon
Reindeer Games
He's Just Not That Into You
The Rip
Smokin' Aces
School Ties
Joseph: King of Dreams
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Entertainment Tonight
Surviving Christmas
Argo
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Shakespeare in Love
Air
Daredevil
Jersey Girl
Triple Frontier
Halftime
The Sum of All Fears
Hypnotic
Clerks II
Chasing Amy
TRL
Extract
Paycheck
State of Play
Animals
The Torkelsons
New Heights
Clerk
The Way Back
History 101
Dazed and Confused
Mallrats
Netflix Tudum 2025
Hollywoodland
Gigli
Bounce
This Week
Field of Dreams
Ghost Army
The Osbournes
Phantoms
Clerks III
Making the Video
Project Greenlight
Today
TMZ Investigates: JLo & Ben: Missed Warning Signs
This Is Me…Now
E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest
Live by Night
Boiler Room
Changing Lanes
Daddy
Glory Daze
Runner Runner
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
The Tender Bar
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Company Men
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
To the Wonder
Directors on Directors
The Last Thing He Wanted
Man About Town
200 Cigarettes
Revealed with Jules Asner
Daddy and Them
The Roast of Tom Brady
The Early Show
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
The Dark End of the Street
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
The Making of the Last Duel
Against the Grain
The Good Mother
Magnum Dopus
Forces of Nature
MADtv
The Third Wheel
Hands of a Stranger
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Going All the Way
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
The Curse of the Bambino
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
537 Votes
Falling to Earth
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
Believers: Boston Red Sox
I Am Still Alive
Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith
Making Dazed
Inside the Actors Studio
The Voyage of the Mimi
The Grammys
Untitled Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie Project
Teen Choice Awards
The Second Voyage of the Mimi
Unraveling George
Celebrities Uncensored
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Armageddon: Target Earth
2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
A Case for Kindness
Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote!
