Ben Affleck
Acting
Born 1972-08-15
Berkeley, California, USA
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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.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Real Time with Bill Maher
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Golden Globe Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Gone Girl
El hormiguero
The Rip
Good Will Hunting
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Flash
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Justice League
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Daredevil
Suicide Squad
The Oscars
The Accountant²
Pearl Harbor
Air
The Accountant
Armageddon
The Town
Deep Water
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
ABC Afterschool Special
The Last Duel
Chasing Amy
City on a Hill
Finding Your Roots
TRL
Incorporated
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
The Sum of All Fears
He's Just Not That Into You
Mallrats
Argo
Clerks II
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Smokin' Aces
Today
Triple Frontier
The Instigators
Gone Baby Gone
State of Play
The Torkelsons
Hypnotic
Field of Dreams
Entertainment Tonight
The Osbournes
Dogma
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