Ben Affleck
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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.
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Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Today
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Early Show
MADtv
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Teen Choice Awards
Honest Trailers
History 101
Finding Your Roots
Golden Globe Awards
Celebrities Uncensored
Revealed with Jules Asner
The Torkelsons
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Oscars
The Flash
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Field of Dreams
Clerks III
Suicide Squad
Deadpool & Wolverine
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Smokin' Aces
Dazed and Confused
Boiler Room
Shakespeare in Love
Clerks II
School Ties
He's Just Not That Into You
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
Extract
The Last Duel
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Against the Grain
Armageddon
Good Will Hunting
The Last Thing He Wanted
Halftime
Air
The Way Back
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Tender Bar
Dogma
Triple Frontier
Jersey Girl
The Town
Paycheck
Daredevil
Deep Water
Argo
Surviving Christmas
Gone Girl
The Accountant
200 Cigarettes
Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil
Chasing Amy
Hypnotic
The Sum of All Fears
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Justice League
Changing Lanes
Pearl Harbor
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Production Credits
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