Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck (52)

1972-08-15 | Berkeley, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Affleck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

On Movies

  • The Accountant²
  • This Is Me…Now
  • The Flash
  • Hypnotic
  • Air
  • Clerks III
  • Deep Water
  • The Tender Bar
  • The Last Duel
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League
  • The Way Back
  • The Last Thing He Wanted
  • Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
  • Triple Frontier
  • Justice League
  • Live by Night
  • The Accountant
  • Suicide Squad
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  • Gone Girl
  • Runner Runner
  • To the Wonder
  • Argo
  • The Company Men
  • The Town
  • Extract
  • State of Play
  • He's Just Not That Into You
  • Smokin' Aces
  • Hollywoodland
  • Clerks II
  • Man About Town
  • Surviving Christmas
  • Jersey Girl
  • Paycheck
  • Gigli
  • Daredevil
  • Joseph: King of Dreams
  • The Sum of All Fears
  • The Third Wheel
  • Changing Lanes
  • Daddy and Them
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Bounce
  • Reindeer Games
  • Boiler Room
  • Dogma
  • Forces of Nature
  • 200 Cigarettes
  • Shakespeare in Love
  • Armageddon
  • Phantoms
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Going All the Way
  • Chasing Amy
  • Mallrats
  • Glory Daze
  • Dazed and Confused
  • School Ties
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Daddy
  • Field of Dreams
  • The Good Mother
  • Hands of a Stranger
  • Wanted: The Perfect Guy
  • The Dark End of the Street

Movies as Director

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