Ben Affleck
- Acting
- August 15, 1972 · Berkeley, California, USA
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
Filmography
- Animals · Mark Kimball, Director
- A Statement · Executive producer
- Social Media Killed the Movie Star · Ben Affleck
- The Rip · Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne, Producer
- The Merchants of Joy · Executive producer
- Kiss of the Spider Woman · Executive producer
- Believers: Boston Red Sox · Self
- Unraveling George · Self
- Netflix Tudum 2025 · Self
- The Accountant² · Christian Wolff, Producer
- Unstoppable · Producer
- Small Things Like These · Executive producer
- The Instigators · Producer
- The Roast of Tom Brady · Self
- The Greatest Love Story Never Told · Self
- Kiss the Future · Producer
- This Is Me…Now · Rex Stone / Biker
- Making The Flash: Worlds Collide · Self, Thanks
- The Flash · Bruce Wayne / Batman (uncredited)
- For People in Trouble · Producer
- Hypnotic · Danny Rourke
- Air · Phil Knight, Producer
- A Case for Kindness · Self
- Clerks III · Auditioner
- Halftime · Self
- Deep Water · Vic Van Allen
- The Tender Bar · Charlie Maguire
- The Making of the Last Duel · Self
- The Last Duel · Pierre d'Alençon, Screenplay
- Zack Snyder's Justice League · Batman / Bruce Wayne, Executive producer
- Clerk · Self
- Directors on Directors · Self
- 537 Votes · Self
- History 101 · Self
- Magnum Dopus · Self
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire · Self
- The Way Back · Jack Cunningham
- The Last Thing He Wanted · Treat Morrison
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot · Holden McNeil
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- City on a Hill · Executive producer
- Triple Frontier · Tom 'Redfly' Davis
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion · Self
- Justice League · Batman / Bruce Wayne, Executive producer
- Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies · Self
- Bending the Arc · Executive producer
- Live by Night · Joe Coughlin, Director
- Incorporated · Executive producer
- Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote! · Self
- The Accountant · Christian Wolff
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny · Self
- Suicide Squad · Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · Bruce Wayne / Batman
- The Leisure Class · Producer
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Gone Girl · Nick Dunne
- E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest · Narrator
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- 2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film · Narrator
- Runner Runner · Ivan Block
- To the Wonder · Neil
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot · Self
- Argo · Tony Mendez, Director
- Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later · Self
- Finding Your Roots · Self
- The Company Men · Bobby Walker
- The Town · Doug MacRay, Screenplay
- Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe · Self
- The Messenger · Thanks
- Extract · Dean
- Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc · Self
- State of Play · Stephen Collins
- He's Just Not That Into You · Neil
- Reporter · Executive producer
- Gimme Shelter · Director
- Gone Baby Gone · Screenplay, Director
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Smokin' Aces · Jack Dupree