Name: Ben Affleck
Birth Name: Benjamin Geza Affleck
Birthdate: Aug. 15, 1972
Birthplace: Berkeley, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR BEN AFFLECK
Affleck worked steadily from his preteen years, making his feature debut with Richard Linklater's 1993 slacker flick
Dazed and Confused and continuing on the independent route with roles in Kevin Smith's
Mallrats and
Chasing Amy,
the latter of which crowned him indie king in Hollywood. In 1998, he
broke into the A list with the movie he co-wrote with Matt Damon,
Good Will Hunting,
but then had more success in the tabloids than on-screen, with a series
of box-office flops. Lately has been trying to get more serious with
his career, with roles in indies like
Hollywoodland and
Smokin' Aces. He married his
Daredevil co-star Jennifer Garner in June 2005, when Garner was pregnant with their first child.
5 Things:
1. The character of Will in Good Will Hunting was based on his father.
2. He started acting when he was 10, the same year he met lifelong pal Matt Damon.
3. Another good friend is Matthew McConaughey, with whom Affleck starred in Dazed and Confused.
4. He has capped teeth.
5. He speaks Arabic and Spanish.
Quote:
"On the night of the awards, I just carried the Oscar around
waist-high. I never had so many women ask me, 'Can I touch it?' in my
life. Sadly, they were talking about the statuette."
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Details
Family:
Wife: Jennifer Garner, actress; born Apr. 17, 1972
Daughter: Violet Anne Affleck; born Dec. 1, 2005
Brother: Casey Affleck, actor; born 1975
Awards:
2007: Golden Globe nomination: Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Hollywoodland
1997: Academy Award: Best Original Screenplay, Good Will Hunting; Golden Globe: Best Screenplay (Motion Picture), Good Will Hunting
FILMS
Smokin' Aces - (2007) - Actor
Gone Baby Gone - (2007) - Director, Screenwriter
Feast - (2006) - Executive Producer
Hollywoodland - (2006) - Actor
Clerks II - (2006) - Actor
Saturday Night Live - Best of Jimmy Fallon - (2005) - Featured
Jersey Girl - (2004) - Actor
Surviving Christmas - (2004) - Actor
Daredevil - (2003) - Actor
Paycheck - (2003) - Actor
Daredevil/Transporter - (2003) - Actor
Gigli - (2003) - Actor
Stolen Summer - (2002) - Producer
Changing Lanes - (2002) - Actor
Pearl Harbor/The Rock - (2002) - Actor
Pearl Harbor/Enemy of the State - (2002) - Actor
Pearl Harbor/Armageddon - (2002) - Actor
The Sum of All Fears - (2002) - Actor
The Third Wheel - (2002) - Actor
Pearl Harbor/Remember the Titans - (2002) - Actor
Pearl Harbor - (2001) - Actor
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - (2001) - Actor
Daddy and Them - (2001) - Actor
Reindeer Games - (2000) - Actor
Joseph: King of Dreams - (2000) - Voice
Bounce - (2000) - Actor
Boiler Room - (2000) - Actor
200 Cigarettes - (1999) - Actor
Forces of Nature - (1999) - Actor
Dogma - (1999) - Actor
Phantoms - (1998) - Actor
Armageddon - (1998) - Actor
Shakespeare in Love - (1998) - Actor
Chasing Amy - (1997) - Actor
Going All the Way - (1997) - Actor
Good Will Hunting - (1997)
- Actor, Screenwriter
Glory Daze - (1996) - Actor
Mallrats - (1995) - Actor
Dazed and Confused - (1993) - Actor
School Ties - (1992) - Actor
