Acting
Community Rating
6.3
7 Ratist reviews
Born
August 15, 1972 (age 53)
Born in
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.

Ghost Army
as Director, Screenplay, Producer
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I Am Still Alive
as Producer
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Falling to Earth
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Animals
as Milo Bradford, Director, Producer, Writer
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Strangers
as Writer
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Killing Gawker
as Producer
TBA

King Leopold’s Ghost
as Director, Producer
TBA

The Big Goodbye
as Director, Screenplay, Producer
TBA

Keeper of the Lost Cities
as Director
TBA
Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One
as Executive Producer
TBA
The Statement
as Executive Producer
TBA

The Rip
as Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne, Producer
2026

The Merchants of Joy
as Executive Producer
2025

Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Executive Producer
2025

Believers: Boston Red Sox
as Self
2025
Unraveling George
as Self
2025

Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
2025

The Accountant²
as Christian Wolff, Producer
2025

Unstoppable
as Producer
2024

Small Things Like These
as Executive Producer
2024