Acting
Ben Affleck
EN cinema · 130 credits
Born
15 August 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Berkeley, California, USA
Also known as Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt · Benjamin Géza Affleck · Benjamin Geza Affleck · Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt
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
Ghost Army
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
I Am Still Alive
I Am Still Alive
Actor, Producer
King Leopold’s Ghost
Director, Producer
The Big Goodbye
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One
Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One
Executive Producer
Shot in the Dark
Shot in the Dark
Executive Producer
The Rip
as Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne, Producer
Animals
as Mark Kimball, Director, Producer, Writer
Social Media Killed the Movie Star
as Ben Affleck
A Statement
Executive Producer
The Accountant²
as Christian Wolff, Producer
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Executive Producer
The Merchants of Joy
Executive Producer
This Is Me…Now
as Rex Stone / Biker
The Instigators
Producer
Kiss the Future
Producer
Unstoppable
Producer
Small Things Like These
Executive Producer
Air
as Phil Knight, Producer, Director
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Thanks
Hypnotic
as Danny Rourke
The Flash
as Bruce Wayne / Batman (uncredited)
Halftime
as Self
Clerks III
as Auditioner
Deep Water
as Vic Van Allen
Clerk
as Self
The Last Duel
as Pierre d'Alençon, Screenplay, Producer
The Tender Bar
as Charlie Maguire
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Batman / Bruce Wayne, Executive Producer
537 Votes
as Self (archive footage)
The Way Back
as Jack Cunningham
The Last Thing He Wanted
as Treat Morrison
Magnum Dopus
as Self
Triple Frontier
as Tom 'Redfly' Davis
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Holden McNeil
Justice League
as Batman / Bruce Wayne, Executive Producer
Bending the Arc
Executive Producer
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Live by Night
as Joe Coughlin, Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Accountant
as Christian Wolff
Suicide Squad
as Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
The Leisure Class
Producer
Gone Girl
as Nick Dunne
To the Wonder
as Neil
Runner Runner
as Ivan Block
Argo
as Tony Mendez, Director, Producer
The Town
as Doug MacRay, Screenplay, Director
The Company Men
as Bobby Walker
Extract
as Dean
State of Play
as Stephen Collins
Reporter
Executive Producer
Gimme Shelter
Director
Gone Baby Gone
Screenplay, Director
Hollywoodland
as George Reeves
Clerks II
as Gawking Guy
Smokin' Aces
as Jack Dupree
Man About Town
as Jack Giamoro
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
as Self (uncredited)
Making Dazed
as Self
Feast
Executive Producer
Jersey Girl
as Ollie Trinke
Surviving Christmas
as Drew Latham
Fahrenheit 9/11
as Self (archive footage)
Gigli
as Larry Gigli
Daredevil
as Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Paycheck
as Michael Jennings
The Curse of the Bambino
as Narrator
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Executive Producer
Changing Lanes
as Gavin Banek
The Sum of All Fears
as Jack Ryan
The Third Wheel
as Michael, Executive Producer
Stolen Summer
Producer
Speakeasy
Executive Producer
Pearl Harbor
as Rafe McCawley
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Holden McNeil / Ben Affleck
Daddy and Them
as Lawrence Bowen
Reindeer Games
as Rudy Duncan
Bounce
as Buddy Amaral
Boiler Room
as Jim Young
Joseph: King of Dreams
as Joseph (voice)
Dogma
as Bartleby
200 Cigarettes
as Bartender
Armageddon
as A.J. Frost
Shakespeare in Love
as Ned Alleyn
Phantoms
as Sheriff Bryce Hammond
Good Will Hunting
as Chuckie Sullivan, Writer
Chasing Amy
as Holden McNeil
Going All the Way
as Tom 'Gunner' Casselman
Mallrats
as Shannon
Glory Daze
as Jack
Dazed and Confused
as O'Bannion
School Ties
as Chesty Smith
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Basketball Player #10 (uncredited)
Daddy
as Ben Watson
Field of Dreams
as Baseball Fan (uncredited)
The Good Mother
as Extra (uncredited)
Hands of a Stranger
as Billy Hearn
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
as Danny Coleman
