A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Benjamin Géza Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt
Μπεν Άφλεκ
بن أفليك
เบน แอฟเฟล็ก
ベン・アフレック
本·阿弗莱克
벤 애플렉
Birthplace:
Berkeley, California, USA
Born:
August 15, 1972
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.
Director:
1993 I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
2007 Gone Baby Gone
2008 Gimme Shelter
2010 The Town
2012 Argo
2016 Live by Night
2023 Air
???? Animals
???? Ghost Army
???? Keeper of the Lost Cities
???? King Leopold’s Ghost
???? The Big Goodbye
Executive Producer:
1993 I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
2002 Speakeasy
2002 The Third Wheel
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights
2005 Feast
2007 Gone Baby Gone
2008 Gimme Shelter
2009 Reporter
2010 The Town
2012 Argo
2016 Live by Night
2017 Bending the Arc
2017 Justice League
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League
2023 Air
2023 For People in Trouble
2024 Small Things Like These
???? Animals
???? Ghost Army
???? Keeper of the Lost Cities
???? King Leopold’s Ghost
???? The Big Goodbye
Producer:
1993 I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
2002 Speakeasy
2002 Stolen Summer
2002 The Third Wheel
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights
2005 Feast
2007 Gone Baby Gone
2008 Gimme Shelter
2009 Reporter
2010 The Town
2012 Argo
2015 The Leisure Class
2016 Live by Night
2017 Bending the Arc
2017 Justice League
2021 The Last Duel
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League
2023 Air
2023 For People in Trouble
2024 Kiss the Future
2024 Small Things Like These
2024 The Instigators
???? Animals
???? Ghost Army
???? I Am Still Alive
???? Keeper of the Lost Cities
???? King Leopold’s Ghost
???? Kiss of the Spider Woman
???? RIP
???? The Accountant 2
???? The Big Goodbye
???? Unstoppable
???? Unstoppable: The Anthony Robles Story
Screenplay:
1993 I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
2002 Speakeasy
2002 Stolen Summer
2002 The Third Wheel
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights
2005 Feast
2007 Gone Baby Gone
2008 Gimme Shelter
2009 Reporter
2010 The Town
2012 Argo
2015 The Leisure Class
2016 Live by Night
2017 Bending the Arc
2017 Justice League
2021 The Last Duel
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League
2023 Air
2023 For People in Trouble
2024 Kiss the Future
2024 Small Things Like These
2024 The Instigators
???? Animals
???? Ghost Army
???? I Am Still Alive
???? Keeper of the Lost Cities
???? King Leopold’s Ghost
???? Kiss of the Spider Woman
???? RIP
???? The Accountant 2
???? The Big Goodbye
???? Unstoppable
???? Unstoppable: The Anthony Robles Story
Thanks:
1993 I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
2002 Speakeasy
2002 Stolen Summer
2002 The Third Wheel
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights
2005 Feast
2007 Gone Baby Gone
2008 Gimme Shelter
2009 Reporter
2009 The Messenger
2010 The Town
2012 Argo
2015 The Leisure Class
2016 Live by Night
2017 Bending the Arc
2017 Justice League
2021 The Last Duel
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League
2023 Air
2023 For People in Trouble
2023 Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2024 Kiss the Future
2024 Small Things Like These
2024 The Instigators
???? Animals
???? Ghost Army
???? I Am Still Alive
???? Keeper of the Lost Cities
???? King Leopold’s Ghost
???? Kiss of the Spider Woman
???? RIP
???? The Accountant 2
???? The Big Goodbye
???? Unstoppable
???? Unstoppable: The Anthony Robles Story
Writer:
1993 I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
1997 Good Will Hunting
2002 Speakeasy
2002 Stolen Summer
2002 The Third Wheel
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights
2005 Feast
2007 Gone Baby Gone
2008 Gimme Shelter
2009 Reporter
2009 The Messenger
2010 The Town
2012 Argo
2015 The Leisure Class
2016 Live by Night
2017 Bending the Arc
2017 Justice League
2021 The Last Duel
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League
2023 Air
2023 For People in Trouble
2023 Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2024 Kiss the Future
2024 Small Things Like These
2024 The Instigators
???? Animals
???? Ghost Army
???? I Am Still Alive
???? Keeper of the Lost Cities
???? King Leopold’s Ghost
???? Kiss of the Spider Woman
???? RIP
???? The Accountant 2
???? The Big Goodbye
???? Unstoppable
???? Unstoppable: The Anthony Robles Story
Creator:
2002 Push, Nevada
Executive Producer:
2001 Project Greenlight
2002 Push, Nevada
2016 Incorporated
2019 City on a Hill
Writer:
2001 Project Greenlight
2002 Push, Nevada
2016 Incorporated
2019 City on a Hill
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