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- NAME: Ben Affleck
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Producer, Screenwriter
- BIRTH DATE: August 15, 1972 (Age: 40)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Berkeley, California
- Full Name: Benjamin Geza Affleck
- AKA: Benjamin Affleck
- ZODIAC SIGN: Leo
Best Known For
Ben Affleck is known for co-writing and acting in Good Will Hunting, starring in Armageddon, and directing, co-producing and acting in Argo.
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Synopsis
Born in California in 1972, Ben Affleck is an actor and screenwriter whose big break came with a role in the Academy Award-winning Good Will Hunting. In 1998, he starred in the successful blockbuster Armageddon, and landed a part in the Academy Award-winning film Shakespeare in Love. He went on to star in the films Dogma and Forces of Nature. In 2003, Affleck announced his engagement to Jennifer Lopez,
with whom he co-starred in the film flop Gigli. Affleck and Lopez called off the wedding in early 2004, and the following year, Affleck wed actress Jennifer Garner. Affleck's next three films, Paycheck, Jersey Girl and Surviving Christmas, were poorly received. In 2006, he starred in Smokin' Aces, Hollywoodland, Clerks II and Man About Town, and then directed and co-wrote the acclaimed film Gone Baby Gone. In 2009, the actor starred in He's Just Not That Into You, State of Play and Extract. In 2012, he directed, co-produced and acted in the film Argo, which earned him a Golden Globe for best director and the 2013 Oscar for best picture.
Early Career
Benjamin Geza Affleck was born on August 15, 1972, in Berkeley, California, to Chris and Tim Affleck. His parents separated soon after he was born, and officially divorced when he was 11. After the split, Affleck and his siblings moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ben Affleck's first acting experience came at the age of seven, when he appeared in The Dark End of the Street (1979), an independent film produced by a friend of the family. At the age of eight, Affleck appeared in a PBS production, The Voyage of the Mimi. That same year he met his future best friend, Matt Damon, a 10-year-old who lived two blocks away. The boys later attended the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School,where they both took drama classes. While still in high school, Affleck appeared in several network-TV dramas.
Affleck briefly attended the University of Vermont and California's Occidental College, but left to pursue his dreams of acting in Hollywood. His first major film was School Ties (1992), which also featured Matt Damon and Brendan Fraser. He then appeared as a bully in the cult classic, Dazed and Confused (1993). Ben was then part of an ensemble cast for director Kevin Smith's Mallrats (1995), and was the romantic lead in Smith's Chasing Amy (1997).
Big Break
In 1992, Affleck and Damon collaborated on a screenplay called Good Will Hunting about a troubled young math genius. After a long struggle to get the script produced, Miramax purchased the rights to the film in 1996. Starring Damon, Affleck and Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting was released in 1997 to both critical and popular acclaim. Affleck and Damon won Golden Globe and Academy Awards for best original screenplay, thrusting the friends into the public eye.
Affleck began getting a great deal of media coverage after the Oscars, which earned him several leading film roles.
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