Ben Affleck
Biography
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.
Movies (98)
The Rip
2026
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
The Accountant²
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
The Roast of Tom Brady
2024
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
2024
This Is Me…Now
2024
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
The Flash
2023
Hypnotic
2023
Air
2023
A Case for Kindness
2022
Clerks III
2022
Halftime
2022
Deep Water
2022
The Tender Bar
2021
The Making of the Last Duel
2021
The Last Duel
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Clerk
2021
537 Votes
2020
Magnum Dopus
2020
The Way Back
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
Triple Frontier
2019
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
Justice League
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
Live by Night
2016
Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote!
2016
The Accountant
2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
Suicide Squad
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Gone Girl
2014
E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest
2014
2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
2013
Runner Runner
2013
To the Wonder
2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
Argo
2012
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012
The Company Men
2010
The Town
2010
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
Extract
2009
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
2009
State of Play
2009
He's Just Not That Into You
2009
Smokin' Aces
2006
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
2006
Hollywoodland
2006
Clerks II
2006
Man About Town
2006
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
2005
Making Dazed
2005
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004
Surviving Christmas
2004
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
Jersey Girl
2004
Paycheck
2003
Gigli
2003
Daredevil
2003
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
2002
The Sum of All Fears
2002
The Third Wheel
2002
Changing Lanes
2002
Daddy and Them
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
Pearl Harbor
2001
Bounce
2000
Joseph: King of Dreams
2000
Reindeer Games
2000
Boiler Room
2000
Dogma
1999
Forces of Nature
1999
200 Cigarettes
1999
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Armageddon
1998
Phantoms
1998
Armageddon: Target Earth
1998
Good Will Hunting
1997
Going All the Way
1997
Chasing Amy
1997
Mallrats
1995
Glory Daze
1995
Dazed and Confused
1993
School Ties
1992
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
Daddy
1991
Field of Dreams
1989
The Good Mother
1988
Hands of a Stranger
1987
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
1986
The Dark End of the Street
1981
Ghost Army
Animals
TV Shows (44)
Believers: Boston Red Sox
2025
Directors on Directors
2021
History 101
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Finding Your Roots
2012
The Graham Norton Show
2007
El hormiguero
2006
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Osbournes
2002
Project Greenlight
2001
The Early Show
1999
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Making the Video
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
TRL
1998
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
MADtv
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Against the Grain
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Torkelsons
1991
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Second Voyage of the Mimi
1988
The Voyage of the Mimi
1984
This Week
1981
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
The Grammys
1959
The Oscars
1953
Today
1952
Golden Globe Awards
1944