Personal details
Born:
- Birthday: 1972-08-15
- Born Place: Berkeley, California, USA
Height:
6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
Also Known As:
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt, Benjamin Géza Affleck, بن افلک
Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt, born on August 15, 1972, is a highly accomplished American actor and filmmaker. Beginning his career as a child actor, he gained wider recognition in the late 1990s after co-writing and starring in Good Will Hunting, for which he and Matt Damon won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He established himself as a leading man in films like Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and The Sum of All Fears. While experiencing some career downturns in the early 2000s, Affleck revitalized his career with his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, followed by the critically acclaimed The Town and the Oscar-winning Argo, which he directed and starred in, earning him the Academy Award for Best Picture and a Golden Globe for Best Director. More recently, he has taken on iconic roles such as Batman in the DC Extended Universe and starred in films like Gone Girl, The Way Back, and Air, which he also directed. In his personal life, Affleck was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018, with whom he has three children, and was later married to Jennifer Lopez from 2022 to February 2025. He is set to reprise his role as Christian Wolff in the upcoming The Accountant 2 (2025).
