Ben Affleck
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.
145 acting credits · 12 directing credits
Acting · 145
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
El hormiguero
2006
The Rip
2026
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Gone Girl
2014
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
The Oscars
1953
Good Will Hunting
1997
Finding Your Roots
2012
The Flash
2023
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
The Accountant²
2025
Deep Water
2022
Justice League
2017
Pearl Harbor
2001
Armageddon
1998
Project Greenlight
2001
The Accountant
2016
TRL
1998
Suicide Squad
2016
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
History 101
2020
The Torkelsons
1991
Daredevil
2003
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Argo
2012
The Town
2010
Today
1952
He's Just Not That Into You
2009
The Osbournes
2002
Air
2023
School Ties
1992
This Week
1981
Directors on Directors
2021
The Sum of All Fears
2002
The Last Duel
2021
Dazed and Confused
1993
Hypnotic
2023
Dogma
1999
Field of Dreams
1989
Smokin' Aces
2006
Triple Frontier
2019
Paycheck
2003
Joseph: King of Dreams
2000
State of Play
2009
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
Chasing Amy
1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
Changing Lanes
2002
Making the Video
1999
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
Mallrats
1995
Jersey Girl
2004
Boiler Room
2000
The Early Show
1999
Extract
2009
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Live by Night
2016
Against the Grain
1993
Gigli
2003
Clerks II
2006
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
Surviving Christmas
2004
Reindeer Games
2000
MADtv
1995
Hollywoodland
2006
Runner Runner
2013
The Way Back
2020
Bounce
2000
The Roast of Tom Brady
2024
Clerks III
2022
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
This Is Me…Now
2024
The Tender Bar
2021
Phantoms
1998
200 Cigarettes
1999
Forces of Nature
1999
The Company Men
2010
The Voyage of the Mimi
1984
Man About Town
2006
Glory Daze
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
Halftime
2022
To the Wonder
2013
Daddy and Them
2001
Clerk
2021
The Third Wheel
2002
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
Believers: Boston Red Sox
2025
Teen Choice Awards
1999
The Good Mother
1988
Animals
—
537 Votes
2020
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
2024
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004
The Grammys
1959
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
Daddy
1991
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
2002
The Making of the Last Duel
2021
Making Dazed
2005
2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
2013
Magnum Dopus
2020
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
The Curse of the Bambino
2003
Going All the Way
1997
The Second Voyage of the Mimi
1988
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
The Dark End of the Street
1981
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
2005
Ghost Army
—
Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith
2002
Hands of a Stranger
1987
I Am Still Alive
—
A Case for Kindness
2022
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
2009
Strangers
—
Falling to Earth
—
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
2006
Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote!
2016
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
1986
Unraveling George
2025
E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest
2014
Hunting Whitey Bulger
—
Armageddon: Target Earth
1998
Directing · 12
Argo
2012
The Town
2010
Air
2023
Gone Baby Gone
2007
Live by Night
2016
Animals
—
Ghost Army
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I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
1993
King Leopold’s Ghost
—
Keeper of the Lost Cities
—
Gimme Shelter
2008
The Big Goodbye
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