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    • Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988) Age: 11 edit
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    • The success of 1997's Good Will Hunting, which Affleck co-wrote and acted in, marked a turning point in his career. Age: 24 edit
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    • Affleck won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay alonside Matt Damon. Age: 25 edit
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    • Ben Affleck starred in Shakespeare in Love alongside his then girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow. Age: 25 edit
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    • He and Damon had set up Pearl Street Films in 1998, named after the street that ran between their childhood homes. Age: 25 edit
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    • Armageddon, released in 1998, established Affleck as a viable leading man for Hollywood studio films. Age: 25 edit
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    • Ben Affleck and Matt Damon co=founded their next production company LivePlanet with Sean Bailey and Chris Moore. Age: 27 edit
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    • Project Greenlight, which focused on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film, was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002, 2004 and 2005. Age: 29 edit
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    • Daredevil was a commercial success, but received a mixed response from critics. Age: 30 edit
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    • The Los Angeles Times published a piece on the downfall of Affleck's career in late 2004. The article noted that, unlike film critics and tabloid journalists, "few industry professionals seem to be gloating over Affleck's travails". Age: 31 edit
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    • Affleck began a career comeback in 2006 with his acclaimed performance as Superman actor George Reeves in the noir biopic Hollywoodland. Age: 33 edit
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    • He was awarded the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for Hollywoodland. Age: 33 edit
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    • In 2007, Affleck made his feature film directorial debut with Gone Baby Gone, a crime drama set in a working-class Boston neighborhood, starring his brother Casey as a private investigator searching for a young abductee. Age: 34 edit
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    • In the ensemble romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You, the chemistry between Affleck and Jennifer Aniston was praised. Age: 36 edit
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    • 2010 Following the modest commercial success of Gone Baby Gone, Warner Bros. developed a close working relationship with Affleck and offered him his choice of the studio's scripts. He decided to direct the crime drama The Town (2010), an adaptation of Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves. Age: 37 edit
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    • Also in 2010, Affleck and Damon's production company, Pearl Street Films, signed a first-look producing deal at Warner Bros. Age: 37 edit
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    • In 2014, Affleck argued in favor of United Kingdom-style legislation that requires media outlets to blur children's faces in published photos. Age: 41 edit
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    • Ben Affleck starred as a husband accused of murder in David Fincher's psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014). Fincher cast him partly because he understood what it felt like to be misrepresented by tabloid media. Age: 41 edit
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    • Live by Night, which Affleck wrote, directed, co-produced, and starred in, was released in late 2016. Age: 43 edit
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    • The superhero film Justice League, in which Affleck returned as Batman, was released in 2017. He later described it as a "difficult" on-set experience. Age: 44 edit
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    • Affleck's starring role as a recovering alcoholic in the sports drama The Way Back (2020) was widely praised. He received a Best Actor nomination at the 2021 Critics' Choice Awards. Age: 47 edit
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    format_quote "I strongly believe that no one should be stereotyped on the basis of their race or religion. It's one of the most fundamental tenets of liberal thought." edit
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    stars  Affleck has repeatedly denied tabloid reports of a gambling addiction. edit
    stars  Affleck won the 2004 California State Poker Championship, taking home the first prize of $356,400 and qualifying for the 2004 World Poker Tour final tournament. edit
    stars  During the COVID-19 pandemic, Affleck organized an online celebrity poker tournament to benefit the charity Feeding America, made a personal donation and urged others to support the cause. edit
    stars  Affleck was a longtime supporter of legalizing gay marriage, saying in 2004 that he hoped to look back on the marriage debate "with some degree of embarrassment for how antiquated it was". edit
    stars  By the end of the year 2003, Affleck had become, in the words of GQ, the "world's most over-exposed actor". edit
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Age51
Birthday 15 August, 1972
Birthplace Berkeley, California, USA
Height 6' 3½" (192 cm)
Eye Color Hazel
Hair Color Brown - Dark
Zodiac Sign Leo
Nationality American
Occupation Actor
Claim to Fame Good Will Hunting as a writer, Armageddon as an actor, Gone Baby Gone as a director
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Benjamin Geza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. He began his career as a child actor, starring in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988). He later appeared in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and various Kevin Smith films including Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999). Affleck gained fame when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997). He then starred in high-profile films including Armageddon (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), and The Sum of All Fears (2002). After a career downturn, during which he appeared in Daredevil and Gigli (both 2003), Affleck received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Hollywoodland (2006).

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