Ben Affleck

Movie Actor

Birthday August 15, 1972

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Berkeley, CA

Age 51 years old

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About

Actor and director who first attracted attention for his roles in Dazed and ConfusedMallrats, and Chasing Amy. He played leading roles in ArmageddonPearl Harbor, and The Town. He later won an Academy Award for Best Picture for directing and producing the 2012 film Argo.

Before Fame

He was raised by Christine Anne Affleck, a freedom rider, and majored in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Vermont

Trivia

He won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing the 1997 feature Good Will Hunting with his longtime friend Matt Damon. He was cast as Batman in the 2016 films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad

Family Life

His younger brother is actor Casey Affleck. He married actress Jennifer Garner in June 2005. The couple announced their divorce in 2015. He and Garner have three children: Samuel, Violet and Seraphina. He dated Lindsay Shookus from 2017 to 2019. In early 2020, he began dating actress Ana de Armas. They split up in January 2021. He was engaged to Jennifer Lopez from November 2002 to January 2004; the two reunited in 2021. The couple became engaged again in April 2022. They married in Las Vegas on July 16th, 2022. 

Associated With

Kevin Smith has cast him in a number of his films including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

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