Ben Affleck
Actor
Born August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Ghost Army
Animals
Milo Bradford
King Leopold’s Ghost
The Big Goodbye
Keeper of the Lost Cities
The Rip
Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne
The Merchants of Joy
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Believers: Boston Red Sox
Self
Unraveling George
Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
The Accountant²
Christian Wolff
Unstoppable
Small Things Like These
The Instigators
The Roast of Tom Brady
Self
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Self
Kiss the Future
This Is Me…Now
Rex Stone / Biker
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Flash
Bruce Wayne / Batman (uncredited)
For People in Trouble
Hypnotic
Danny Rourke
Air
Phil Knight
Diari Chinta
A Case for Kindness
Self
Clerks III
Auditioner
Halftime
Self
Deep Water
Vic Van Allen
The Tender Bar
Charlie Maguire
The Making of the Last Duel
Self
The Last Duel
Pierre d'Alençon
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Batman / Bruce Wayne
Clerk
Self
Directors on Directors
Self
537 Votes
Self (archive footage)
History 101
Self (archive footage)
Magnum Dopus
Self
The Way Back
Jack Cunningham
The Last Thing He Wanted
Treat Morrison
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Holden McNeil
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
City on a Hill
Triple Frontier
Tom 'Redfly' Davis
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
Justice League
Batman / Bruce Wayne
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
Bending the Arc
Live by Night
Joe Coughlin
Incorporated
Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote!
Himself
The Accountant
Christian Wolff
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Suicide Squad
Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Bruce Wayne / Batman
The Leisure Class
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Gone Girl
Nick Dunne
E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest
Narrator
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Narrator
Runner Runner
Ivan Block
To the Wonder
Neil
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Argo
Tony Mendez
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Self
Finding Your Roots
Self
The Company Men
Bobby Walker
The Town
Doug MacRay
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Self
The Messenger
Extract
Dean
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
Self
State of Play
Stephen Collins
He's Just Not That Into You
Neil
Reporter
Gimme Shelter
Gone Baby Gone
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Smokin' Aces
Jack Dupree
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
Self (uncredited)
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
Hollywoodland
George Reeves
Clerks II
Gawking Guy
Man About Town
Jack Giamoro
Feast
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Self
Making Dazed
Self
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Self
Surviving Christmas
Drew Latham
Fahrenheit 9/11
Self (archive footage)
Jersey Girl
Ollie Trinke
Paycheck
Michael Jennings
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Gigli
Larry Gigli
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Daredevil
Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Push, Nevada
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Self
The Sum of All Fears
Jack Ryan
The Third Wheel
Michael
Changing Lanes
Gavin Banek
Stolen Summer
The Osbournes
Self
Speakeasy
Project Greenlight
Self
Daddy and Them
Lawrence Bowen
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Holden McNeil / Ben Affleck
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
Rafe McCawley
Pearl Harbor
Rafe McCawley
Bounce
Buddy Amaral
Joseph: King of Dreams
Joseph (voice)
Reindeer Games
Rudy Duncan
Boiler Room
Jim Young
The Early Show
Self
Dogma
Bartleby
Teen Choice Awards
Self
Making the Video
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self
Forces of Nature
Ben Holmes
200 Cigarettes
Bartender
Shakespeare in Love
Ned Alleyn
TRL
Armageddon
A.J. Frost
Phantoms
Sheriff Bryce Hammond
Armageddon: Target Earth
Self
Good Will Hunting
Chuckie Sullivan
Going All the Way
Tom 'Gunner' Casselman
The View
Self
Chasing Amy
Holden McNeil
The Daily Show
Self
Mallrats
Shannon
MADtv
Self
Glory Daze
Jack
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Against the Grain
Joe Willie Clemons
Dazed and Confused
O'Bannion
I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
School Ties
Chesty Smith
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Basketball Player #10 (uncredited)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Daddy
Ben Watson
The Torkelsons
Kevin Johnson
Field of Dreams
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
The Good Mother
Extra (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
The Second Voyage of the Mimi
Hands of a Stranger
Billy Hearn
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
Danny Coleman
The Voyage of the Mimi
C.T. Granville
This Week
Entertainment Tonight
Self
The Dark End of the Street
Tommy
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
ABC Afterschool Special
Danny Coleman
The Grammys
Self
The Oscars
Self
Today
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter