Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck - Born in Berkeley, California on August 15, 1972. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father a drug rehab counselor. He has two brothers, the younger brother, Casey, also became an actor. When he was very young, Affleck's family moved to the Boston area, and it was there that he broke into acting. At the age of eight he broke into the acting scene when he starred in PBS's marine biology-themed The Voyage of the Mimi.  The same year he made Mimi, Affleck made the acquaintance of Matt Damon, who lived down the street. The two became best friends and, later penned the screenplay for the movie Good Will Hunting which won them the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.  To solidify his position in the acting arena, he starred in many indie films like dazed and confused, many of the Kevin Smith films.  His other films, in reverse chronology include:  Truth, Justice, and the American Way, Man About Town, Surviving Christmas, Jersey Girl, Paycheck, Gigli, Daredevil, The Third Wheel, The Sum of All Fears, Changing Lanes, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Daddy and Them, Pearl Harbor, Bounce, Joseph: King of Dreams, Reindeer Games, SNL Fanatic, Boiler Room, Dogma Forces of Nature, 200 Cigarettes, Shakespeare in Love, Armageddon, Phantoms, Good Will Hunting, Office Killer, Chasing Amy, Going All the Way, Glory Daze, Mallrats, "Against the Grain", Dazed and Confused, School Ties, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Daddy, "The Second Voyage of the Mimi", Hands of a Stranger, Wanted: The Perfect Guy, "The Voyage of the Mimi", The Dark End of the Street.

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Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Berkeley, California, Matt Damon,
Kevin Smith, Truth, Justice, and the American Way, Man About Town,
Surviving Christmas, Jersey Girl, Paycheck, Gigli, Daredevil,
The Third Wheel, The Sum of All Fears, Changing Lanes, Jay and S,