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Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. Affleck 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 comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and several Kevin Smith comedies, including Mallrats (1995), Chasing…
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entertainment · American actor and filmmaker (born 1972) · screenwriter · film director · film producer · television actor · film actor · poker player · writer · voice actor · executive producer · manufacturer · also Ben Affleck, Benjami Géza Affleck, Benjami Geza Affleck, Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt, Benjamin Affleck-Boldt, Ben Affleck-Boldt
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2026· 7 entries
“s would-be stars hide their ambition:”
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“There is a real paradox involved. That makes it easier for an actor because the audience”
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Yahoo: Ben Affleck Turns 54 With Major New Movie on the Way
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cleveland.com: Today’s famous birthdays list for August 15, 2026 includes celebrities Joe Jonas, Ben Affleck
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And Jamie Ding became the fourth duo and the fifth celebrities overall to win the $1,000,000 top prize for their charity, Eastern Congo Initiative, and the eighteenth overall million-dollar winners on Who Wants to Be
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Public attention spiked: 35,744 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 9,067, with 4 article edits. Editors noted: Early life Added a reference.
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2025· 2 entries
Affleck starred in the action thriller The Accountant 2
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“no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue”
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2023· 2 entries
Affleck starred as a detective in Robert Rodriguez's action thriller Hypnotic and made a cameo appearance as Batman in the film The Flash
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Affleck signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter calling for a ceasefire during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza
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2022· 3 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “A photo shows Ben Affleck wearing a shirt saying "Keep America Trumpless"” Altered image.
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USA Today rated the claim “Image shows Ben Affleck wearing a T-shirt calling Trump supporters 'Losers'” Altered.
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Affleck and Ana de Armas starred in Adrian Lyne's thriller Deep Water, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel
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2021· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “As of spring 2021, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were in a romantic relationship again.” Unproven.
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Snyder's director's cut of Justice League featured a newly filmed scene with Affleck
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2020· 3 entries
Garner supported Affleck's struggles with alcoholism during and after their marriage and said in 2020 that attending Al-Anon meetings empowered her to change "the dance" of their relationship.
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“I like Bernie, I like Biden, I like Warren but the thing is that most of all; I don”
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Said trips to gun ranges as a young adult made him "uncomfortable to remember
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2019· 3 entries
“I never saw Rose at any hotel in Sundance. She never told me nor did I ever infer that she was attacked by anyone.”
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Affleck made a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, having had little contact with Kevin Smith since the making of Clerks II in 2006
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Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist remarked that director J
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2018· 1 entry
And the movie was shot in the days after he left rehab; Affleck agreed to put his salary in escrow and was accompanied to set by a sober coach
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2017· 1 entry
Affleck received residential treatment in 2017 and, following a publicly documented relapse and intervention, again in 2018.
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2016· 2 entries
Affleck filmed an endorsement for Rezpect Our Water, an online petition to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
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“s novel of the same name, the Prohibition-era gangster drama received largely unenthusiastic reviews and failed to recoup its $65 million production budget. David Sims of The Atlantic described it as”
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2015· 1 entry
Affleck and Damon's Project Greenlight was resurrected by HBO for one season
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2014· 3 entries
Affleck described Daredevil as the only film he regretted making
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Named "a 1966 Chevelle" as his guilty pleasure
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“s faces in published photos. He has said there are”
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Argo (2013).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for Argo (2013).
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In celebration of Kindregan's 25th birthday and "15 years of friendship with Joe and his family," Affleck and Garner matched donations made to the A-T Children's Project
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2012· 4 entries
“irritado com a imprensa, que fala mais de seu relacionamento amoroso do que de seu trabalho”
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Supported the Draw the Line campaign, describing reproductive rights as "fundamental"
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Praised Senator John McCain's leadership in defending Huma Abedin against anti-Muslim attacks
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“Ben Affleck, ator norte-americano, ao ser perguntado sobre o casamento entre sua ex-noiva, a atriz Jennifer Lopez, com o cantor de salsa Marc Anthony.”
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2010· 2 entries
Affleck starred in The Company Men as a mid-level sales executive who is made redundant during the 2008 financial crisis
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Affleck and Damon's production company, Pearl Street Films, signed a first-look producing deal at Warner Bros
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2009· 1 entry
And filmed a public service announcement for the charity in 2010
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2008· 2 entries
Affleck voiced support for the picketers
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Affleck expressed concern about conspiracy theories claiming Barack Obama was an Arab or a Muslim: "This prejudice that we have allowed to fester in this campaign
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2007· 4 entries
And hosted two fundraisers for the candidate during the 2008 Democratic Primary
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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
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Filmed a public service announcement for Divided We Fail, a nonpartisan AARP campaign seeking affordable, quality healthcare for all Americans
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Affleck was the keynote speaker at Kindregan's high school graduation ceremony in Fairfax, Virginia
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2006· 4 entries
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Hollywoodland (2006).
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Made a cameo in Smith's Clerks II, starred in the little-seen Man About Town and had a minor role in the crime drama Smokin' Aces
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With his acclaimed performance as Superman actor George Reeves in the noir biopic Hollywoodland
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Affleck contributed to Cory Booker's Newark mayoral campaign, to Eliot Spitzer's New York gubernatorial campaign, and introduced Congressmen Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy at rallies in Connecticut
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2005· 1 entry
Donated to the campaign fund of Deval Patrick, a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts
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2004· 4 entries
Pushing for an increase in the minimum wage
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That he hoped to look back on the marriage debate "with some degree of embarrassment for how antiquated it was"
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And said in 2012 that he owned several guns, both for skeet shooting and for the protection of his family
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When he starred as a bereaved husband in the romantic comedy Jersey Girl, directed by longtime collaborator Smith
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2003· 2 entries
Criticized the "questionable and aggressive" use of the Patriot Act and the resulting "encroachments on civil liberties"
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Because of his relationship with Jennifer Lopez
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2002· 2 entries
Affleck donated to Dick Gephardt's Congressional campaign, Robert Reich's campaign for Governor of Massachusetts, and appeared in campaign literature for former classmate Marjorie Decker, running as a city councilor in M
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In support of a proposed Anti-Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Act
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2001· 1 entry
Asking senators to support stem-cell research and to double the budget of the National Institutes of Health
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2000· 2 entries
Spoke at a rally at Harvard University in support of an increased living wage for all workers on campus; his father worked as a janitor at the university
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With Sean Bailey and Chris Moore, sought to integrate the Internet into mainstream television and film production
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1999· 1 entry
Had written a foreword for Kevin Smith's Guardian Devil about his love for the character of Daredevil
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1998· 9 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1998).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1998).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (1998).
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Affleck had a supporting role as an arrogant English actor in the period romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love, starring his then-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow
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Affleck became sober in his mid-twenties, stating in a 1998 interview that alcohol was "dangerous" for him.
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Affleck befriended ten-year-old Joe Kindregan (1988–2015), who had the rare disease ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), and his family
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Named after the street that ran between their childhood homes
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And, when she was a Senate candidate in 2000, he introduced her at a Cornell University rally and helped fundraise for her campaign
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Established Affleck as a viable leading man for Hollywood studio films
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1994· 1 entry
When Affleck was 22 years old
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1992· 2 entries
And has campaigned on behalf of several Democratic presidential nominees
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When Damon wrote a 40-page script for a playwriting class at Harvard University
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-08-15.
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