AKA Benjamin Geza Affleck

Born: 15-Aug-1972
Birthplace: Berkeley, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Good Will Hunting

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been buddies since before adolescence, growing up in the same Cambridge neighborhood. They shared an interest in baseball, movies, and girls, and both worked as actors at an early age. Affleck did commercials for Burger King at 8, and he was a regular on a PBS series, The Voyage of the Mimi. At 9 he appeared in his first film, Dark End of the Street, a low-budget no-star drama filmed in Boston and Cambridge. At 14 he was in an after-school special with Madeline Kahn. He auditioned for a small role in Mystic Pizza, but Damon got the part. Damon went on to Harvard, but Affleck didn't have the grades to get in, and went to the University of Vermont instead. He soon dropped out, and eventually came to Hollywood, where he ended up sharing an apartment with Damon.

In 1993, Affleck directed a comedic short, I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on A Meat Hook, and Now I Have A Three-Picture Deal at Disney. He had a small role in Damon and Brendan Fraser's prep school drama School Ties. Affleck had art house hits with Kevin Smith's Mallrats in 1995 and (with Damon) Chasing Amy in 1997. For re-writing and co-starring in Damon's Good Will Hunting later that year, Damon & Affleck shared an Oscar for Best Screenplay. He also appeared with Damon in Glory Daze, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, among other films. They have also done three episodes of Project Greenlight together, a reality show wherein some unknown screenwriter gets his script made into a low-budget movie.

Father: Tim Affleck (social worker)
Mother: Chris Boldt (elementary school teacher)
Brother: Casey Affleck (actor, b. 12-Aug-1975)
Girlfriend: Cheyenne Rothman (dated in high school, and for several years after)
Girlfriend: Gwyneth Paltrow (actress, dated 1998-99)
Girlfriend: Famke Janssen (actress, dated in 2001)
Girlfriend: Jennifer Lopez (dated 2002-04, broken engagement)
Slept with: Tammy Morris (lap-dancer, reported fling in 2003)
Girlfriend: Krista Allen (actress, dated in 2004)
Girlfriend: Enza Sambataro (TV advertising saleswoman, dated 2004)
Wife: Jennifer Garner (actress, m. 29-Jun-2005)
Daughter: Violet Anne (b. 1-Dec-2005)

    High School: Latin High School (1990)
    University: University of Vermont (dropped out)
    University: Occidental College, Eagle Rock, CA (1993)

    Kucinich for President
    Obama for America
    People for the American Way
    Endorsement of L'Oreal
    Promises Entered 31-Jul-2001 for alcohol abuse
    Driving with a Suspended License Massachusetts, 1999
    Issued Concealed Carry Permit Los Angeles County
    Irish Ancestry Maternal
    Scottish Ancestry Paternal
    Risk Factors: Former Smoker, Alcoholism, Gambling

    TELEVISION
    Celebrity Poker Showdown Contestant

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Gone Baby Gone (5-Sep-2007)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Smokin' Aces (12-Jan-2007)
    Hollywoodland (31-Aug-2006)
    Clerks II (26-May-2006)
    Man About Town (7-Feb-2006)
    Surviving Christmas (22-Oct-2004)
    Jersey Girl (26-Mar-2004)
    Paycheck (25-Dec-2003)
    Gigli (27-Jul-2003)
    Daredevil (9-Feb-2003)
    The Third Wheel (31-May-2002)
    The Sum of All Fears (29-May-2002)
    Changing Lanes (7-Apr-2002)
    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (24-Aug-2001)
    Daddy and Them (6-Jun-2001)
    Pearl Harbor (21-May-2001)
    Bounce (15-Nov-2000)
    Joseph: King of Dreams (27-Oct-2000) [VOICE]
    Reindeer Games (24-Feb-2000)
    Boiler Room (30-Jan-2000)
    Dogma (12-Nov-1999)
    Forces of Nature (12-Mar-1999)
    200 Cigarettes (26-Feb-1999)
    Shakespeare in Love (3-Dec-1998)
    Armageddon (1-Jul-1998)
    Phantoms (23-Jan-1998)
    Good Will Hunting (5-Dec-1997)
    Chasing Amy (4-Apr-1997)
    Going All the Way (Jan-1997)
    Glory Daze (27-Sep-1996)
    Mallrats (20-Oct-1995)
    Dazed and Confused (10-Sep-1993)
    School Ties (18-Sep-1992)
    Daddy (23-Oct-1991)
    Wanted: The Perfect Guy (1-Oct-1986)

Appears on the cover of:
People, 18-Aug-2003, DETAILS: (with Jennifer Lopez) Is the Wedding Still On?
Entertainment Weekly, 7-Feb-2003, DETAILS: Big Ben -- Thanks to J. Lo, he's a tabloid sensation. But can the 'Sexiest Man Alive' make Daredevil the next Spider-Man?

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