Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck, born August 15, 1972, in Berkeley, California, is an award-winning actor, director, producer, and screenwriter known for his versatility and lofty career in Hollywood. Via a career spanning over three decades, Affleck has become a household name for his work both in front of and behind the camera.

Ben Affleck Early Life

Ben Affleck grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alongside his brother, fellow actor Casey Affleck. His mother, Christine, was a schoolteacher, and his father, Timothy, held various jobs before becoming a social worker. Affleck developed a passion for acting at a young age and appeared in local theater productions before landing his first acting role in the educational series The Voyage of the Mimi at age 12.

He later attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, where he befriended Matt Damon. The two shared an interest in acting and writing, eventually collaborating on the screenplay for Good Will Hunting.

Ben Affleck’s Career

Affleck’s breakout role came in 1997 with Good Will Hunting. The film earned them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, thus catapulting Affleck to stardom. He followed this success with prominent roles in films such as Armageddon (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Pearl Harbor (2001).

In the 2010s, Affleck gained acclaim as a director with films like Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Town (2010), and Argo (2012), the latter winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Affleck’s acting career has also included playing Bruce Wayne/Batman in the DC Extended Universe, appearing in films like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017).

Personal Life

Ben Affleck has three children with actress Jennifer Garner, whom he was married to from 2005 to 2018. He later rekindled his relationship with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, marrying her in 2022.

In 2024, however, the pair announced that they were getting a divorce.

Is Affleck Hungarian?

Though Ben Affleck's heritage is mixed, he is not, despite some rumors, Hungarian. He is of mostly English, Irish, German, and Scottish ancestry. Affleck's middle name, Géza, is after a Hungarian family friend who was a Holocaust survivor.