Ben Affleck

American film actor, director and screenwriter

Ben Affleck is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker who has won multiple awards, including two Oscars. He began his career as a child actor and later co-wrote and starred in the hit film Good Will Hunting, which earned him widespread recognition. Affleck has also directed several critically acclaimed films, including Argo, for which he won the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Picture.

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About the Ben Affleck

Benjamin Geza Affleckis 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 Mimiand several Kevin Smith comedies, including Chasing Amyand the political thriller Argoand played the superhero Batman in the DC Extended Universeand the sports drama The Way Backand Air (2023), the latter of which he also directed.

Affleck is the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization. He is a supporter of the Democratic Party. Affleck and Damon are co-owners of the production company Artists Equity and were also co-owners of Pearl Street Films.

Frequently Asked Questions

Ben Affleck has won two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes for his work as an actor and filmmaker.

Ben Affleck was born on August 15, 1972.

Ben Affleck’s breakout role was in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote and starred in with Matt Damon.

Ben Affleck co-founded the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization.

Ben Affleck played the superhero Batman in the DC Extended Universe from 2016 to 2023.

Ben Affleck’s directorial debut was the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, which he also co-wrote.

Ben Affleck is a supporter of the Democratic Party.

26 Quotes by Ben Affleck

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    Yes, I’m going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    Well I’ve never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It’s such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don’t want to be a sex symbol.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn’t fully appreciate. But I’m now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I’m not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It’s not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    Rumors about me? Calista Flockhart, Pam Anderson, and Matt Damon. That’s who I’m dating.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    Everyone’s entitled to express their political beliefs. I don’t presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    Marriage hasn’t been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    Sure, I suffered a lot. But it’s not like the end of the world and it’s not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I’m able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I’m much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they’re dating or what clothes they’re wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I’m doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it’s so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I’d call.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    You know George M. Steinbrenner III is the center of all evil in the universe.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I just feel like sometimes I’m a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It’s not easy being me.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I feel like fame is wasted on me.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I’m always described as ‘cocksure’ or ‘with a swagger,’ and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You’re embarrassed by your parents, and you’re trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you’ll know I’ve lost all my money.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I kinda see my current position like this: Here’s your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before ‘Chuck Woolery’ rings the bell.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    I’ve finally learnt how to say, “No comment”. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter

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    My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I’m 31-years-old, and I don’t want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It’s humiliating.

    Ben Affleck

    American film actor, director and screenwriter