His father continued to drink heavily and eventually became homeless, spending two years living on the streets of Cambridge. His father was "very difficult", and Affleck felt a sense of "relief" at the age of 11 when his parents divorced, and his father exited the family home. ĭuring Affleck's childhood, his father had a self-described "severe, chronic problem with alcoholism", and Affleck has recalled him drinking "all day. In the mid-1960s, he had been an actor and stage manager with the Theater Company of Boston. His father, Timothy Byers Affleck, was an aspiring playwright who was "mostly unemployed." He worked sporadically as a carpenter, auto mechanic, bookie, electrician, bartender, and janitor at Harvard. His mother, Christopher Anne "Chris" Boldt, was a Harvard-educated elementary school teacher. His family moved to Massachusetts when he was three, living in Falmouth, where his brother Casey was born, before settling in Cambridge. 2.5 2016–2019: Batman and continued directingīenjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972, in Berkeley, California.2.3 2003–2005: Career downturn and tabloid notoriety.2.1 1981–1997: Child acting and Good Will Hunting.Affleck and Damon are co-owners of the production company Pearl Street Films. He is also a stalwart supporter of the Democratic Party. In 2016, he began portraying Batman in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe.Īffleck is the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization. He has since starred in the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014), the thriller The Accountant (2016), the action-adventure Triple Frontier (2019), the sports drama The Way Back (2020), and the comedy-drama The Tender Bar (2021). For the latter, Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director, and the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Picture. He then directed, co-wrote and starred in the crime drama The Town (2010) and directed and starred in the political thriller Argo (2012) both were critical and commercial successes. His directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007), which he also co-wrote, was well received. He then established himself as a leading man in studio films, including the disaster film Armageddon (1998), the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001), and the thrillers The Sum of All Fears and Changing Lanes (both 2002).Īfter a career downturn, during which he appeared in Daredevil (2003) and Gigli (2003), Affleck received a Golden Globe nomination for portraying George Reeves in the noir biopic Hollywoodland (2006). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Good Will Hunting (1997), which they also starred in.
He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and various Kevin Smith films, including Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999).
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He began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988). His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter.