Ben Affleck - Age, Family, Bio

Actor and director who first attracted attention for his roles in Dazed and Confused, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy. He played leading roles in Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and The Town. He later won an Academy Award for Best Picture for directing and producing the 2012 film Argo.

Before Fame

He was raised by Christine Anne Affleck, a freedom rider, and majored in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Vermont. 

Trivia

He won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing the 1997 feature Good Will Hunting with his longtime friend Matt Damon. He was cast as Batman in the 2016 films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad. 

Family Life

He married actress Jennifer Garner in June 2005. The couple announced their divorce in 2015. He and Garner have three children: Samuel, Violet and Seraphina. He dated Lindsay Shookus from 2017 to 2019. In early 2020, he began dating actress Ana de Armas. They split up in January 2021. He was engaged to Jennifer Lopez from November 2002 to September 2003; the two reunited in 2021. The couple became engaged again in April 2022. His younger brother is actor Casey Affleck. 

Associated With

Kevin Smith has cast him in a number of his films including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. 

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