Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck is an American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter known for films including Good Will Hunting, Argo, and Gone Girl.
Good Will Hunting: A 1997 drama about a gifted young mathematician who works as a janitor at MIT. Affleck co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Damon and acted in the film.
Matt Damon: An American actor, screenwriter, and producer whose work includes the Bourne films and Good Will Hunting. Affleck’s longtime friend and co-writer, Damon shared the Good Will Hunting screenplay credit.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: A city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston and home to Harvard University and MIT. Affleck grew up in the Boston-area community where Good Will Hunting is set.
Academy Award for Best Picture: The Academy Award honoring the producers of a film chosen as the year’s best picture. Argo won the award while Affleck directed and starred in it.
Argo: A 2012 political thriller about a covert operation to rescue American diplomats from Iran. Affleck directed and starred in this film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Jennifer Lopez: An American singer, actor, and dancer known for music, films, and television. Affleck and Lopez’s high-profile relationship and marriage have drawn sustained public attention.
The Mickey Mouse Club: An American television variety show featuring young performers as cast members known as Mouseketeers. Affleck appeared in the 1980s revival as a child actor.
Daredevil (film): A 2003 superhero film starring Ben Affleck as the blind crime-fighting lawyer Matt Murdock. Its mixed reception became a prominent early chapter in Affleck’s blockbuster career.
Gone Girl: A 2014 psychological thriller about a husband whose wife disappears under suspicious circumstances. Affleck plays Nick Dunne, the film’s increasingly scrutinized husband.
Kevin Smith: An American filmmaker and actor known for Clerks and other films set in the View Askewniverse. Smith cast Affleck in several early films, including Chasing Amy and Dogma.