Ben Affleck

Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) in Berkeley, California, is an Oscar winning American actor.

Acting

Born in Berkeley, California to a Scottish Protestant father and a non-practising Irish Catholic mother, he grew up in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area and attended college in Los Angeles at Occidental College. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California. He was a child actor, having a role on the PBS kids' series The Voyage of the Mimi and made-for-television movies when young. He came to national attention when he and and his future best friend Matt Damon (whom he had met while studying at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School) wrote the screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), for which they won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

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Berkeley - California - Scottish - Protestant - Irish - Catholic - Cambridge - Massachusetts - Los Angeles - Occidental College - Santa Monica - Child actor - PBS - The Voyage of the Mimi - Matt Damon - Cambridge Rindge and Latin School - Good Will Hunting - 1997 - Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

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He is also known for his roles in many of Kevin Smith's films - all of them, in fact, except for Clerks.

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Kevin Smith - Clerks

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Along with Matt Damon and producer Chris Moore, Affleck founded the production company LivePlanet, through which the three friends created the documentary series Project Greenlight.

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Matt Damon - Chris Moore - LivePlanet - Project Greenlight

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Affleck's most recent films, including Gigli, Paycheck, Jersey Girl, and Surviving Christmas have been critically panned and massive box office bombs.

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Gigli - Paycheck - Jersey Girl - Surviving Christmas

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