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Ben Affleck
Age: 37
Height: 6' 3"
Birth Place: Berkeley, California, USA
Born: Aug. 15th, 1972
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BIOGRAPHY: Benjamin Geza Affleck was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California, USA but raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was born to parents Tim Affleck, a social worker, who is now divorced from Ben's mother Chris Affleck (nee' Boldt) a school teacher. Ben also has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975. Ben wanted to be an actor ever since he could remember and his first acting experience was for a Burger King commercial, when he was on the PBS mini-series "The Voyage of the Mimi" (1984). It was also at that age when Ben met his lifelong friend and fellow actor, Matt Damon. They played little league together and took drama classes together. Ben's teen years consisted of mainly TV movies and small television appearances including Hands of a Stranger (1987) (TV) and "The Second Voyage of the Mimi" (1988). He made his big introduction into feature films in 1993 when he was cast in Dazed and Confused (1993). After that, he did mostly independent films like Kevin Smith (I)'s Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997) which were great for Ben's career, receiving renowned appreciation for his works at the Sundance film festival. But the success he was having in independent films didn't last much longer and things got a little shaky for Ben. He was living in an apartment with his brother Casey and friend Matt, getting tired of being turned down for the big roles in films and being given the forgettable supporting ones. Since Matt was having the same trouble, they decided to write their own script, where they could call all the shots. So, after finishing the script for Good Will Hunting (1997), they gave it to their agent Patrick Whitesell, who showed it to a few Hollywood studios, finally being accepted by Castlerock. It was great news for the two but Castlerock wasn't willing to give Ben and Matt the control over the project they were hoping for. It was friend Kevin Smith (I) who took it to the head of Miramax who bought the script giving Ben and Matt the control they wanted and, in December of 1997, Good Will Hunting (1997) was released, making the two unknown actors famous. The film was nominated for 9 Academy Awards and won two, including Best Original Screenplay for Ben and Matt. The film marked Ben's breakthrough role, in which he was given for the first time the chance to choose roles instead of having to go through grueling auditions constantly. He chose such roles in the blockbusters Armageddon (1998/I), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Pearl Harbor (2001). With these hits to his credit, Hollywood can't seem to get enough of Ben, with directors wanting him in their movies and companies wanting his screenplays. His inspirational story of hard work and amazing climb to the top has brought him what he deserves and Ben Affleck has shown no sign of slowing down.
TRIVIA:
- In 1999, he was nominated for the Razzie Award, Worst Screen Couple in the movie _Armageddon (1998/I)_ (qv), with actress 'Liv Tyler' (qv). In 2004, he was again nominated for, and subsequently "won", the Worst Screen Couple Award with co-star 'Jennifer Lopez (I)' (qv) in the movie _Gigli (2003)_ (qv). One year later (2005), he was nominated, once again, for Worst Screen Couple, this time with both of the actresses ('Jennifer Lopez (I)' (qv) or 'Liv Tyler' (qv)) in the film _Jersey Girl (2004)_ (qv).
- He has an entry in Jean Tulard's "Dictionnaire du Cinéma/Les Acteurs" published in Paris in 2007 (pgs. 15/16).
- As a teenager, he lived in México where he learned to speak Spanish.
- (1999) Chosen as one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People in the World
- Has his teeth capped.
- His father was at one time a janitor at Harvard University, the inspiration for Will Hunting's job at MIT in _Good Will Hunting (1997)_ (qv).
- Was considered for the role of Billy Loomis in _Scream (1996/I)_ (qv).
- As of 2005, has a total of seven Razzie Nominations (including three for Worst Actor) and two "wins".
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