Cast & creator
Ben Affleck
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Daily Show
Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988). 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). 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 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). After 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). His directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007), which he also co-wrote, was well received. 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. 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 has since starred in the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014), the thriller The Accountant (2016), the action-adventure Triple Frontier (2019), and the sports drama The Way Back (2020). In 2016, he began portraying Batman in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. Affleck is the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization. He is also a stalwart supporter of the Democratic Party. Affleck and Damon are co-owners of the production company Pearl Street Films.
Also known as: Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt, Benjamin Géza Affleck, Benjamin Geza Affleck, Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt
158
film credits
54
television credits
151
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (212)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Donnie Bartalotti (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Gone Girl
Nick Dunne
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self
1999
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
ABC Afterschool Special
Danny Coleman
1972
Good Will Hunting
Chuckie Sullivan
1997Good Will Hunting
Writer
1997
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
The Rip
Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne
2026The Rip
Producer
2026
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Bruce Wayne / Batman
2016
The Accountant²
Christian Wolff
2025The Accountant²
Producer
2025
The Flash
Bruce Wayne / Batman (uncredited)
2023
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Batman / Bruce Wayne
2021Zack Snyder's Justice League
Executive Producer
2021
Justice League
Batman / Bruce Wayne
2017Justice League
Executive Producer
2017
Suicide Squad
Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
2016
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020
TRL
1998
City on a Hill
Executive Producer
2019
The Accountant
Christian Wolff
2016
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Deep Water
Vic Van Allen
2022
The Last Duel
Pierre d'Alençon
2021The Last Duel
Screenplay
2021The Last Duel
Producer
2021
Pearl Harbor
Rafe McCawley
2001
The Town
Doug MacRay
2010The Town
Screenplay
2010The Town
Director
2010
The Sum of All Fears
Jack Ryan
2002
Armageddon
A.J. Frost
1998
Project Greenlight
Self
2001Project Greenlight
Executive Producer
2001
History 101
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Osbournes
Self
2002
The Early Show
Self
1999
The Instigators
Producer
2024
This Week
1981
The Torkelsons
Kevin Johnson
1991
Argo
Tony Mendez
2012Argo
Director
2012Argo
Producer
2012
Live by Night
Joe Coughlin
2016Live by Night
Director
2016Live by Night
Screenplay
2016Live by Night
Producer
2016
He's Just Not That Into You
Neil
2009
Incorporated
Executive Producer
2016
Gone Baby Gone
Screenplay
2007Gone Baby Gone
Director
2007
Making the Video
1999
State of Play
Stephen Collins
2009
Daredevil
Matt Murdock / Daredevil
2003
Dazed and Confused
O'Bannion
1993
Directors on Directors
Self
2021
Air
Phil Knight
2023Air
Producer
2023Air
Director
2023
The Way Back
Jack Cunningham
2020
Triple Frontier
Tom 'Redfly' Davis
2019
Field of Dreams
Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1989
Joseph: King of Dreams
Joseph (voice)
2000
Smokin' Aces
Jack Dupree
2006Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Holden McNeil / Ben Affleck
2001
Unstoppable
Producer
2024
Shakespeare in Love
Ned Alleyn
1998
Small Things Like These
Executive Producer
2024
Runner Runner
Ivan Block
2013
Hypnotic
Danny Rourke
2023
Dogma
Bartleby
1999
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self
2003
Reindeer Games
Rudy Duncan
2000
Changing Lanes
Gavin Banek
2002
Chasing Amy
Holden McNeil
1997
Animals
Mark Kimball
2026Animals
Director
2026Animals
Producer
2026Animals
Writer
2026
Paycheck
Michael Jennings
2003
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Executive Producer
2025
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Basketball Player #10 (uncredited)
1992
To the Wonder
Neil
2013
School Ties
Chesty Smith
1992
Clerks III
Auditioner
2022
Boiler Room
Jim Young
2000
Jersey Girl
Ollie Trinke
2004
Clerks II
Gawking Guy
2006
Against the Grain
Joe Willie Clemons
1993
The Tender Bar
Charlie Maguire
2021
Feast
Executive Producer
2005
This Is Me…Now
Rex Stone / Biker
2024
Forces of Nature
Ben
1999
The Messenger
Thanks
2009
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Holden McNeil
2019
Mallrats
Shannon
1995
The Company Men
Bobby Walker
2010
MADtv
Self
1995
The Last Thing He Wanted
Treat Morrison
2020
Hollywoodland
George Reeves
2006
A Statement
Executive Producer
2026
Push, Nevada
Writer
2002Push, Nevada
Executive Producer
2002Push, Nevada
Creator
2002
200 Cigarettes
Bartender
1999
Glory Daze
Jack
1995
Phantoms
Sheriff Bryce Hammond
1998
Man About Town
Jack Giamoro
2006
Extract
Dean
2009
Gigli
Larry Gigli
2003
Bounce
Buddy Amaral
2000
Fahrenheit 9/11
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Self
2024
Bending the Arc
Executive Producer
2017
The Third Wheel
Michael
2002The Third Wheel
Executive Producer
2002
Surviving Christmas
Drew Latham
2004
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
Kiss the Future
Producer
2024
The Roast of Tom Brady
Self
2024
Believers: Boston Red Sox
Self
2025
Halftime
Self
2022
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Good Mother
Extra (uncredited)
1988
Making Dazed
Self
2005
537 Votes
Self (archive footage)
2020
Hands of a Stranger
Billy Hearn
1987
The Voyage of the Mimi
C.T. Granville
1984
For People in Trouble
Producer
2023
Daddy and Them
Lawrence Bowen
2001
Magnum Dopus
Self
2020
Going All the Way
Tom 'Gunner' Casselman
1997
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
Self (uncredited)
2006
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Executive Producer
2003
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
2025
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Self
2004
Daddy
Ben Watson
1991
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
2018
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Thanks
2023
Stolen Summer
Producer
2002
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Self
2002
The Dark End of the Street
Tommy
1981Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith
2002
Jennifer Lopez: The Reel Me
Self
2003
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
2017
The Leisure Class
Producer
2015
E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest
Narrator
2014
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
A Case for Kindness
Self
2022Hunting Whitey Bulger
Narrator (voice)
Hunting Whitey Bulger
Executive Producer
Armageddon: Target Earth
Self
1998
The Making of the Last Duel
Self
2021
Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Self
2012
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Self
2009
The Grammys
Self
1959
Reporter
Executive Producer
2009
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
2013
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Self
2005
The Second Voyage of the Mimi
1988
King Leopold’s Ghost
Director
King Leopold’s Ghost
Producer
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
Danny Coleman
1986
The Curse of the Bambino
Narrator
2003
2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film
Narrator
2013Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One
Executive Producer
Speakeasy
Executive Producer
2002
Clerk
Self
2021
The Merchants of Joy
Executive Producer
2025Shot in the Dark
Executive Producer
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
Self
2009
I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney
Director
1993
Unraveling George
Self
2025
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Director
The Big Goodbye
Director
The Big Goodbye
Screenplay
The Big Goodbye
Producer
I Am Still Alive
I Am Still Alive
Producer
Ghost Army
Ghost Army
Director
Ghost Army
Screenplay
Ghost Army
Producer
Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote!
Himself
2016
Gimme Shelter
Director
2008
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003Killing Gawker
Producer