Age: 53
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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.
After the events of the first film, Batman is infected by the Joker with the blood of the clown, who has a disease caused by the use of the compound TITAN and discovers that the Joker sent the blood to hospitals contaminating thousands of people, forcing Batman to enter a race against the time to go underground in Gotham and enter Wonder City, a secret city that should be abandoned, but it is being governed by the League of Assassins and that has the Lazarus Pit, a fundamental component for creating a cure, but it will conflict with Ra's Al Ghul, who plans to destroy Gotham and the situation will only get complicated when Bruce discovers the existence of his biological son Damian. Meanwhile, on the surface Nightwing and the new Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) investigate the return of Bane and his cult followers from Santa Prisca. In a mid-credits scene, Superman visits Bruce at Wayne Manor to discuss the constant threat of Darkseid. In a post-credits scene, Nightwing discovers an abandoned laboratory being used by the Scarecrow but he also finds a red bat symbol on the wall. That's when Azrael enters the room to warn Dick that a storm is coming to Gotham.
