
Age: 53
male
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.

Ben Affleck

Bruce Wayne
for Bruce Wayne in Batman: Under The Red Hood DCEU (2020)
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The Twenty-seventh Extended Universe DC film tells how Ra's al Ghul realizes his mistake in hiring the Joker to use him as a distraction, while Ra destroyed Europe's financial districts. In Sarajevo, Bosnia, the Joker brutally attacks Jason Todd, the second Robin, in an abandoned warehouse with a crowbar. Jason is locked in the warehouse with a bomb, which explodes and kills him before Batman arrives. Five years later, in Gotham City, a vigilante named Red Hood brings together a meeting of the city's most important drug dealers. He announces the acquisition of the drug trade, making only 40% of the profit and offering protection against the Black Mask and Batman. Batman stops an attempt to steal a shipment belonging to the Black Mask, which is the advanced Android Amazo. Batman destroys Amazo with the help of Jason's predecessor Nightwing and discovers that the thieves are working for Red Hood. He chases the Red Hood to Ace Chemicals, where an explosion destroys the facility and nearly kills Batman. First Post-Credit Scene: Jason decides to become an anti-hero by joining even the titans. Second Post Credits Scene: Bruce discovers a new human goal and says he will go after it.

