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 years of being in a coma, Bruce Wayne continues his war on crime primarily in Gotham City, now working in a tense alliance with A.R.G.U.S., the government organization led by Amanda Waller. While Batman remains Gotham’s protector, he is increasingly uneasy with A.R.G.U.S.’s expanding surveillance programs and its willingness to control metahumans and vigilantes alike. On missions, Bruce is often partnered with Dinah Lance, an elite A.R.G.U.S. operative known in the field as Black Canary, whose methods and moral flexibility frequently clash with his own code. During an operation against a criminal syndicate tied to Gotham’s underworld, Waller uncovers evidence that the League of Assassins, long believed to be fractured after past conflicts has secretly infiltrated global institutions, including A.R.G.U.S. itself. Before she can fully expose the conspiracy, Waller survives a near-fatal assassination attempt, forcing Batman to go off the grid when the organization turns on him, labeling him a liability. On the run, Bruce seeks help from Dick Grayson, now operating independently as Nightwing, his first Robin and former partner from before the tragedy of Jason Todd. Together with Dinah, they investigate the League’s true plan. The investigation leads to the League’s ultimate weapon: the Red Hood, a ruthless, highly trained assassin whose combat style and tactics are devastatingly familiar. In a shattering revelation, Bruce learns the truth that Red Hood is Jason Todd, the Robin he believed died years earlier. Resurrected, conditioned, and weaponized by the League of Assassins, Jason has been stripped of his past and molded into the perfect soldier. As Gotham descends into chaos, Batman works alongside Barbara Gordon, now an A.R.G.U.S. intelligence agent operating under deep cover. Barbara helps expose the League’s infiltration to the public, triggering the collapse of A.R.G.U.S.’s compromised systems and forcing Waller to burn the organization to the ground to prevent total control by the League. Amid the turmoil, Bruce has a quiet, personal reckoning when he tracks down Selina Kyle for the first time in nearly a decade. In a rare moment of vulnerability, Selina reveals she is suffering from a degenerative disease and has been living off the grid. Their conversation is unresolved, filled with regret, affection, and the unspoken understanding that time is running out for both of them. The conflict culminates in Gotham itself, where Batman confronts the Red Hood. Refusing to fight Jason as an enemy, Bruce removes his mask and appeals to the boy he once trained. Though the League’s plan is stopped and their presence exposed, Jason escapes, fractured and uncertain of who he is.
