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.
Ben Affleck
Daredevil
for Daredevil in Daredevil: Born Again (2007)
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The Kingpin has the IRS freeze Murdock's accounts, the bank foreclose on his apartment, and a police lieutenant testify that he saw Murdock pay a witness to perjure himself. Nelson saves Murdock from a prison sentence, though he is barred from practicing law. His initial plan foiled, the Kingpin has Murdock's apartment firebombed. Murdock confronts the Kingpin in his office and is brutally beaten. The unconscious Murdock is strapped into a taxi cab, which is then pushed into the East River. Murdock regains consciousness and swims to safety. There he is found and nursed back to health by his mother Maggie who has become a nun at a local Catholic church. The Kingpin arranges for Nuke to dress up as Daredevil but Nuke rebels. Murdock, who has been shadowing Urich since hearing of the articles he is writing on the Kingpin, defeats the imposter and leaves him for the authorities. Nuke offers to testify against the Kingpin in exchange for a reduced sentence, but he is killed. Having failed to draw Murdock out of hiding, the Kingpin orders Gladiator to destroy the diner where Murdock works. Appearing as Daredevil for the first time since his apartment was destroyed, he is left with no choice but to kill Gladiator. However, Gladiator survives the attack and names the Kingpin as being behind the assault on Hell's Kitchen, setting off a wave of lawsuits. Daredevil systematically destroys the Kingpin's reputation and worldly possessions, winning back his attorney's license.
