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
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for Executive Producers in Prince of Thieves (2023)
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Four masked men, thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of 1996 Charlestown - take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault was simple. But, Doug MacRay, career criminal/thief, didn't plan on one thing: falling in love with Claire. However, there is a tenacious FBI agent on his trail and following his every move. Doug wants a life away from crime, wanting to live a normal life with Claire. But for Doug and the rest of his crew, there is one final job that he has to do. . . The following feature is rated TV-MA for graphic violence, some explicit sexual content, drug use, crude indecent language The show will follow the same plot as both the book and the movie, with a few changes here and there. Some episodes will explore some of Doug's past and his family while growing up with Jimmy. One episode will explore Claire more as a character, struggling with her job after she held hostage by Doug and his crew. It will also explore some of her troubling past as well. Some of Doug's crew have been described as men in their early 30's (30-35). The time setting is set to 1996, just like the book's timeline.
