One of the famous award-winning as well as well-recognized actor, director, and producer is named as Ben Affleck who is best known for his character imitation in the movies like Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Changing Lanes, The Sum of All Fears, State of Play and The Town. His awards include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Ben began his career by starring in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi in 1984. He is also the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization. He is a very talented actor.
Ben Affleck making comeback after leaving Batman with Ghost Army war movie
Ben Affleck will star in and direct the Universal Pictures caper “Ghost Army,” based on the book “The Ghost Army of World War II,” written by Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles, as well as the documentary “Ghost Army.” Ben is fronting a new World War II movie. Ben Affleck has already lined up his next big project after saying goodbye to the Caped Crusader. The actor will direct and is also attached to star in a new movie called Ghost Army, which is being written by True Detective's Nic Pizzolatto. The project is adapted from the book *deep breath* The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery by Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles, and is set during World War II. It follows a secret force that used illusion and sleight of hand to fool the Nazis in 1944, including inflatable tanks and sound effects, and trick them into deploying forces in the wrong places. Affleck confirmed earlier this year that he would not be returning as Batman, though admitted he was "excited" to see director Matt Reeves' vision of standalone movie The Batman come to life without him. Speaking a bit later about why he quit, the actor explained: "I tried to direct a version of it and worked with a really good screenwriter, but just couldn't come up with a version-I couldn't crack it.
Famous For
- For his role in the 2016 superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Birth Facts, Early Life, Birthday, Family, Wiki, Siblings, Education, And More
On 15th August 1972, Ben Affleck took birth in California to a Social worker, actor father Timothy Byers Affleck and teacher mother Christine Anne Affleck with the birth name of Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt. At present, his age is 46 but his age will be 47 on his upcoming birthday in August as of 2019. His ethnicity is Mixed and his nationality is American. His star sign is Leo. His religion is Christian. He moved with his family to Cambridge where he saw his parents getting divorced. Therein Cambridge he met Matt Damon. He together with Matt Damon attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Later, he went to Occidental College to complete his graduation. He went to the University of Vermont but later dropped his study to pursue his acting career.
Body Statistics (Height, Weight, Measurement, And More)
Ben Affleck is a very handsome person with a cool attitude. With his charming smile, he attracts a lot of people towards him. The height of Ben is 192 cm and has a balanced weight of 98 Kg. His eye color is Hazel and hair color is Dark Brown. His other body measurement will be added soon.
Career (Beginning-Present)
- Ben Affleck began his career by starring in the movie The Voyage of the Mimi in 1984 and followed by The Second Voyage of the Mimi in 1984, Lifestories: Families in Crisis, School Ties, Dazed and Confused and others.
- He appeared in the ABC after-school special Wanted: A Perfect Man (1986).
- Later, he played Patrick Duffy's son in the television film Daddy (1991), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), School Ties (1992), Against the Grain (1993), Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story (1994), Glory Daze (1995), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997).
- In 1997, he got into the limelight after his work with Matt Damon in the movie Good Will Hunting.
- For this movie, this duo received Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
- He later teamed up with other personalities to make documentary namely Project Greenlight.
- This documentary was in the nomination list of Emmy award for outstanding reality program for three years.
- He later got a chance to act in 1998 movie Armageddon together with Bruce Willis.
- Despite the mixed reviews for this movie, he acted in Oscar-winning movie Shakespeare in Love alongside Gwyneth Paltrow.
- After acting in the movie Forces of Nature opposite Sandra Bullock, he acted in war movie Pearl Harbor.
- Some of the movies he acted in that era are The Sum of All Fears, Changing Lanes, Daredevil, Gigli and Surviving Christmas.
- He was in the cast of movie Hollywoodland.
- His acting in the movie earned him Volpi Cup.
- He also was nominated for Golden Globe award in the category of Actor in supporting role.
- In the year 2007, he evolved as director of the movie Gone Baby Gone.
- In 2008 he was featured in the music video of Jimmy Kimmel song together with Benji Madden, Macy Gray, Lance Bass, Don Cheadle, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, and many others.
- In 2009, he again was seen acting in movies like He’s Just Not That Into You, State of Play and Extract.
- He also played TV series State of Play as Congressman Stephen Collins. His acting in the above-mentioned movies was highly acclaimed and credited.
- He directed his second movie namely The Town and the movie earned good money and good criticism.
- In 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival, he was medaled with Chairman’s Award.
- He later acted on movie To the Wonder together with Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, and Rachel Weisz.
- His third directorial movie Argo gave him Best director award on Golden Globe and Director Guild of America but could not win Oscar on the same category.
- He for the same movie won Critic’s Choice and BAFTA award.
- In 2013, he was honored with an honorary doctorate degree from Brown University.
- It is rumored that he is going to play as Batman on next Batman franchise movie Man of Steel.
- Affleck and Damon's project "Greenlight" was resurrected by HBO for one season in the year 2015.
- He also played in the movie named "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in 2016.
- He stepped down as director and writer of The Batman in 2017.
- He filmed a role opposite Anne Hathaway in Dee Rees's political thriller "The Last Thing He Wanted" and reunited with director Gavin O'Connor to star as a recovering alcoholic in the sports drama "Torrance" in 2018.
Married, Unmarried Or In A Relationship
Ben Affleck is a married person. He was married to actress Jennifer Garner in the year 2005. Their wedding took place in Turks and Caicos Island. He shares three children with his wife Jennifer Garner. Later, the couple got divorced. Then, he dated television producer Lindsay Shookus from mid-2017 to mid-2018. As of today, he is dating Lindsay Shookus and they are enjoying their life a lot living happily.
Net Worth, Earnings, Source of Wealth
The net worth of Ben Affleck is estimated to have $130 Million as of 2019. His salary is still not revealed yet and will be updated soon. His major source of earning is from his acting career. He is satisfied with his earnings.
