Ben Affleck - USA Celebrity, Actor

Life Biography of Ben Affleck

Benjamin Geza Afflech, actor, producer and screenwriter born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California. Although born in Berkeley, Ben grew up in Cambridge, problación very close to Boston, Massachusetts, where he met another aspiring actor, Matt Damon, who started a close and lasting friendship. a child and made ​​his first steps as an actor, beginning to appear in television series and commercials, at the age of 9 years and debuted on the big screen with the film The dark end of the street (1981), a title directed by Jan Egleson. For several years Ben Affleck made ​​films and starred in the series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984).

After finishing high school, Ben Affleck went briefly through the universities of Velmont and Occidental College in Eagle Rock, California, but dropped out to try to succeed in Hollywood.
In the early 90's, Affleck broke more strongly on the big screen, speaking with Matt Damon, Brendan Fraser and Chris O'Donnell in the drama of Robert Mandel School Ties (1992) and in the film Dazed and Confused (Dazed and Confused) (1993), film directed by Richard Linklater.would later be directed by Kevin Smith in Mallrats (1995), a comedy that starred with Shannen Doherty and Jeremy London, this would be the beginning of a collaboration between Smith and Affleck, would continue with Chasing Amy (1997), with Joey Lauren Adams and Jason Lee. Ben Affleck also starred in Dogma (1999), with Matt Damon (who had met earlier in School Ties), Linda Fiorentino and Salma Hayek, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), starring himself and Jason Mewes Kevin Smith and Jersey Girl (2004), comedy in which he stars alongside Jennifer Lopez and Liv Tyler. But for Affleck the final leap into the Hollywood industry came when he starred opposite Matt Damon, Minnie Driver and Robin Williams drama directed by Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting (1997), written by the couple Affleck / Damon, who would get a Golden Globe and an Oscar for best original screenplay of the year.


At the end of the 90 star position was consolidated with commercial titles as Armageddon (1998) , action thriller directed by Michael Bay, or Shakespeare in Love (1999), Oscar-winning film by John Madden who had the role of Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow. Ben Affleck's recent film credits are Reindeer (2000), directed by John Frankenheimer thriller which co-starred with Charlize Theron, Pearl Harbor (2001), Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster by Michael Bay, Daredevil (2003), adaptation of the comic book character from the Marvel directed by Mark Steven Johnson and co-starring Jennifer Garner, or Gigli (2003), a film by Martin Brest in which Affleck shared the spotlight with Jennifer Lopez, actress and singer who had a high-profile romantic relationship that ended in January 2004. other Ben Affleck is a skilled poker player and routinely runs local events. Ben Affleck was educated in the world of poker professionals Amir Vahedi and Annie Duke or. Won the Championship of Poker California June 20, 2004, qualifying for the championship of the world.