Actor of The Week: Ben Affleck

 

Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt (lahir 15 Agustus 1972) adalah seorang aktor dan pembuat film Amerika. Penghargaan-Nya termasuk dua Academy Awards, tiga Golden Globe Awards, dua BAFTA Awards, dan dua Screen Actors Guild Awards. Dia memulai karirnya sebagai seorang anak dan membintangi seri pendidikan PBS The Voyage of the Mimi pada tahun 1984, sebelum menjalankan kedua pada tahun 1988. Dia kemudian muncul di komedi independen Dazed and Confused (1993) dan berbagai Kevin Film Smith, termasuk Chasing Amy (1997) dan Dogma (1999). Affleck memperoleh pengakuan yang lebih luas ketika dia dan teman masa kecilnya Matt Damon memenangkan Golden Globe dan Academy Award untuk Skenario Asli Terbaik untuk menulis Good Will Hunting (1997), yang juga mereka bintangi. Dia kemudian membuktikan dirinya sebagai orang terkemuka di film-film studio, termasuk drama bencana Armageddon (1998), komedi romantis Forces of Nature (1999), drama perang Pearl Harbor (2001), dan thriller The Sum of All Fears (2002), dimana ia memainkan karakter mata-mata Jack Ryan.

Setelah mengalami kemerosotan karier, setelah ia muncul di Daredevil dan Gigli (keduanya 2003), Affleck menerima nominasi Golden Globe untuk penampilannya di noir biopic Hollywoodland (2006). Debut sutradara, Gone Baby Gone (2007), yang juga dia tulis bersama, diterima dengan baik. Dia kemudian menyutradarai, ikut menulis, dan membintangi drama kejahatan The Town (2010). Untuk thriller politik Argo (2012), yang ia sutradarai, diproduksi bersama, dan dibintanginya, Affleck memenangkan Golden Globe dan BAFTA Award untuk Sutradara Terbaik, dan Golden Globe, BAFTA, dan Academy Award untuk Best Picture. Dia membintangi film thriller psikologis Gone Girl pada tahun 2014. Pada tahun 2016, Affleck mulai bermain Batman di DC Extended Universe, membintangi aksi thriller The Accountant, dan menyutradarai, menulis dan berakting di drama gangster Live by Night.

Affleck adalah salah satu pendiri dari Eastern Congo Initiative, organisasi nirlaba berbasis-hibah dan advokasi. Dia juga anggota pendukung Partai Demokrat. Affleck dan Damon adalah pemilik bersama dari perusahaan produksi Pearl Street Films. Adik laki-lakinya adalah aktor Casey Affleck, dengan siapa dia telah bekerja di beberapa film, termasuk Good Will Hunting dan Gone Baby Gone. Affleck menikahi aktris Jennifer Garner pada 2005; mereka memiliki tiga anak bersama. Pasangan ini berpisah pada tahun 2015 dan mengajukan gugatan cerai pada awal tahun 2017.

Filmography

Title	Year[b]	Role	Notes	Ref.
The Dark End of the Street	1981	Unknown		[25] [26]
School Ties	1992	Chesty Smith		[27]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	1992	Basketball Player 10	Uncredited	[28]
I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney	1993	None	Short film, directed	[29]
Dazed and Confused	1993	Fred O'Bannion		[5]
Mallrats	1995	Shannon Hamilton		[30]
Glory Daze	1996	Jack Freeman		[31]
Chasing Amy	1997	Holden McNeil		[32]
Going All the Way	1997	Gunner Casselman		[33]
Good Will Hunting	1997	Chuckie Sullivan	Also writer	[34]
Shakespeare in Love	1998	Ned Alleyn		[35]
Phantoms	1998	Sheriff Bryce Hammond		[36]
Armageddon	1998	A. J. Frost		[37]
Dogma	1999	Bartleby		[38]
Forces of Nature	1999	Ben Holmes		[39]
200 Cigarettes	1999	Bartender		[40]
Bounce	2000	Buddy Amaral		[41]
Reindeer Games	2000	Rudy Duncan		[42]
Boiler Room	2000	Jim Young		[43]
Joseph: King of Dreams	2000	Joseph (voice)	Animated film	[44]
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	2001	Himself/Holden McNeil	Cameo appearance	[45]
Daddy and Them	2001	Lawrence Bowen		[46]
Pearl Harbor	2001	Rafe McCawley		[47]
Stolen Summer	2002	None	Producer	[48]
Changing Lanes	2002	Gavin Banek		[49]
The Sum of All Fears	2002	Jack Ryan		[50]
The Third Wheel	2002	Michael	Also executive producer	[51]
Speakeasy	2002	None	Executive producer	[52]
The Battle of Shaker Heights	2003	None	Executive producer	[53]
Daredevil	2003	Matt Murdock / Daredevil		[54]
Gigli	2003	Larry Gigli		[55]
Paycheck	2003	Michael Jennings		[56]
Surviving Christmas	2004	Drew Latham		[57]
Jersey Girl	2004	Ollie Trinke		[58]
Elektra	2005	Matt Murdock / Daredevil	Director's cut only	[59]
Feast	2005	None	Executive producer	[60]
Man About Town	2006	Jack Giamoro		[61]
Clerks II	2006	Gawking Guy		[62]
Hollywoodland	2006	George Reeves		[63]
Smokin' Aces	2006	Jack Dupree		[64]
Gone Baby Gone	2007	None	Director, writer	[65]
Gimme Shelter	2008	None	Director, documentary	[66]
He's Just Not That Into You	2009	Neil		[67]
State of Play	2009	Stephen Collins		[68]
Extract	2009	Dean		[69]
The Town	2010	Doug MacRay	Director, writer	[70]
The Company Men	2010	Bobby Walker		[71]
Argo	2012	Tony Mendez	Director, producer	[72]
To the Wonder	2012	Neil		[73]
Runner Runner	2013	Ivan Block		[74]
Gone Girl	2014	Nick Dunne		[75]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	2016	Bruce Wayne / Batman		[76]
Suicide Squad	2016	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Uncredited cameo	[77]
The Accountant	2016	Christian Wolff		[78] [79]
Live by Night	2016	Joe Coughlin	Director, writer and producer	[80]
Bending the Arc	2017	None	Documentary; executive producer	[81]
Justice League	2017	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Also executive producer	[82]
Triple Frontier	2019	TBA	Post-production	[83]

Television

Television roles of Affleck

Title	Year	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
The Voyage of the Mimi	1984	C.T. Granville	PBS	6 episodes	[84]
ABC Afterschool Special	1986	Danny Coleman	ABC	Episode: "Wanted: The Perfect Guy"	[85]
Hands of a Stranger	1987	Billy Hearn	CBS	Television film	[86]
The Second Voyage of the Mimi	1988	C.T. Granville	PBS	12 episodes	[87]
Daddy	1991	Ben Watson	NBC	Television film	[88]
The Torkelsons	1993	Kevin Johnson	NBC	Episode: "Is That All There Is?"	[89]
Against the Grain	1993	Joe Willie Clemons	NBC	8 episodes	[90]
Lifestories: Families in Crisis	1994	Aaron Henry	HBO	Episode: "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story"	[91]
Saturday Night Live	1999–2013	Himself	NBC	7 episodes	[2]
Project Greenlight	2001–05, 2015	Himself	HBO	Executive producer	[11] [92]
Push, Nevada	2002	None	ABC	Executive producer and writer	[93]
Reporter	2009	None	HBO	Documentary; executive producer	[94]
Curb Your Enthusiasm	2009	Customer	HBO	Episode: "Officer Krupke"	[95]
The Leisure Class	2015	None	HBO	Television film; executive producer	[96]
The Runner	2016	None	go90	Executive producer	[97]
Incorporated	2016	None	Syfy	Executive producer	[98]
City on a Hill	TBA	None	Showtime	Executive producer	[99]