# Ben Affleck filmography

American actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck began his career as a child, appearing in several television shows, including the PBS educational program The Voyage of the Mimi (1984). He played an antisemite in the sports film School Ties (1992) and featured as a regular on the television drama Against the Grain (1993). He gained attention for playing the supporting part of a high-school senior in Richard Linklater's cult film Dazed and Confused (1993), after which he had his first leading role in Rich Wilkes's comedy Glory Daze (1995). In 1997, Affleck played a comics artist in Smith's art-house success Chasing Amy. He co-wrote the script and starred with Matt Damon in Gus Van Sant's drama film Good Will Hunting, for which they won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Affleck emerged a star with Michael Bay's top-grossing science fiction film Armageddon (1998). In 2000, Affleck co-formed a production company named LivePlanet, which produced Project Greenlight (2001–05, 2015), a television series that provides training to first-time filmmakers. Affleck starred in Bay's war film Pearl Harbor (2001), which despite negative reviews was a box office hit. His career subsequently went through a period of decline when he starred in a series of critical and commercial failures, including Gigli (2003). He made a comeback with the biopic Hollywoodland (2006), in which his portrayal of George Reeves earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
In 2007, Affleck made his feature film directorial debut with Gone Baby Gone, a thriller adapted by Affleck from the Dennis Lehane novel, which was critically praised. He went on to act in and direct two acclaimed features for Warner Bros.—the crime drama The Town (2010) and the thriller Argo (2012). The latter, about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis in which he played the intelligence agent Tony Mendez, won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA for Best Director. In 2014, Affleck played a man accused of murdering his wife in David Fincher's thriller Gone Girl. Two years later, he starred as Batman in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), which grossed $873 million to rank as his highest-grossing release; he reprised the role in a few installments set in the DC Extended Universe. He subsequently gained praise for playing a recovering alcoholic in the sports drama The Way Back (2020), Peter II, Count of Alençon in the period film The Last Duel (2021), and a caring father-figure in the drama The Tender Bar (2021). Affleck returned to direction with the acclaimed sports drama Air (2023), in which he also portrayed Phil Knight.

## Film

Acting roles
Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1981 | The Dark End of the Street | Tommy | | [27] [28] |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Extra | Uncredited | |
| 1992 | School Ties | Chesty Smith | | |
| 1992 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Basketball Player 10 | Uncredited | |
| 1993 | Dazed and Confused | Fred O'Bannion | | |
| 1995 | Mallrats | Shannon Hamilton | | |
| 1995 | Glory Daze | Jack Freeman | | |
| 1997 | Chasing Amy | Holden McNeil | | |
| 1997 | Going All the Way | Gunner Casselman | | |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Chuckie Sullivan | | |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Edward Alleyn | | |
| 1998 | Phantoms | Sheriff Bryce Hammond | | |
| 1998 | Armageddon | A. J. Frost | | |
| 1999 | Dogma | Bartleby | | |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature | Ben Holmes | | |
| 1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Bartender | | |
| 2000 | Bounce | Buddy Amaral | | |
| 2000 | Reindeer Games | Rudy Duncan | | |
| 2000 | Boiler Room | Jim Young | | |
| 2000 | Joseph: King of Dreams | Joseph (voice) | | |
| 2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Himself / Holden McNeil | | |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them | Lawrence Bowen | | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Rafe McCawley | | |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Gavin Banek | | |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Jack Ryan | | |
| 2002 | The Third Wheel | Michael | | |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Matt Murdock / Daredevil | | |
| 2003 | Gigli | Larry Gigli | | |
| 2003 | Paycheck | Michael Jennings | | |
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Drew Latham | | |
| 2004 | Jersey Girl | Ollie Trinke | | |
| 2005 | Elektra | Matt Murdock / Daredevil | Director's cut only | |
| 2006 | Man About Town | Jack Giamoro | | |
| 2006 | Clerks II | Gawking Guy | Cameo | |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland | George Reeves | | |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Jack Dupree | | |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Neil | | |
| 2009 | State of Play | Stephen Collins | | |
| 2009 | Extract | Dean | | |
| 2010 | The Town | Douglas "Doug" MacRay | | |
| 2011 | The Company Men | Bobby Walker | | |
| 2012 | Argo | Tony Mendez | | |
| 2012 | To the Wonder | Neil | | |
| 2013 | Runner Runner | Ivan Block | | |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Nick Dunne | | |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Bruce Wayne / Batman | | |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Bruce Wayne / Batman | Uncredited | |
| 2016 | The Accountant | Christian Wolff | | [74] [75] |
| 2016 | Live by Night | Joe Coughlin | | |
| 2017 | Justice League | Bruce Wayne / Batman | | |
| 2019 | Triple Frontier | Tom "Redfly" Davis | | |
| 2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Holden McNeil | Cameo | |
| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Treat Morrison | | |
| 2020 | The Way Back | Jack Cunningham | | |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Bruce Wayne / Batman | Director's cut of Justice League | |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Count Pierre d'Alençon | | |
| 2021 | The Tender Bar | Uncle Charlie | | |
| 2022 | Deep Water | Vic Van Allen | | |
| 2022 | Jennifer Lopez: Halftime | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2022 | Clerks III | Boston John | Cameo | |
| 2023 | Air | Phil Knight | | |
| 2023 | Hypnotic | Daniel Rourke | | |
| 2023 | The Flash | Bruce Wayne / Batman | Uncredited | [90] [91] |
| 2024 | This Is Me... Now: A Love Story | Rex Stone / Biker | | [92] [93] |
| 2024 | The Greatest Love Story Never Told | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2025 | The Accountant 2 † | Christian Wolff | Complete | |
| 2025 | RIP † | TBA | Post-production | |
| TBA | Animals † | TBA | Filming | |

### Filmmaking credits

Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | No | Yes | No |
| 2002 | Stolen Summer | No | No | Yes |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2010 | The Town | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2012 | Argo | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2016 | Live By Night | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2023 | Air | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2023 | Kiss the Future | No | No | Yes |
| 2024 | The Instigators | No | No | Yes |
| 2024 | Unstoppable | No | No | Yes |
| 2025 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | No | No | Yes |
| 2025 | The Accountant 2 | No | No | Yes |
| 2025 | RIP | No | No | Yes |
| TBA | Animals | Yes | No | Yes |
* Executive producer
* The Third Wheel (2002)
* Speakeasy (2002)
* The Battle of Shaker Heights (2002)
* Feast (2005)
* Reporter (2009) (Documentary)
* Bending the Arc (2017) (Documentary)
* Justice League (2017)
* Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
* Small Things Like These (2024)
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
| 1993 | I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney | Yes | No | No |
| 2008 | Gimme Shelter (Documentary) | Yes | No | No |
| 2023 | For People In Trouble | No | No | Yes |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1984 | The Voyage of the Mimi | C.T. Granville | 6 episodes | |
| 1986 | ABC Afterschool Special | Danny Coleman | Episode: "Wanted: The Perfect Guy" | |
| 1987 | Hands of a Stranger | Billy Hearn | Television film | |
| 1988 | The Second Voyage of the Mimi | C.T. Granville | 12 episodes | |
| 1991 | Daddy | Ben Watson | Television film | |
| 1993 | The Torkelsons | Kevin Johnson | Episode: "Is That All There Is?" | |
| 1993 | Against the Grain | Joe Willie Clemons | 8 episodes | |
| 1994 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Aaron Henry | Episode: "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story" | |
| 2000–2013 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | 7 episodes | |
| 2001–2005 & 2015 | Project Greenlight | Himself | 15 episodes | [10] [129] |
| 2008 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Customer | Episode: "Officer Krupke" | |
| 2024 | The Roast of Tom Brady | Himself | Netflix comedy special | |
As producer
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
| 2001–2005 & 2015 | Project Greenlight | Executive producer | [10] [132] |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | Executive producer and writer 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | The Leisure Class | Television film; executive producer | |
| 2016 | The Runner | Executive producer | |
| 2016 | Incorporated | Executive producer | |
| 2019–2022 | City on a Hill | Executive producer and story concept | |
| 2024 | We Were the Lucky Ones | Executive producer | |

## Music videos

| Year | Title | Role | Performer |
| 2002 | "Jenny from the Block" | Himself | Jennifer Lopez |
| 2020 | "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe" | Himself | Residente |
| 2022 | "Marry Me (Ballad)" | Himself | Jennifer Lopez, Maluma |