Ben Affleck

Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, movie director, producer and screenwriter. He became well known in the late 1990s, after acting in the movie Good Will Hunting. He has since become a Hollywood star having acted in several movies.

Affleck began playing the role of Batman in the DC Extended Universe beginning with the 2016 movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Family background
Affleck was born in Berkeley, California and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His mother, Christine Anne "Chris" Affleck (née Boldt), was a school district employee and teacher. His father, Timothy Byers Affleck, has been a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, writer, director, and actor with the Theater Company of Boston. After learning that he had slave-owning ancestors from Savannah, Georgia, he tried to hide it but got caught and apologized.

Affleck's mother was a freedom rider in the 1960s;Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2001 until her retirement, she was a public school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His younger brother is actor Casey Affleck. He has English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swedish, Swiss, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Welsh and French ancestry. The surname "Affleck" is of Scottish origin, and his middle name, "Géza", was the name of a family friend. He was raised in a mostly Episcopalian family.

On June 29, 2005, he married actress Jennifer Garner, with whom he has two daughters: Violet Anne (born December 1, 2005) and Seraphina Rose Elizabeth (born January 6, 2009), and a son, Samuel Garner (born February 27, 2012). In June 2015, they announced their separation. They divorced on October 4, 2018. In the summer of 2021, media reports surfaced that Affleck had reunited with Jennifer Lopez, which was soon confirmed by the couple themselves. On July 16, 2022, they married in Las Vegas. The couple had been separated since April 26, 2024, and Lopez filed for divorce on August 20.

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