Ben Affleck

 Benjamin Geza Affleck, born August 15 1972, is an American actor. He has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the Volpi Cup. This is the top award for actors at the Venice Film Festival. He began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984 1988,). In the following years, he was a part of the independent comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and numerous Kevin Smith films including Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and his childhood pal Matt Damon won the Golden Globe as well as the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for their script Good Will Hunting (1997) in which they also appeared in. The actor then became a prominent actor in the studio film industry, which included the disaster movie Armageddon (1998), the war-themed drama Pearl Harbor (2001), as well as the thrillers The Sum of All Fears and Changing Lanes (both 2002).After a career downturn, during which he appeared in the critically acclaimed Daredevil (2003) and Gigli