Ben Affleck
- Birthplace: Berkeley, California
- Birthday: August 15, 1972
Actor, writer, and director Ben Affleck hit the Hollywood radar in 1997 as the co-writer and co-star of “Good Will Hunting,” earning an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay along with childhood best friend Matt Damon. In fact, the seemingly overnight ascent to stardom in tandem with Damon, became one of the great “Hollywood” stories” of all time – right up there with Lana Turner being discovered at Schwab’s Drugstore. Flying past the more understated Damon in terms of initial popularity and box office, the handsome, chiseled Affleck…more
