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Benjamin Geza
Affleck was born on August 15th,
1972 in Berkeley, California.
His Father works in a Drug
rehabilitation hospital in
California and his mother is
a Teacher in Cambridge. His younger
brother (and only sibling), Casey,
is also an actor and co-starred with
Ben in Good Will Hunting. When
Affleck was very young his family
relocated to the Boston area. This
is where he broke into acting. At the
age of eight he starred in PBS’s
marine biology-themed ''The Voyage of
the Mimi.'' He also struck up a
friendship with Matt Damon, a boy
two years older than himself who
lived down the street. After
Graduating high school the young
Affleck dabbled in higher education
at both the University of Vermont and
California’s Occidental College. He
found it all too restricting and
opted to give Hollywood a try. He
landed parts in made-for-TV
movies and had a small role in
''School Ties'' in 1992 which also
featured Matt Damon. Ben followed
with work in ''Dazed and Confused''
(1993), and ''Mallrats'' in 1995.
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Affleck began
feeling frustrated with the lack of
substantial roles he found
in Tinseltown. He received a phone
call from long time friend Matt
Damon. Damon wanted Ben to help him
work on a screen play he had started
while at Harvard. Affleck agreed and
together they came up with a
brilliant story that featured them
inthe lead characters. However, it
was Affleck's brother, Casey, who
introduced the pair to director Gus
Van Sant. Van Sant had directed
Casey in ''To Die For.'' Thanks
to Van Sant’s interest the script was
picked up by Miramax and in 1997
''Good Will Hunting'' was
realized. The movie was a huge
success and so were Affleck and
Damon. They won the Oscar for Best
Original Screenplay. Ben became one
of Hollywood's most promising young
men. He also gained a lot of
attention for his ongoing
relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow.
He continued to keep busy with
enormous success in Oscar winner
''Shakespeare in Love'' starring
Gwyneth Paltrow and the block buster
''Armageddon'' (1999) opposite Liv
Tyler and Bruce Willis. He has
continued with a dizzying pace,
appearing in ''Forces of Nature,''
''Boiler Room,'' ''Daddy and Them'',
reuniting with Damon in "Dogma,'' in ''Deception'' co-starring Charlize Theron
and many more. His relationship with
Jennifer Lopez was followed by the
paprazzi and tabloids with relentess
ardour, and his relationship and
subsequent marriage to actress
Jennifer Garner has attracted just
as much attention. Simply put, he is
one of the brightest, most
publicized young leading men in
Hollywood today. >>>Book
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