Benjamin Geza Affleck was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California, USA but raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was born to parents Tim Affleck, a social worker, who is now divorced from Ben's mother Chris Affleck (nee' Boldt) a school teacher. Ben also has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975. Ben wanted to be an actor ever since he could remember and his first acting experience was for a Burger King commercial, when he was on the PBS mini-series "The Voyage of t - www.imdb.com

BENAFFLECK has been recognized for his work as a writer, actorand, most recently, director.He made his directorial debut in 2007 withthe feature "GoneBaby Gone," for which he won several critics groups awards,including 2007 Best Directorial Debut from the National Board of Reviewand Hollywood Film Festival's Director of the Year. Affleck alsoco-wrote the screenplay for the film, adapted from the Dennis Lehanenovel. More Biography - www.celebritywonder.com

Ben Affleck and his childhood friend Matt Damon wrote and starred in the 1998 film Good Will Hunting. The resulting Oscar for best original screenplay catapulted both to stardom. Affleck first appeared in independent films such as Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993) and the Kevin Smith movies Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997). He then became a leading man, playing heroes in big budget action movies such as Armageddon (1998, with Bruce Willis), Pearl Harbor (2001, with Josh Hartnett) and Dared - www.answers.com

Actor, screenwriter. Born Benjamin Geza Affleck, on August 15, 1972, in Berkeley, California,to Chris and Tim Affleck. His parents separated soon after he was born, and officially divorced when he was 11. After the split, Affleck and his siblings moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts.Affleck's first acting experience came at the age of seven, when he appeared in The Dark End of the Street(1979), an independent film produced by a friend of the family. At the age of eight, Affleck appeared in a PBS production, Th - www.biography.com