| Net Worth in $ | $150 million |
|---|---|
| Name | Ben Affleck |
| Age | 48 years |
| Date of Birth | 15 August, 1972 |
| Place of Birth | Berkeley, California , United States |
| Height | 1.92 m |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Wife/Spouse Name | Jennifer Garner (m. 2005–2018) |
| Children | Violet Affleck, Samuel Garner Affleck, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck |
| Profession | Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| Latest Update | 2020 |
Introduction of Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt is the real name of Ben Affleck. The famous actor, film maker, and producer has won many awards and is known worldwide. He began his career as a child with the TV show The Voyage of the Mimi. Since then, he has appeared in several films. Some of his famous films include Gone Girl, Justice League, Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Triple Frontier, and The Accountant. Ben Affleck net worth is more than $150 million.
“When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I’m doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it’s so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time.”- Ben Affleck
Early Life of Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck was born on 15 August 1972 in Berkeley, California to Timothy Byers Affleck, a mechanic and a playwright, and Christopher Anne Chris Boldt, an elementary school teacher. He was just three years old when his family shifted to Massachusetts. Ben attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school. He also studied Spanish at the University of Vermont. He also went to Occidental College to study Middle Eastern affairs. He started his acting career when he was a child. He said:
“I got into acting as a young child on account of a sort of arbitrary thing. A friend of my mom’s was a casting director, so really, as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.”- Ben Affleck
In the year 1997, Ben started dating Gwyneth Paltrow but they broke two years later. In 2000, they work together in the film Bounce and reunited again. They parted ways the same year in October. From 2002, he began his relationship with Jennifer Lopez.
The couple got engaged in 2002 and planned their wedding in 2003 but the relationship ended without they getting married. In the year 2004, Ben’s relationship with Jennifer Garner started. They married in 2005 and have 3 kids; two daughters Violet Anne and Seraphina Rose Elizabeth and a son Samuel Garner. The couple separated in 2015 and finally divorced in 2018.
Career
Ben appeared as a child actor in the film Dark Side of the Street. In 1984, his another film The Voyage of the Mimi was released which was a great success. Ben not only acted well but also tried his luck in direction and did quite a good job. His first directed film was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In 1997, he appeared in the film Good Will Hunting. This was again a huge success and Ben received many awards for this film.
He gave a number of hit films in his entire career which include Glory Daze (1995), Phantoms (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Forces of Nature (1999), Joseph: King of Dreams (2000), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), The Third Wheel (2002), Gigli (2003), Surviving Christmas (2004), Elektra (2005), Man About Town (2006), Gone Baby Gone (2007), He’s Not Just That Into You (2009), The Town (2010), Argo (2012), Gone Girl (2014), Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), The Accountant (2016), Justice League (2017), Triple Frontier (2019), and The Last Thing He Wanted (2020).
“I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I’ll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I’ll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play.”- Ben Affleck
Awards and Achievements
- In the year 1998, Ben’s film Good Will Hunting won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The same film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. Ben was also nominated in the Screen Star Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and in the Writers Guild of America Awards for Best Original Screenplay.
- In 2006, he won the Hollywood Film Award for Hollywood Supporting Actor for the film Hollywoodland. The very next year, he won the Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award for Gone Baby Gone. In 2012, he was awarded the Hollywood Ensemble Cast Award for the film Argo.
- His film Argo won many awards including the Academy Award, British Academy film Award, Golden Globe Award, Directors Guild of America Award, Producers Guild of America Award, Screen Star Guild Award, Palms Springs International Film Festival Award, and American Film Institute Award. The film also got nominated for several other awards as well including MTV Movie & TV Awards and People’s Choice Awards.
Ben Affleck Net Worth and Salary
Ben Affleck net worth in the year 2020 is almost $150 million. His income mostly comes from acting and production. His production company Pearl Street Films contributes a lot to his net worth. Since the actor is into gambling, this has also helped him increase his income up till now. He has been into acting since childhood and has collected a big amount from his career.
Bottom Line
Ben Affleck is a successful actor and a film maker of America who has appeared in more than 50 films up till now. At first, he only worked as an actor but later decided to work off-screen too and luckily succeeded. He really worked hard to get recognized globally.
“The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.”- Ben Affleck