Birth Name: Benjamin Geza Affleck

Birth Date: August 15, 1972

Birth Place: Berkeley, California, USA

Height: 6'2''

Why he is a Golden Beau: It must be the chin cleft.

Movies you should see: Good Will Hunting, Dogma

Other Stuff:

-Has had an on-again/off-again engagement to musician/actress Jennifer Lopez

-Fined $135 for driving in Massachusetts with a suspended license. [1999]

-Dated Gwyneth Paltrow. [1998 - Jan 1999]

-Brother of actor Casey Affleck.

-Friend, and frequent collaborator, with actor Matt Damon. He and Damon sold their Good Will Hunting script for $600,000.

-Owns vintage Ms. Pac-Man and Millipede video-arcade games.

-Dropped out of the University of Vermont after 1 semester. Dropped out of Occidental College after 1 year, where he had studied Middle Eastern studies.

-Has his teeth capped.

-Owns 5 motorcycles.

-Was an extra with friend Matt Damon in Field of Dreams (1989).

-Is known for being a very good impressionist. He usually picks one of his costars while filming a movie and studies them. He displays his impressions on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno almost every time he is a guest. While filming The Sum Of All Fears (2002), he chose to study co-star Morgan Freeman. When he showed Morgan his impression on set, it was so accurate Freeman told him "You ever do that again, I'll kill you".

-His mother is Irish and father is Scotish

-Voluntarily entered Promises Rehabilitation Center in Malibu, CA for alcohol abuse. [31 July 2001]

-Growing up, the Marvel Comic book character Daredevil was his hero. He got to play the character in the 2003 movie.

Additional Links:
Ben Affleck at Bomis