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Ben Affleck filmography

List of films featuring Ben Affleck

American actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck began his career as a child, appearing in several television shows, including the PBS educational program The Voyage of the Mimi ().[1] He played an antisemite in the sports film School Ties () and featured as a regular on the television drama Against the Grain ().[2][3] He gained attention for playing the supporting part of a high-school senior in Richard Linklater's cult clip Dazed and Confused (), after which he had his first leading role in Rich Wilkes's comedy Glory Daze ().[3][4] In , Affleck played a comics artist in Smith's art-house triumph Chasing Amy.

He co-wrote the script and starred with Matt Damon in Gus Van Sant's drama film Good Will Hunting, for which they won the Academy Award for Best First Screenplay.[5][6]

Affleck emerged a star with Michael Bay's top-grossing science fiction film Armageddon ().[7][8] In , Affleck co-formed a production business named LivePlanet, which produced Project Greenlight (–05, ), a television series that provides training to first-time filmmakers.[9][10][11] Affleck starred in Bay's war film Pearl Harbor (), which despite negative reviews was a box office hit.[12][13] His career subsequently went through a period of decline when he starred in a series of critical and commercial failures, including Gigli ().[14][15] He made a comeback with the biopic Hollywoodland (), in which his portrayal of George Reeves earned him a Golden Globe nomination.[14][16]

In , Affleck made his highlight film directorial debut with Gone Baby Gone, a thriller adapted by Affleck from the Dennis Lehanenovel, which was critically praised.[17][18] He went on to perform in and direct two acclaimed features for Warner Bros.—the crime drama The Town () and the thriller Argo ().[19] The latter, about the Iran hostage crisis in which he played the intelligence agent Tony Mendez, won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA for Best Director.[a][16][20][21] In , Affleck played a man accused of murdering his wife in David Fincher's thriller Gone Girl.[22] Two years later, he starred as Batman in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (), which grossed $ million to rank as his highest-grossing release; he reprised the role in a limited installments set in the DC Extended Universe.[8][23] He subsequently gained praise for playing a recovering alcoholic in the sports drama The Way Back (), Peter II, Count of Alençon in the period film The Last Duel (), and a attentive father-figure in the drama The Tender Bar ().[24][25] Affleck returned to direction with the acclaimed sports drama Air (), in which he also portrayed Phil Knight.[26]

Film

Acting roles

† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Filmmaking credits

Feature film

Short film

Television

As producer

Music videos

See also

Notes

References

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