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Ben Affleck
Benjamin Geza Affleck was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California, USA.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 very young. At 8 years old Ben was given his first steady acting job on a PBS mini-series. It was also at that age when Ben met his lifelong friend and fellow actor, Matt Damon. They played little league together and took drama classes together. Ben's teen years consisted of mainly TV movies and small television appearances.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck decided to write their own script, In December of 1997 Good Will Hunting (1997) was released, making the two unknown actors famous. The film was nominated for 9 Academy Awards and won two, including Best Original Screenplay for Ben and Matt. The film marked Ben's breakthrough role, in which he was given for the first time the chance to choose roles instead of having to go through grueling auditions constantly. He chose such roles in the blockbusters Armageddon (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Pearl Harbor (2001).
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