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[16], During Affleck's childhood, his father had a self-described "severe, chronic problem with alcoholism",[17] and Affleck has recalled him drinking "all day every day". [59] Affleck and Damon eventually won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. It's just more to illustrate the point of this continual thing of everybody knowing and everybody being part of it, unwittingly or proactively. [188] Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair said it was hard to avoid the movie's "meta angle": "Affleck handles his self-conscious task with a generous humilitygiving a performance built not out of histrionics or big actor moments, but instead from the messy details of a man in a plateaued distress". '"[447] In a leaked email regarding McGowan's case, Affleck stated: "I never saw Rose at any hotel in Sundance. [65] Shakespeare in Love won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, while the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. 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[161] Stephen Holden of The New York Times wondered why Affleck, "looking appropriately dead-eyed and miserable," committed himself to the film. Ben Affleck's parents are Timothy Byers Affleck and Christopher Anne Boldt. Early Life [300], Affleck campaigned for President Barack Obama. "[77], Affleck reunited with director Michael Bay for the critically derided war drama Pearl Harbor (2001). [178] Filming ofthe drug-trafficking thriller Triple Frontier was postponed by six months in order to accommodate his treatment for "health issues". Ben Affleck is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. Timothy, a retired social worker and writer, shares Ben and his younger brother Casey, 45, with his ex-wife Chris. [31][32], As a Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school student, Affleck acted in theater productions and was inspired by drama teacher Gerry Speca. Don't miss a beat. [400] Shookus served as the head of Saturday Night Live's talent department at the time,[401][402] a show which Affleck has hosted five times since 2000. His parents Christopher Anne Boldt and Timothy Byers Affleck both served in the Harvard University as an elementary teacher and a janitor respectively. Good Will Hunting had not yet been released during the casting process and, after Affleck's screen test, director Michael Bay dismissed him as "a geek". "[137] Also in 2010, Affleck and Damon's production company, Pearl Street Films, signed a first-look producing deal at Warner Bros.[138], Affleck soon began work on his next directorial project, Argo (2012), for Warner Bros. Affleck and Damon are co-owners of the production company Artists Equity and were also co-owners of Pearl Street Films. Born in Berkeley, CA on August 15, 1972, Affleck's mother, Christopher Anne "Chris" Boldt, was a Harvard-educated elementary school teacher, while his father, Timothy Byers Affleck, was an . Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor. Timothy Byers Affleck (1943 - Unknown) How do we create a person's profile? "[66], Affleck and Damon had an on-screen reunion in Kevin Smith's religious satire Dogma (after having appeared in Smith's previous films, Mallrats and Chasing Amy), which premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. "[47][48] Affleck later said Linklater was instrumental in demystifying the filmmaking process for him. [255] Also that year, he and Howard Graham Buffett co-wrote an article for The Huffington Post, highlighting the "growing percentage of the food insecure population that is not eligible for federal nutrition programs". [221], Affleck has written op-eds about issues facing eastern Congo for the Washington Post,[222][223] Politico,[224] the Huffington Post,[225] Time,[226] The New York Times[227] and the Los Angeles Times. During the Democratic National Convention in Boston, he spoke to many delegations, appeared on political discussion shows, and attended fundraising events. 'It has taken a toll on both of my sons,' the 74-year-old told Grazia last week. [34], After high school, Affleck moved briefly to New York in search of acting work. "[342][360] In subsequent years, he pushed back against the "curious notion" that he should view the relationship as a mistake, and reflected on the prevailing tabloid culture at the time "where it's about one person and everybody focuses on them. "I haven't. Benjamin Gza Affleck[b] (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. [87][88] LivePlanet's biggest success was the documentary series Project Greenlight, aired on HBO and later Bravo, which focused on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. [192] Also in 2021, Snyder's director's cut of Justice League featured a newly filmed scene with Affleck. Ben Affleck Height Weight Body Statistics. [451] As an actor, he received Golden Globe nominations for his performances in Hollywoodland (2006) and The Tender Bar (2021). Actress Hilarie Burton stated that, during an on-air appearance on TRL Uncensored in 2003, Affleck "wraps his arm around me, and comes over and tweaks my left boob". "[287], Affleck supports the Second Amendment,[264] and said in 2012 that he owned several guns, both for skeet shooting and for the protection of his family. Part of HuffPost Entertainment. [134][135] A.O. He shot for The Flash in 2021 and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in 2022. And his relationship with his father impacted his life in a very negative way while he was growing up. He's terrific. He then directed and starred in the crime drama The Town (2010) and the political thriller Argo (2012), both of which were critical and commercial successes. "[384] He also stated that he had never envisioned himself as a divorced person and that he had been reluctant to divorce because of the impact it would have on his children. 15 1972, , , ) , . . But if recent reports are any indication, Affleck and Lopez might be getting to the introduce-each-other-to-your-parents phase of their relationship, weeks after news of their reunion first made headlines. In a new interview with . [165] In October 2016, Affleck and Damon made a one-off stage appearance for a live reading of the Good Will Hunting screenplay at New York's Skirball Theater. Timothy Byer Affleck worked as an actor and stage manager for the Theater Company of Boston in the sixties. [199] The film premiered at the London Film Festival, with Clooney remarking that he cast Affleck because he is "very intelligent, and he can also come off as the big goomba. 21 March 1950 [7] He decided to direct the crime drama The Town (2010), an adaptation of Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves. According to the actors' father Timothy, the brothers are simply victims of the entertainment world. "[197] Brian Truitt of USA Today said he "steals the movie": "He seems to have written the most entertaining character in the movie for himself, but we'll allow it. [70], Interested in a directorial career, Affleck shadowed John Frankenheimer throughout pre-production of the action thriller Reindeer Games (2000). "[172][173], Amidst an alcoholism relapse, Affleck did not work in 2017. I kind of chanced into something. Scott of The New York Times praised his "skill and self-confidence as a serious director,"[136] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times noted: "Affleck has the stuff of a real director. [269], Affleck is pro-choice. "[314] When Biden became the Democratic candidate, he donated to his campaign fund. [7] In 2020, he said trips to gun ranges as a young adult made him "uncomfortable to remember given the subsequent tragedies with young people and guns. Timothy attributes his own "severe" alcoholism to Ben's issues - and is pleased he continues to take his recovery seriously after relapsing last . [270] Affleck was a longtime supporter of legalizing gay marriage, saying in 2004 that he hoped to look back on the marriage debate "with some degree of embarrassment for how antiquated it was". Early life. By the end of the year, Affleck had become, in the words of GQ, the "world's most over-exposed actor". [291][12] In 2016, Affleck filmed an endorsement for Rezpect Our Water, an online petition to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. "[446] She said she met Affleck after being sexually assaulted by Weinstein during the Sundance Film Festival in 1997 and told him, while crying, that she had "just come from Harvey's and he said, 'Goddamnit, I told him to stop doing that. His father, Timothy Byers Affleck, was an aspiring playwright who was . The film Argo (2012), which he directed, co-produced, and starred in, won him the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA, and Directors Guild Award for Best Director, as well as the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA, the Producers Guild Award, and the Academy Award for Best Picture.[142]. [62] Daphne Merkin of The New Yorker remarked: "Affleck demonstrates a sexy Paul Newmanish charm and is clearly bound for stardom. Holden noted in The New York Times that the film "found a clever way to use Ben Affleck's disagreeable qualities. [321] He donated to the 2008 Congressional campaign of Pennsylvania's Patrick Murphy,[322] and to the 2010 Senate campaign of Kirsten Gillibrand. [163] Adapted from Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name, the Prohibition-era gangster drama received largely unenthusiastic reviews and failed to recoup its $65 million production budget. [61] The film, where he starred opposite Bruce Willis as a blue-collar driller tasked by NASA with stopping an asteroid from colliding with Earth, was a box office success. [346][347] Lopez's album This Is Me Then was dedicated to and inspired by Affleck. Affleck's mother, Christopher Anne Boldt, had already been at his residence, where she reportedly injured herself. Updated: December 12, 2020 Biography ID: 192801694 Timothy Affleck, who is also father to actor Casey Affleck, noted that he hasnt seen my kids in so long due to COVID-19 and their busy work schedules. 20032005: Career downturn and tabloid notoriety, 20162019: Batman and continued directing, 2020present: Supporting roles and Artists Equity. [328][329] In 2018, he made contributions to the Congressional campaigns of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sharice Davids and Leann Jacobsen,[330] and to Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed. 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