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[[File:afkec_3097.jpg|thumb|400px|He was the bomb in Phantoms, yo.]]

'''Ben Affleck''' (born 1972) is an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He became known in the mid 1990s, after his involvement in the [[View Askewniverse]], namely the film ''[[Mallrats]]'' and later played the lead role in ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' in 1997. Affleck has since become an Academy Award winner for his screenplay with [[Heterosexual Life Partners|BFF]] [[Matt Damon]] in ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' in 1997. He has established himself as a Hollywood leading man, having starred in several big budget films, such as ''[[Armageddon]]'' (1998), ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'' (2001), ''[[Changing Lanes]]'' (2002), ''The Sum of All Fears'' (2002) and ''[[Daredevil]]'' (2003). In 2003 he starred in the bomb ''[[Gigli]]'', which at the time [[Star-Derailing Role|killed his career]] as a big star. He's since rebuilt his acting career from the ground up by focusing on less glamourous roles than his earlier career, earning back a lot of cred with an award-winning turn the troubled [[George Reeves]] in ''Hollywoodland'', and had a full-on [[Career Resurrection]] in 2007 with his directional debut ''[[Gone Baby Gone]]'' which was both a critical and commercial success and with the reviews of 2010's ''[[The Town]]'' has proved that he's a force to be reckoned with. 

He has played [[Batman]] in several films of the [[DC Extended Universe]], including ''[[Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'', ''[[Justice League (2017 film)|Justice League]]'', its director's cut ''[[Zack Snyder's Justice League]]'', and ''[[Suicide Squad (film)|Suicide Squad]]''. He was set to direct, write and act in a film entitled ''The Batman'' but stepped down due to personal problems, with [[Robert Pattinson]] taking the role and Matt Reeves directing.

After a high profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow in 1998, his relationship with actress/singer Jennifer Lopez attracted worldwide media attention in which Affleck and Lopez were dubbed as [[Portmanteau Couple Name|"Bennifer"]]. Following their breakup in 2004, he began dating [[Alias (TV series)|Jennifer Garner]]. "Bennifer 2.0" was much more successful, eventually leading to marriage and three kids - two daughters and a son.

Many fans have stated the fact that [http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/1/6/129072864798725511.jpg he looks]{{Dead link}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwVgQ4Wq7E&feature=related a lot] like the young version of Robert Smith from [[The Cure]].

Older brother of actor Casey Affleck.

Words of advice: 
{{quote|'''Kevin Murphy''': Also, make sure that, if you must have any Ben at all, limit yourself to just [[A Worldwide Punomenon|a fleck of Ben.]]}}

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* [[I Am Not Spock|I Am Not Batman]]: Even his son believes that Ben is Batman.

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