Birth Name: Benjamin G. Affleck
Birthdate: August 15, 1972
Birthplace: Berkeley, CA
Occupations: Actor, Director, Writer
Claim to Fame: Cowrote and starred in the Oscar-winning drama Good Will Hunting (1987) with pal Matt Damon

Family:
Father: Tim Affleck, social worker, former actor; divorced from Affleck's mother
Mother: Chris, teacher; divorced
Brother: Casey, actor; born 1975

Education:
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Occidental College, Eagle Rock, California (was attending when he made School Ties in 1992)
Awards:
1998: Academy Award: Best Original Screenplay, Good Will Hunting (cowritten with Matt Damon)

Factoids:
1993: Directed the short film I Murdered My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook