Affleck's 2012 critically acclaimed film 'Argo' won an Academy Award for Best Picture. The historical drama thriller is a true story that takes place in the '70s, where Affleck plays a CIA agent who needs to get American Embassy staff out of Iran during a violent conflict.
Ben Affleck is an actor and screenwriter whose big break came with a role in the Academy Award-winning Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote with his childhood friend Matt Damon. In 1998, he starred in the successful blockbuster Armageddon and landed a part in the Academy Award-winning film Shakespeare in Love.
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. For the latter, Affleck won the BAFTA Award for Best Director, and the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Picture.
He has English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swedish, Swiss, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Welsh and French ancestry. The surname "Affleck" is of Scottish origin, and his middle name, "Géza", was the name of a family friend. He was raised in a mostly Episcopalian family.
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Does Ben Affleck actually speak Spanish?
Many others assumed Affleck learned Spanish from his wife, Jennifer Lopez, but as it turns out, he began speaking it as a child. When he was 13, Affleck was cast in a television show that spent a year filming in Mexico. He learned the basics over time, then he continued practicing as an adult.
“They both want their moms to fly in and spend time together, but Christine [Affleck] has never really gelled with Lupe [Lopez], so they've always been tactfully kept apart,” says the source, explaining that Ben's mom is “wary” of his second marriage.
So how does Affleck know how to speak Spanish so well? In 2020, he said on The Kelly Clarkson Show that he speaks Spanish "passively" and learned the language as a teen actor working on location in Mexico in the '80s.
But there is a definite wealthier part of the two, and it is definitely not Ben Affleck. In fact, J-Lo's net worth more than doubles that of Ben Affleck. She has earned substantial income over more than 20 years of her multi-faceted career in the world of entertainment.
And the dad of three said it didn't take long to add on pounds. “Listen, it's a lot easier to put on weight as you get older,” he said, though he's now back down to 210 lbs. Affleck also said it was “interesting” to play a character who “dealt with an addiction to alcohol, and that's something that I have dealt with.”
Meet Violet, Fin and Samuel. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's romantic relationship may not have lasted forever, but they lucked out being coparents to their three kids. The Hollywood actors tied the knot in 2005 and raised their daughter Violet, child Fin and son Samuel Affleck during their 13-year marriage.
Affleck and Damon are still the best of friends today — so it only makes sense that Damon was the first person the media turned to when rumors buzzed in 2021 of a rekindled romance between Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. (The pair got together in 2002 before calling off their engagement in 2004.)
After being inseparable through grammar and high school, Damon enrolled in Harvard University, though he and Affleck remained close. Two years later, Affleck attended the University of Vermont. Affleck explained that he chose the school because he wanted to be with his high school girlfriend.
JLo further revealed that her legal name is Mrs. Affleck because the couple are “joined together”. Also Read: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez give MET Gala a miss, go house-hunting in matching outfits instead.
Ben Affleck runs on Dunkin'! The first teaser for the 50-year-old actor's upcoming Super Bowl commercial hit Dunkin's Instagram on Thursday, and Ben brings back his Boston accent while talking over the drive-thru speaker.
Now that they're officially committed for the long haul, the source says Jennifer has become passionate about getting yet another second chance: having a baby with Ben. “She nagged him until he went along with it,” adds the source.
That's right, they reportedly want a child together! While Lopez has repeated this sentiment for quite some time, soon after she and Affleck got together, insiders claim she has baby fever right now, and is talking about it “nonstop.”
A proud Latina of her Spanish roots the actress is fluent in Spanish and wants to educate her kids in both languages, English and Spanish. (Note from the editor: This interview was done just before Lopez announced her departure from "American Idol.")
In a new interview with The U.S. Sun, Timothy Affleck said he hasn't talked to his son “in ages.” Despite their lack of contact, Timothy is happy for the recently engaged couple. “If everything one reads on the internet is true, they're having a good time together,” he told The Sun.
