Ben's mother, Christine Anne, Chris, is a school district employee and teacher, and his father, Timothy Byers Affleck, has been, at various times, a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, writer, director, and actor with the Theater Company of Boston.
Ben, an American actor, film director, writer, and producer became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997).
Affleck has Irish, Scottish, English, and German ancestry and the surname Affleck is Scottish.
Affleck won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), which he co-wrote with Matt Damon, and has appeared in lead roles in such popular hits as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Daredevil (2003), Hollywoodland (2007) and State of Play (2009).
