Ben Affleck is a $150 million Net Worth American actor, playwright, producer, and director. He is best known for creating and starring in “Good Will Hunting,” as well as directing and starring in “Argo.” For “Good Will Hunting,” he and Matt Damon won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. “Argo” earned Ben an Academy Award for Best Picture. Ben has made hundreds of millions of dollars in pay throughout the course of his career. Coincidentally, one of his biggest acting paychecks (before backend bonuses) was $15 million from the 2003 film “Paycheck.”
- Earned $300,000 for the “Goodwill Hunting” screenplay
- Has gone one to earn hundreds of millions from acting salaries alone
- At his peak was earning $15-20m per movie with backend
- Paid $18m for a house in LA in 2018
Early Life
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt was born in Berkeley, California on August 15, 1972, to Chris and Tim Affleck. Ben’s mother was a schoolteacher, while his father was an aspiring playwright who supported himself by working as an electrician, janitor, carpenter, and bookie. When Ben was three years old, his family relocated to Falmouth, Massachusetts, where his younger brother, Casey, was born. They then moved to Cambridge, where his parents later divorced.
Ben’s family was active in the arts in Cambridge. Ben and his brother grew up going to theatrical shows and hanging out with individuals who worked in the arts. His mother knew a local casting agent who set up auditions for both Affleck sons. Although she encouraged Ben to act, his mother never pushed him to pursue acting as a career; she rather that he become a teacher.
Ben Affleck met Matt Damon, who was two years his senior, when he was eight years old. The lads clicked right away and became lifelong friends. They took acting classes together and went on to have successful Hollywood careers.
Professional Career
When Affleck was seven years old, he landed his first professional acting role in a local independent film. Ben appeared in the PBS children’s shows “Voyage of the Mimi” and “Second Voyage of the Mimi” from the ages of 8 to 15, working in both Cambridge and Mexico. At the ages of 14 and 15, he participated in the ABC after-school special “Wanted: A Perfect Man” and the television film “Hands of a Stranger.”
Ben appeared in many films after graduating from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in 1990, including Daddy (1991), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), and School Ties (1993). (1992). Because of his size, he was frequently cast as a bully or jock. In both the NBC series “Against the Grain” and the HBO drama “Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story,” he played a football player. Ben went on to play a high school bully in Richard Linklater’s now-legendary film “Dazed and Confused.” He also appeared in the 1995 drama “School Ties” as a supporting actor.
