Benjamin Geza Affleck

Benjamin Geza Affleck was born August 15, 1972, in Berkeley, California, but relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts with his family. Affleck's parents, Tim -- a former actor and director, and a drug rehab counselor, and Chris -- a schoolteacher and now one of his biggest advisors -- divorced not long after his birth, leaving Chris to care for sons Ben and Casey.

Acting was definitely in the family genes, as both Affleck brothers (Ben is 3 years older than Casey) wanted to become actors early on. By the age of 8, little Ben landed his first role, as a regular in the series The Voyage of the Mimi after an appearance in a Burger King commercial (thanks to his dad's connections).

In addition to being a Hollywood heartthrob and an alleged womanizer (he has been linked with Senfeild's ex, Shoshanna Lonstein and actress Famke Janssen, and seems to leave a trail wherever he shoots a movie), Affleck also has directing experience with the 1993 short, I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney. Affleck and Damon are also co-founders of Project Greenlight, an organization that funds and assists aspiring filmmakers.

Affleck will next be seen in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (with a star-studded cast consisting of Shannon Elizabeth, Eliza Dushku and Matt Damon, Changing Lanes with Samuel L. Jackson, The Third Wheel with Matt Damon and Denise Richards, and The Sum of All Fears, with Morgan Freeman.Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 2000, Affleck was active in Gore's Presidential campaign, and enjoys reading poetry, collecting motorcycles (so far he has 5) and vintage video-arcade games, smoking Camel Lights, and just being one of the guys.