The life of Ben Affleck from blockbuster movies to high-profile relationships

Ben Affleck's career in Hollywood has been a long one full with enormous success. Affleck has held many different positions on the films he has worked on, from actor, to writer, to director.

Ben Affleck is an Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker. Before landing his early movie roles, such as the 1997 film "Chasing Amy," he acted in several TV shows, including "The Voyage of the Mimi." (Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Affleck partnered up with longtime friend Matt Damon to write the film "Good Will Hunting." Both Damon and Affleck also starred in the movie. In 1998, the film won two Oscar awards, including one for best writing. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) In 1998, Affleck played a driller-turned-astronaut needed to save the world from an asteroid in the movie "Armageddon." ((Photo by Touchstone/Getty Images)) Affleck's tumultuous relationship with Jennifer Lopez has been at the center of the news for many years. Affleck and Lopez first met in 2002 while they were filming the movie "Gigli." Later that year, they got engaged but never made it down the aisle. (AP) In addition to his blockbuster movie roles, Affleck's relationships have also garnered a lot of public attention. Affleck first met Jennifer Garner in 2000 while they were filming "Pearl Harbor." They later connected again on the set of "Daredevil" in 2003. The following year, they went public with their relationship and were married in 2005. Affleck and Garner got divorced in 2015, but have continued to be supportive of one another. They are parents to children, Violet Anne Affleck, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck and Samuel Garner Affleck. (Angela Weiss) Affleck was raised in Cambridge, Mass., and often pays homage to the city where he spent much of his childhood. Affleck has attended many Boston sports games and has even filmed several movies in the city, like "The Town." (Bryce Vickmark/Getty Images) Affleck stepped into an iconic role played by many actors before him when he first emerged as Batman in the 2016 film "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." He played the caped crusader several more times after his debut in movies like "Justice League" and "Zack Snyder's Justice League." (Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Affleck and Damon have worked together many times since "Good Will Hunting." The duo filmed in the movie "Air," a film highlighting Nike's partnership with Michael Jordan, in 2023. Affleck was also the director of this film. (JC Olivera/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images) America runs on Dunkin' and so does Affleck. The actor has been an ambassador of the Massachusetts-based coffee chain for many years, starring in several commercials for the popular brand. He has even been spotted working the drive-thru window. (Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) In 2021, Affleck and Lopez got back together, and this time did make it down the aisle in 2022. In 2024, their relationship has been entangled with separation rumors as they appeared to be living their lives separate from one another. (Johnny Nunez) Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital. 

His acting career began with the television show "The Voyage of the Mimi" in 1984 and "The Second Voyage of the Mimi" in 1988.