Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt; August 15, 1972) is an American film screenwriter, director, actor, Academy Award Winner, and older brother of Casey Affleck. He became known in the mid 1990s, after his involvement in the film Mallrats, and has since become an Academy Award winner for his screenplay in Good Will Hunting in 1997. He has established himself as a Hollywood leading man, having starred in several big budget films, such as Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Changing Lanes, The Sum of All Fears and .