Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner welcomed their second daughter, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck, born January 6, 2009 in Los Angeles. Garner and Affleck, both 36, are also parents to daughter Violet, 3.

In 1998, Ben won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay-Motion Picture for Good Will Hunting. Ben has been nominated for two SAG awards. In 1998, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast for Good Will Hunting. In 1999 he won Outstanding Performance by a Cast for Shakespeare In Love. Ben has also been nominated for three Emmy awards. In 2002, 2004 and 2005 he was nominated for Outstanding Reality Program for his show Project Greenlight.

While Ben was directing the film Gone Baby Gone, police mistook him for a Boston drug dealer and he, along with some of the crew, were almost arrested.

Ben was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2007.

Ben and Jennifer Garner had their daughter baptised. Violet, who turned one on December 1, was baptised on Christmas Eve at the United Methodist Christ Church, in Charleston.

Ben wrote the introduction in the trade paper back of, Daredevil: Guardian Devil which contains Daredevil (Volume 2) #1–8.

Ben is a big Daredevil fan.

Ben was mentioned in I'll Sue Ya in "Weird Al" Yankovic's CD, Straight Outta Lynwood: with the lines... I sued Ben Affleck... Aw, do I even need a reason?

Ben has Scotish and English ancestry on his father's side of the family and Irish ancestry on his mother's side of the family.

Ben is reportedly leading a list of candidates to play '80s detective Magnum P.I in a movie version of the cult TV show.

Ben joined the long list of celebrities lampooned by South Park. It happened in South Park episode 101 entitled "Fat Butt and Pancake Head."

Ben recently listed his Los Angeles (Brentwood) home for sale for $4.99 million in December 2005, since he's currently residing with his wife, Jennifer Garner, and their baby. It is 4,500 square feet, and has five bedrooms. It also has partial ocean views.

Ben and his friend Matt Damon sold their Academy Award winning script Good Will Hunting for $600,000.

Ben was chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 2005.

Ben's teeth are capped.

When Ben was little, he asked his mom for a dog, and she tested him by making him walk an imaginary dog for a week. Ben only lasted for five days and didn't end up getting a real dog.

Ben was accidently knocked unconscious by football player Dana Stubblefield during the filming of Reindeer Games. Stubblefield slipped, and Affleck was knocked down. He was taken to the hospital, but fully recovered.

Ben owns vintage Ms. Pac-Man and Millipede video-arcade games.

Ben was fined $135 for driving in Massachusetts with a suspended license.

Ben runs an internet company with Matt Damon, LivePlanet.

In 2001, Ben booked himself into the Promises Rehab Center in Malibu, due to his battle with alcoholism.

Ben's movie Gigli, with former fiance Jennifer Lopez, has been called one of the worst movies of all time.

Ben's father once served as a janitor for M.I.T. This was also the job of the lead character in Good Will Hunting.

Ben attended Rindge And Latin High School with fellow actor Matt Damon.

Ben brought his mom as his date when he won his Academy Award for Good Will Hunting.

Ben's father, Tim, was an actor and director who worked and partied with Dustin Hoffman, and joined the Theatre Company Of Boston.

In 2006, Ben will begin directing his first feature, Gone, Baby, Gone, which is based on the Dennis Lehane novel about two Boston area detectives investigating the kidnapping of a little girl.

Ben is an avid poker player, regularly entering local events. He has been tutored by poker professionals Amir Vahedi and Annie Duke. He won the California State Poker Championship on June 20, 2004, taking home the first prize of $356,000, and qualifying him for the 2004 World Poker Tour final tournament.

Ben had a brief but high-profile romance with actress Gwyneth Paltrow following her breakup with Brad Pitt.

Ben currently resides in Santa Monica, California.

Anticipating the stress of having a child, Ben has already planned a romantic get-away for him and wife Jennifer Garner come April 2006, sans baby.

After Jennifer Garner mentioned seeing a beautiful $14,000 Sol Rafael diamond ring, Ben got his dad to hand-deliver the cash so he could get her the ring as quickly as possible.

Ben loves his Bentleys (cost: $167,000). He drives at least three different ones!

Ben invited Jennifer's mother, Pat, to be present for the birth of their first child.

Ben hoped to snag the role of James Bond in the next Bond movie, but he lost out.

Ben previously starred in ads for Burger King as a child actor and L'Oreal Elvive hair products in 2003.

Ben has signed a $1.8 million deal to be the face of popular British deodorant Lynx (August 2005). Lynx is the European name of the American brand, Axe body spray.

Ben wed actress Jennifer Garner on June 29, 2005 at a resort in the Caribbean.

Ben is 6'2".

Ben was engaged to pop singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. The high-profile couple was known as "Bennifer." Ben and wife Jennifer Garner are known as "Bennifer Part II."

Ben is a huge fan of his hometown team, the Boston Red Sox. Like most Sox fans, he can't stand the New York Yankees.

Ben's best friend is fellow actor and Bostonite Matt Damon.