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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are American actors, screenwriters, and producers from Cambridge, Massachusetts who have frequently collaborated throughout their careers. The duo first gained recognition in 1997 after they were awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting , which they wrote and starred in ...
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- Air (2023) A biographical drama about the world of sports and fashion. Air. PG-13. April 5, 2023. Director. Ben Affleck. Cast. Ben Affleck , Viola Davis , Matt Damon , Jason Bateman , Gustaf Skarsgård , Chris Messina.
- The Last Duel (2021) A medieval war film directed by Ridley Scott. The Last Duel. R. October 15, 2021. Director. Ridley Scott. Cast. Adam Driver , Michael McElhatton , Harriet Walter , Ben Affleck , Matt Damon , Sam Hazeldine , Nathaniel Parker , jodie comer.
- Jay And Silent Bob Reboot (2019) Another Kevin Smith comedy with meta-commentary on reboot culture. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. R. October 15, 2019.
- Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) Damon and Affleck cameo in a movie with meta-commentary on the film industry. In 2001, both Damon and Affleck made cameo appearances in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Meet
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Begin Auditioning Together
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Go to Separate Colleges
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck CoStar in A Movie For The First Time
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Co-Write Good Will Hunting
- September 27, 1996: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck CoStar in Glory Daze
- April 1997: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Good Will Hunting Begins Production
- January 18, 1998: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Win Big at The Golden Globes
- March 23, 1998: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Win Their First Oscars
- November 1999: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Share The screen Again in Dogma
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Affleck and Damon met at the respective ages of 8 and 10 years old when they lived two blocks away from one another in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They became fast friends when they discovered that they each loved baseball and acting. Damon recalled in a November 2019 interview on Conanthat his friendship with Affleck was solidified after Affleck, at...
Affleck and Damon began working together as actors before they could legally vote. Their mutual support was priceless, Affleck recalled in an interview with Parade, in part because Damon made him feel less alone. "Before Matt, I was by myself. Acting was a solo activity where I'd just go off and do something, act in a little TV show or something, a...
After being inseparable through grammar and high school, Damon enrolled in Harvard University, though he and Affleck remained close. Two years later, Affleck attended the University of Vermont. Affleck explained that he chose the school because he wanted to be with his high school girlfriend. "She wasn't even at the University but at another school...
Damon and Affleck costarred alongside Brendan Fraser in School Tiesin 1992. In the film, Affleck plays Chesty Smith and Damon stars as Charlie Dillon. Both characters are anti-semitic bullies who harass Fraser's Jewish character David Greene, though Dillon is significantly worse — with a much larger role for Damon. Over the next several years, both...
Damon began working on his script for Good Will Hunting for a playwrighting class during his fifth year at Harvard. On a trip out to Los Angeles to shoot Geronimo: An American Legend, he brought the script with him and showed it to Affleck. "Matt said, 'Look, will you help me write this? I'm not sure what it is or where to go.' So we started writin...
Affleck stars as a disaffected soon-to-be college graduate named Jack in the indie comedy Glory Daze, with Damon in a non-speaking role as one of Jack's former roommates. Though it was considered a critical bomb, it had a slew of A-listers in the supporting cast, including Matthew McConaughey, Brendan Fraser, Alyssa Milano, Sam Rockwell and Leah Re...
April 1997 was a busy month for the duo: Chasing Amy, in which Affleck starred and Damon had a supporting role, debuted, and they began filming Good Will Hunting, wrapping production in a mere nine weeks from the start date. The film hit theaters in a limited release that December and in wide release in January 1998. Affleck joked of the experience...
Damon and Affleck's first taste at awards show glory came at the 1998 Golden Globes, where they took home awards for best screenplay.
Affleck and Damon delivered one of the most charming and memorable Oscars speechesof all time when they took the trophy for Best Original Screenplay. "Ha! I just said to Matt that losing would suck and winning would be really scary, and it's really, really scary," Affleck said onstage. "We were younger than we felt," Damon later recalled of the big...
Teaming up with pal Kevin Smith, who they credited with helping Good Will Hunting get made, Damon and Affleck starred as fallen angels in Dogma.
From childhood pals to Oscar-winning collaborators, see how the Boston natives became Hollywood stars and best friends. Learn about their early auditions, co-written scripts, family milestones and more.
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Feb 13, 2024 · Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been close since they were kids. Here's a timeline of their decade-spanning friendship.
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- Field of Dreams (1989) The duo made their big screen debut as uncredited extras in Field of Dreams. According to an interview with Damon on the Dan Patrick Show, the main reason why they were in the film was because the call for extras was at the Red Sox’s baseball arena, Fenway Park.
- School Ties (1992) Affleck and Damon’s next film together was School Ties, where they co-starred as Chesty Smith and Charlie Dillon, two anti-semitic bullies who target David Green (played by Brendan Fraser), a Jewish classmate, at their prestigious prep school.
- Good Will Hunting. With Good Will Hunting, Affleck and Damon established themselves as not just talent on the silver screen, but behind-the-scenes as well.
- Chasing Amy (1997) Affleck and Damon appeared on-screen together yet again in Chasing Amy, a film that centers on the romantic woes of Holden McNeil, played by Affleck, who falls for Amy, a lesbian; Damon has a bit part as a business executive.
Jan 31, 2020 · Ben Affleck and Matt Damon first met when they were kids in Massachusetts and their decades-long relationship has become one of Hollywood's longest and most famous friendships.
Apr 5, 2023 · Learn how the Oscar-winning actors met as kids in Boston and became Hollywood stars and filmmakers together. See their joint projects, from Good Will Hunting to The Last Duel, and their off-screen support.
