Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck got into acting at 12 through a Burger King ad and a PBS miniseries called "The Voyage of the Mimi." After dropping out of college, he got his first substantial parts in "Dazed and Confused" and "Chasing Amy." He reunited with his Boston boyhood pal Matt Damon in 1997 to co-write "Good Will Hunting," which earned him a Best Original Screenplay Oscar. The next year he became an action star in "Armageddon" and was back at the big show alongside then girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow as part of the cast for "Shakespeare in Love." In 2000, Damon and Affleck