Inside the Renaissance of Ben Affleck

But 20 years later — and he celebrates his 50th birthday on Aug. 15 — the actor, director, Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer, father and, once again, husband is going through it much harder, and he feels it.

Professionally speaking, his performance is in the 2020s Way back, in which he played an alcoholic high school basketball coach who can’t hold his own in a van because of the loss of his young son, earned him the best acting reviews of his life. He and Matt Damon put their heads together and went out together The last duel, which also got good reviews, but maybe just wasn’t what the popcorn-snorting crowd was looking for. And at the beginning of this year, he received a nomination for the “Golden Globe”. Tender barhis first nod to the position since 2007.

“I’m very happy, I’m having a very happy time of my life,” Affleck, smiling but obviously not going to tell told Extra last October at the premiere Tender bar. “Life is Beautiful.”

Affleck is also still fit for the role of Batman, serving as the thread that holds the DC film galaxy together for at least one more film, and he also has several projects as an actor and/or producer, including an announced remake of the film Prosecution witness it also governs who we are here for.