Ben Affleck seems to be the most miserable man in Hollywood as he is often seen looking downcast when out in Los Angeles and irritated when attending red carpet events.
The movie icon appears especially sad now that his less-than two year marriage to Jennifer Lopez is reportedly on the rocks.
But this Hollywood actor – who came to fame over 30 years ago with 1992’s School Ties – has it all, including a $150million estimate net worth.
Affleck, 51, has two Academy Awards: one was for writing Good Will Hunting (1998) and the other was for making Argo (2013).
And the Cambridge, Massachusetts native has so much fame he lands magazine covers, big-budget movies and a massive Dunkin’ Donuts campaign.
His fortune from films like Batman V Superman is vast as he now rents a $100K a month home in Los Angeles.
And he has had a string of beautiful women in his life, from Gwyneth Paltrow and first wife Jennifer Garner – the mom of his three children – to second bride Lopez.
Nothing seems to have brought him much happiness. And his grumpy disposition has sparked a thousand memes.
Ben Affleck seems to be the most miserable man in Hollywood as he is often seen looking downcast when out in Los Angeles and appearing irritated at red carpet events. Seen in a new episode of Hart To Heart
He seems especially sad now that his marriage to Jennifer Lopez is reportedly on the rocks. Seen in May 2023
While talking to Kevin Hart for an episode from season four of his show Hart To Heart, the Oscar-winning actor addressed his grumpiness.
The star said Affleck also addresses his resting grumpy face and his explanation is hard to believe as the actor – who has been in front of cameras for three decades – declares he is ‘shy.’
Ben said: ‘I’m also a little bit shy. I don’t like a lot of attention. This is why people see me and they’re like, “Why is this dude always mad?” Because someone had their camera sticking in my face, and I’m like, “OK, here we go.”‘
‘You have resting b***h face,’ Hart joked.
‘B****h? Now,’ Affleck responded as he pretended to be mad.
‘I have resting hard face. People are projecting onto me something that I don’t feel about myself at all.’
Hart loses points for not asking Ben why he continues to be in showbusiness if he doesn’t like attention.
Ben, who also directs, has no plans to stop acting: his next film is The Accountant 2.
Affleck is known for his brooding leading roles – pictured in 1997’s Good Will Hunting – which bagged him his first Oscar
But this Hollywood actor who came to fame over 30 years ago with 1992’s School Ties seems to have it all. Affleck, 51, has Oscars, money and looks; seen in May
While talking to Kevin Hart for an episode from season four of his show Hart To Heart , the Oscar-winning actor addressed the ‘Sad Affleck’ memes – Seen with JLo in 2022
The couple seemed happier 20 years ago, right, than they did earlier this year, left
This comes after a source told DailyMail.com the main reason J.Lo is upset with her husband is because he was always ‘grumpy and negative’ like Oscar The Grouch from Sesame Street.
‘If people could see what she has really gone through they would be easier on her,’ said the source.
‘Ben is a great guy but he can be grumpy and a downer.
‘I think the world saw that in photos like when they were at the Grammys last year; he wouldn’t smile. If they saw how it really was, they would not attack her,’ said the friend of Jennifer.
‘He chain smokes and cusses and seems irritated a lot of the time. Great director and actor, but not a lot of laughs with him, you know?’ said the source. ‘He is a wonderful father though.’
Ben said: ‘I’m also a little bit shy. I don’t like a lot of attention. This is why people see me and they’re like, “Why is this dude always mad?; in February 2023
Looking miserable with ex-wife Jennifer Garner in LA on June 11 – the pair were wed from 2005-2018 and share three children
Ben looked grumpy at the 81st Golden Globe Awards in January 7 with Matt Damon
And Ben appeared sad in March with JLo and son Samuel at the Laker game in LA
The star has dated a host of famous beauties – including Deep Water co-star Ana De Armas from 2020-2021 (pictured 2020)
He romanced Saturday Night Life producer Lindsay Shookus from 2017-2019 (pictured 2018)
The same year he went to rehab, he had a brief fling with Playboy model Shauna Sexton – who at 23 was 20 years his junior
Lopez plans on pushing on.
‘She is really not used to this kind of bad feedback, but she will get over it. She will march on,’ said the pal.
‘Jennifer is a very smart and strong woman and she will bounce back, she always does!’
And as far as how Jennifer and Ben are getting along these days, the insider said they are being ‘cordial’ with each other.
So what happened to the once jovial Ben who used to smile at fans and make out with Jennifer in public?
The source points to the pressure in Ben’s career.
‘He is now filming Accounting 2 and the hours are really long, he is working hard at it and it’s a lot to juggle with marriage and kids,’ said the source. ‘So sometimes he is not in the best mood.’
In 2022, Ben reflected on his sad meme from the now-iconic video of him sadly staring off into space during a press junket interview for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Affleck admitted that though he thought the memes sparked by the video were funny, he is now more concerned about the affects it had on his children.
The 8-year-old video – featuring a melancholy soundtrack – shows Affleck alongside co-star Henry Cavill as they are told that the movie is getting mixed reviews.
He dated Gwyneth Paltrow from 1997-2000 (pictured 1999)
The star courted worldwide attention when he groped then fiancee J-Lo’s backside in her Jenny From The Block video in 2002
Affleck talked in 2022 about the now-iconic video of him sadly staring off into space during a press junket interview for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
The video shows Affleck alongside co-star Henry Cavill as they are told that the movie is getting mixed reviews
And while Cavill launches into a professional response, Affleck turns his gaze down with a look of utter dismay.
The video – which went viral overnight – was quickly turned into a parody, as YouTuber Sabconth added in a collage of negative headlines from review articles, as well as Simon and Garfunkel’s song The Sound of Silence.
The actor opened up about the meme and his public perception to the Los Angeles Times, saying, ‘I got to a place where [the public perception] was so different from who I am that I just stopped reading and stopped caring.’
He went on to say he was concerned about his kids being affected by it. ‘But then, as my kids got older and started seeing the internet themselves, that’s the difficult part. Even the “Sad Affleck” meme — that was funny to me. I mean, there’s nobody who hasn’t felt that way at a junket,’ he stated.
‘But then my kids see it and I think, “Oh, are they going to think their dad is fundamentally sad or they have to worry about me?” That’s really tough,’ the star added.
There have been hundreds of memes dedicated to Ben’s sour face over the years
The actor also reflected on his early years and how his public image didn’t match his private persona.
‘I think when I was young, people saw me as somebody who had too much or was successful too easily or looked like some kind of cavalier, insincere, callow frat guy,’ he said.
‘That was nothing like how I felt. I felt like this sort of insecure, anxious, overly verbal kid from Boston who had tried to break into this business and was dealing with his own stuff. But there is an interesting thing about how we come off versus who we are,’ he revealed.
The star’s first taste of moviemaking was at age seven in the independent film, The Dark End of the Street (1981), directed by a family friend.
Next he starred in the PBS children’s series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984) and The Second Voyage of the Mimi (1988).
As a teen, he appeared in the ABC after school special Wanted: A Perfect Man (1986), the television film Hands of a Stranger (1987). Ben also did a Burger King commercial in 1989.
At Occidental College in Los Angeles, Affleck directed student films.
The star’s first taste of moviemaking was at age seven in the independent film, The Dark End of the Street (1981). And he has worked hard ever since; seen in 2022
Then he worked more. He played Patrick Duffy’s son in the television film Daddy (1991), made an uncredited appearance as a basketball player in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer film (1992), and had a supporting role as a prep school student in School Ties (1992).
Then it was back to TV. He played a high school quarterback in the NBC television series Against the Grain (1993), and a steroid-abusing high school football player in Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story (1994).
A small part in Dazed and Confused (1993) did little for his career.
Affleck’s first starring film role was as an aimless art student in the college drama Glory Daze (1995). He then played a bully in Kevin Smith’s comedy Mallrats (1995) and next came Chasing Amy (1997). He got good reviews for Going All the Way (1997).
Then came the success of 1997’s Good Will Hunting, which changed everything.
Along the way, Ben has dated numerous well-known beauties. He romanced Gwyneth Paltrow – with whom he starred in Bounce and Shakespeare in Love together – on-off from 1997-2000.
The Batman actor sparked up a romance with Saturday Night Life producer Lindsay Shookus, who he dated from 2017 to 2019.
In 2018 the star was famously seen being driven to rehab by ex-wife Jennifer Garner after his loved ones staged an intervention.
The star first shot to fame in 1992’s School Ties – alongside Chris O’Donnell, Brendan Fraser and BFF Matt Damon
The star is seen with BFF Matt Damon – who is said to be currently leaning on amid his romance woes – as they won the Oscar for Original Screenplay in 1997
Affleck also took on a lead role in 2001 historical epic, Pearl Harbor
Ben appeared emotional as he left his house in a car driven by Jennifer. The actor reportedly arrived at The Canyon live-in rehab facility, in Malibu, that same evening, where he checked-in for an ‘extended period of time.’ He was famously snapped getting Jack In The Box en-route to treatment.
The same year he went to rehab, he had a brief fling with Playboy model Shauna Sexton – who at 23 was 20 years his junior – but that soon fizzled out.
Ana de Armas and Ben were first romantically linked in early 2020 after meeting on set of Deep Water in New Orleans.
They ultimately split ‘mutually and amicably’ according to a People report from January 2021 as sources claimed Ana didn’t want to be tied to Los Angeles, where Ben has to be based for his kids.
‘Ben is no longer dating Ana,’ the source told the publication. ‘She broke it off. Their relationship was complicated. Ana doesn’t want to be Los Angeles based and Ben obviously has to since his kids live in Los Angeles.’
The Gone Girl actor eventually moved on to rekindle a romance with Lopez,
Next up for Ben is The Accountant 2 with costar Jon Bernthal.