RECENT CREDITS
Extract (FILM)  Sep. 4, 2009
State of Play (FILM)  Apr. 17, 2009
He's Just Not That Into You (FILM)  Feb. 6, 2009
Saturday Night Live (TV)  Nov. 1, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher (TV)  Oct. 17, 2008


HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Played a Congressman, opposite Russell Crowe, in the thriller "State of Play"
2009 Played Jason Bateman's best friend in Mike Judge's "Extract"
2007 Directorial and writing debut, the feature adaptation of "Gone, Baby, Gone"; based on the book by "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane and starring his brother Casey Affleck
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


The Company Men   -Cast
Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Director, Producer
Film


Nowhere Men   -Cast
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Producer
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Arizona  
Director
Film


Brat Farrar   -Eldest Brother
Actor
Film


Daredevil II   -Matt Murdock/Daredevil
Actor
Film


Extract  2009 -Dean
Actor
Film


State of Play  2009 -Stephen Collins
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Director, Screenplay
Film


Manufacturing Dissent  2007 -Himself
Actor
Film


Smokin' Aces  2007 -Jack Dupree
Actor
Film


Scream Awards 2006  2006 -Cast
Actor
TV


Feast  2006
Executive Producer
Film


Hollywoodland  2006 -George Reeves
Actor, Song Performer
Film


Clerks II  2006 -Gawking Guy
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


MovieReal  2004 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Surviving Christmas  2004 -Drew Latham
Actor, Song Performer
Film


Jersey Girl  2004 -Ollie Trinke
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Paycheck  2003 -Jennings
Actor
Film


E! Entertainer of the Year 2003  2003 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Celebrity Poker Showdown  2003 -Contestant
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


Executive Producer
Film


Gigli  2003 -Larry Gigli
Actor
Film


Ben & Jen: A Dateline Special  2003 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The 75th Annual Academy Awards  2003 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Real Time with Bill Maher  2003 -Cast, Panelist
Actor, Actor
TV
Expand


Daredevil  2003 -Matt Murdock/Daredevil
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Push, Nevada  2002
Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
TV
Expand


The Sum of All Fears  2002 -Jack Ryan
Actor
Film


Changing Lanes  2002 -Gavin Banek
Actor
Film


Stolen Summer  2002
Producer
Film


Actor
TV


The Third Wheel  2002 -Michael
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Actor, Executive Producer
TV


Actor
TV


Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back  2001 -Himself, Holden McNeil
Actor, Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Pearl Harbor  2001 -Rafe McCawley
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The 73rd Annual Academy Awards  2001 -Presenter
Actor
TV


We All Dream of Oz  2000 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Bounce  2000 -Buddy Amaral
Actor
Film


Reindeer Games  2000 -Rudy
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Boiler Room  2000 -Jim Young
Actor
Film


Joseph: King of Dreams  2000 -of Joseph
Voice
Film


Dogma  1999 -Bartleby
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Forces of Nature  1999 -Ben
Actor
Film


200 Cigarettes  1999 -Bartender
Actor
Film


The 1999 ESPY Awards  1999 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Shakespeare in Love  1998 -Ned Alleyn
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Armageddon  1998 -A J Frost
Actor
Film


The 70th Annual Academy Awards  1998 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Phantoms  1998 -Sheriff Bryce Hammond
Actor
Film


Good Will Hunting  1997 -Chuckie
Screenplay, Actor
Film


Going All the Way  1997 -Gunner Casselman
Actor
Film


Chasing Amy  1997 -Holden
Actor
Film


Glory Daze  1996 -Jack
Actor
Film


Mallrats  1995 -Shannon
Actor
Film


Inside the Actors Studio  1995 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Against the Grain  1993 -Joe Willie Clemons
Actor
TV


Dazed and Confused  1993 -O'Bannion
Actor
Film


Almost Home  1993 -Kevin Johnson
Actor
TV


School Ties  1992 -Chesty Smith
Actor
Film


Danielle Steel's  1991 -Benjamin Watson
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Hands of a Stranger  1987 -Billy Hearn
Actor
TV


Wanted: The Perfect Guy  1986 -Danny Coleman
Actor
TV


Saturday Night Live  1975 -Cast
Actor
TV
Expand


Assistant Director
TV


Daddy & Them   -Lawrence Bowen
Actor
Film


Man About Town   -Jack
Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film




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Highlights

2009 Played a Congressman, opposite Russell Crowe, in the thriller "State of Play"
2009 Played Jason Bateman's best friend in Mike Judge's "Extract"
2007 Directorial and writing debut, the feature adaptation of "Gone, Baby, Gone"; based on the book by "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane and starring his brother Casey Affleck
2006 Portrayed the 1950s 'Superman' TV star George Reeves in "Hollywoodland"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2006 Executive produced "Feast" a horror film, which is a result of the third season of the Project Greenlight contest
2004 Re-teamed with director Kevin Smith for the romantic comedy "Jersey Girl"
2004 Starred as a lonely guy who rents himself a family for the holidays in the comedy "Surviving Christmas"
2003 Played the lead in the John Woo thriller "Paycheck"
2003 Cast as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the blockbuster, "Daredevil," based on the Marvel comic book character
2003 Co-starred with Jennifer Lopez in the box office flop, "Gigli"
2002 Executive produced and appeared in the HBO series "Project Greenlight" about the script writing contest he co-sponsored
2002 Assumed the role of Jack Ryan (previously played by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford) in "The Sum of All Fears"
2002 Served as an executive producer on "Stolen Summer"; winner of the Project Greenlight competition
2002 Co-created (with Sean Bailey) and executive produced (with Matt Damon) the short-lived ABC drama, "Push, Nevada"
2001 Had leading role in the WWII-era drama "Pearl Harbor"
2001 With Damon, co-executive produced and acted in "The Third Wheel" (filmed in 1999), scripted by buddy Jay Lacopo
2001 Made a brief appearance in Kevin Smith's "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"; reprised role of Holden from "Chasing Amy" as well as appeared as himself
2000 Led the ensemble cast of "The Boiler Room," about Wall Street brokers
2000 With Damon and backed by HBO and Miramax, sponsored Project Greenlight, a screenwriting competition that would result in a produced motion picture
2000 Re-teamed with Gwyneth Paltrow for "Bounce"
1999 Played a bartender in the ensemble comedy-drama "200 Cigarettes"
1999 Re-teamed with director Kevin Smith for "Dogma"; also re-teamed with Damon to play a pair of renegade angels
1998 Co-starred in the Michael Bay blockbuster "Armageddon"
1998 Appeared opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes in the award winning "Shakespeare in Love"
1997 Charmed critics and audiences as a comic book artist who falls for a bisexual woman in Kevin Smith's "Chasing Amy"
1996 Sold his script, "Good Will Hunting" to Miramax; co-written with Matt Damon; filmed and released in 1997 with both co-starring
1995 Directed short film "I Murdered My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meathook and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney"
1993 Had regular role on the short-lived NBC series "Against the Grain"
1992 Feature film debut, "School Ties"; also co-starred with childhood pal Matt Damon
1987 TV miniseries debut in "Hands of a Stranger" (NBC)
1986 Made network TV debut in an ABC Afterschool Special, entitled "Wanted: The Perfect Guy"; played Madeline Kahn's son
1984 Appeared in PBS documentary series "The Voyage of the Mimi"
Born in Berkeley, CA
Raised in Cambridge, MA
Formed Pearl Street Productions with Matt Damon


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