Ben Affleck's birthplace_Ben Affleck’s birthplace is Berkeley, California. Ben’s full name is Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt but he is better known as Ben Affleck. Ben’s mother, Christine Anne, Chris, is a school district employee and teacher, and his father, Timothy Byers Affleck, has been, at various times, a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, writer, director, and actor with the Theater Company of Boston.