Ben Affleck was born in Berkeley, California, the son of Christopher Anne "Chris" (née Boldt), a school district employee and teacher, and Timothy Byers Affleck, a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, and former actor with the Theater Company of Boston. Ben Affleck's mother attended Harvard University and currently teaches in Cambridge Public Schools. His younger brother is actor Casey Affleck. Ben Affleck has Irish and Scottish ancestry. His family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts when Ben Affleck was very young and his parents divorced in 1984.
