Happy birthday Ben Affleck [1]! The filmmaker's 42nd birthday is today, and the Boston-bred boy has been appearing onscreen since he was a kid (check out his first TV appearance at 12 [2]!). Even though the Oscar winner has mainly been behind the camera as director over the past few years, we have a ton of photos here to show how sweet it is when Affleck does appear on film. Affleck tends to look smoking hot in his roles, especially as the years have gone by. Check him out as you wish him a happy, happy birthday.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Mallrats (1995)

Chasing Amy (1997)

Source: Miramax [3]

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Source: Miramax [4]

Going All the Way (1997)

Phantoms (1998)

Source: Miramax [5]

Armageddon (1998)

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Source: Miramax [6]

Dogma (1999)

200 Cigarettes (1999)

Forces of Nature (1999)

Bounce (2000)

Source: Miramax [7]

Reindeer Games (2000)

Boiler Room (2000)

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Changing Lanes (2002)

The Third Wheel (2002)

Source: Miramax [8]

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Paycheck (2003)

Gigli (2003)

Daredevil (2003)

Surviving Christmas (2004)

Jersey Girl (2004)

Source: Miramax [9]

Clerks II (2006)

Man About Town (2006)

Smokin' Aces (2006)

Hollywoodland (2006)

State of Play (2009)

He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

Extract (2009)

Source: Miramax [10]

The Company Men (2010)

The Town (2010)

To the Wonder (2012)

Source: FilmNation Entertainment [11]

Argo (2012)

Runner Runner (2013)

Gone Girl (2014)