Hollywood is full of some great collaborators: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy, and Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson to name a few. One popular collaboration first started in the late ’80s when two actors appeared together in Field of Dreams. They would go on to work together for the next 30 years, acting in, writing, and producing projects together. Of course, we are talking about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who will be together again in the upcoming film, Air.
Most people know the duo for their work on Good Will Hunting, which earned the pair their first Academy Awards. With more than three decades of collaboration, they have a lengthy history together.
How many movies have they acted in together?
Let’s begin with their primary trade, acting. The pair have acted together in a total of 12 films, beginning with Field of Dreams in 1989. Here is the full list of films includes:
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- School Ties (1992)
- Glory Daze (1995)
- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Chasing Amy (1997)
- Dogma (1999)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- The Third Wheel (2002)
- Jersey Girl (2004)
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
- The Last Duel (2021)
- Air (2023)
They have also appeared together in a few behind-the-scenes documentaries for some of their work. It is worth noting that the pair wrote Good Will Hunting, as well as The Last Duel.
How many movies have Ben Affleck and Matt Damon produced together?
Over the course of their careers, they have founded multiple production companies, notably LivePlanet and Pearl Street Films. While they did start the companies, they did not produce all of the films under the banner together. With that being, said let’s take a look at every film that Damon and Affleck have managed to produce.
- Stolen Summer (2002)
- Speakeasy (2002)
- The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
- All Grown Up (2003)
- Feast (2005)
- More Time With Family (2014)
- The Leisure Class (2015)
- Bending the Arc (2017)
They also produced the Kevin Bacon series, City on a Hill. Damon has a special thanks credit for Gone Baby Gone (2007), which Affleck directed and co-wrote. They produced films that they starred in together, such as Good Will Hunting, The Last Duel, and Air. That makes it a total of 20 films that they have made together, consisting of 12 films they produced and eight they starred in.
The list will most likely only grow as they continue to collaborate. You can catch Air when it hits theaters on April 5.