The Accountant is out in Irish cinemas this weekend. Oscar winner Ben Affleck stars in the title role of “The Accountant".
Christian Wolff (Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organisations.
With the Treasury Department’s Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.
Directed by Gavin O'Connor, the film also stars Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick, Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jean Smart, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson.
The Accountant is released in cinemas on Friday, November 4th.
To celebrate the release of the film, we've taken a look back at Ben Affleck's incredible career. The actor has starred in nearly 50 movies.
Here are some of his best roles...
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Affleck stars as bully Fred O'Bannion in the coming of age film which follows the mayhem of group of teenagers in Austin, Texas, celebrating the last day of high school in 1976.
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a janitor who has a gift for mathematics, finds direction in his life with the help of a psychologist (Robin Williams). Affleck plays Chuckie Sullivan, Will's best friend.
Chasing Amy (1997)
The film centres on a New Jersey comic book writer, Holden McNeil (Affleck) and his best friend and professional partner, artist Banky Edwards (Jason Lee).
Alyssa Jones, a lesbian and fellow comic book creator, comes into Holden’s life and quickly becomes a close friend, although Holden is in love with her.
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The rom-com, set in the 1590, follows a young Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) who is out of ideas. He meets his ideal woman and she inspires him to write one of his most famous plays. Ben plays Ned Alleyn, the man Shakespeare needs to put on a successful play.
Armageddon (1998)
After discovering that an asteroid is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.
Dogma (1999)
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play two fallen angels who discover a loophole that can get them back into heaven.
The Town (2010)
Affleck co-wrote and directed the film which follows a longtime thief who tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
Argo (2012)
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.
Affleck directed and stars in the film.
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Gone Girl (2014)
Based on the best selling novel by Gillian Flynn, Ben stars as Nick Dunne, whose wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) goes missing on their 5th wedding anniversary.
When her disappearance becomes the focus of an intense media circus, he sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Directed by Zach Snyder, the film stars Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent.
Affleck's Caped Crusader is weary, angry and frustrated after battling criminals in Gotham for the past 20 years.
