Was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Is a huge Boston Red Sox fan.
Collects vintage Ms. Pac-Man and Millipede video-arcade games.
When he was little, he asked his mom for a dog, and she tested him by making him walk an imaginary dog for a week. Ben only lasted for 5 days and didn't get the dog.
Dropped out of the University of Vermont after 1 semester.
Dropped out of Occidental College after 1 year, where he had studied Middle Eastern studies.
Has his teeth capped.
Owns 5 motorcycles.
Is known for being a very good impressionist.
Speaks Spanish, French and learned to speak Arabic.
Has a Boston Celtics logo painted on the basketball court at his house.
Is a staunch Democrat.

He and Matt Damonsold their Good Will Hunting (1997) script for $600,000.

Won an Oscar/Academy Award for Good Will Hunting

Movies: Clerks II, Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl, Good WIll Hunting, Forces of Nature, Reindeer Games, Pearl Harbor, Hollywoodland, Changing Lanes, Surviving Christmas, Daredevil, Dazed and Confused, 200 Cigarettes, Boiler Room, Dogma, Shakespeare in Love, Armageddon, Mallrats.