Ben Affleck surprises Matt Damon on camera at the Golden Globes 2024

Ben Affleck surprised his longtime pal Matt Damon in a touching moment caught on camera during Sunday night’s Golden Globes Awards.

Damon was sitting at his table without his tux jacket on, chatting away during a commercial break, when Affleck approached and put his arm around his old friend.

Damon, wearing a custom Giorgio Armani suit, gave Affleck a big bear hug as they both smiled broadly.

Damon was seated next to his wife of nearly two decades, Luciana Barroso who was wearing a Versace gown, at the time.

Affleck, who was also wearing a Giorgio Armani tuxedo, and Damon later presented the Best Director – Motion Picture award to Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer.”

Nolan directed Damon in the big-screen blockbuster starring Cillian Murphy. Damon played Lieutenant General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.

Murphy later won a Golden Globe for Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the lead scientist on the Manhattan Project.

Affleck and Damon have been friends since they were kids in the 1980s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and their creative partnership spans 40-plus years.

They were extras in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner, and regularly traveled together to New York City to audition for acting jobs. The pair even shared a checking account at one point.

Affleck and Damon hit pay dirt when they co-wrote, and co-starred opposite Robin Williams in, the 1997 movie “Good Will Hunting,” for which they won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Williams won for Best Supporting Actor.

They also appeared in the movies “Chasing Amy” and “Dogma” together and produced the HBO documentary series “Project Greenlight.”