Ben Affleck looked like he lost 10 years after shaving off his salt-and-pepper beard.

The actor showed off his new clean face when he was on dad duty on Thursday with his son Samuel, 12.

The Air star held a basketball while his boy pulled his wheeled backpack behind him.

The Argo star – who attended his son’s basketball game with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner – was spotted twirling the basketball on his fingers in front of the open hatch of his black Mercedes.

He wore a green button-down shirt over a maroon t-shirt with a maroon corduroy jacket and khakis.

Ben Affleck, 51, put on a VERY youthful show as she stepped out in LA on Thursday – looking like he had shaved off YEARS after ditching his beard (seen right in LA on February 1)

The actor and director showed off his fuzz-free face while he was on dad duty  with his son Samuel, 12

The Argo Oscar winner was spotted twirling the basketball on his fingers in front of the open hatch of his black Mercedes

Ben Affleck and ex Jennifer Garner step out together in LA

Affleck shares his son as well as daughters Seraphina, 18, and Violet, 15, with ex-wife Garner, 51.

Affleck and Garner were spotted last week putting on a united co-parenting front with each other as they attended Samuel’s basketball game.

After the game, the former couple moved Samuel’s bags from Ben’s car to Jen’s.

The outing comes after fans of the Alias alum were outraged to find out that Ben kept love letters from Jennifer Lopez, 54, during his 13 year marriage to Garner.

He had the letters and emails bound into a book to gift the Jenny from the Block singer when they reunited in 2021.

But insiders have quashed any notion that the admission shocked Garner, insisting she is happy for Affleck and Lopez – who she is friends with – and is also at peace in her relationship with John Miller.

‘Ben would love for the outside world not to know about his love letters, but he is a romantic, and as much as he loved Jennifer, he never got over JLo,’ a source told DailyMail.com.

‘Ben keeps his memories, whether it is from movies he worked on or family and relationship moments, he always has what the kids call “receipts.”‘

They continued: ‘No one is surprised by this at all. Jennifer is OK with it, JLo obviously loves it and everyone notices that all this was meant to be.

‘Jennifer and Ben have their wonderful children and are both enjoying the relationships they have always wanted to be in.’

He wore a green button-down shirt over a maroon t-shirt with a maroon corduroy jacket and khakis

Ben held a basketball while Samuel 12, pulled his wheeled backpack behind him

He had a heavy beard when with wife Jennifer Lopez at the Los Angeles premiere of This Is Me…Now: A Love Story in February

Last week Affleck and the Let’s Get Loud singer experienced a very relatable incident – their BMW got a flat tire.

The flat tire happened shortly after they dropped Affleck’s daughter Seraphina and JLo’s daughter Emme, 16, off at the Westfield Century City Mall.

Once the tire was fixed the celebrity couple enjoyed a cozy lunch at a local pizzeria.

Then they drove to Crypto.com arena to take in a Lakers game from courtside seats.

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