Ben Affleck Sends Condolences to Terminally-Ill Batman Fan On Friday, the most recent actor to portray Batman took to Twitter to acknowledge the passing of 11-year-old Mukuta Mukuta. Affleck tweet Mukuta, who was battling with cancer, went viral in a Facebook video after asking Batman to reunite his family, who are split between Atlanta and Zimbabwe. Affleck got wind of the video and managed to Facetime Mukuta, who was being cared for at a hospice in Atlanta, according to People.