Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer and playwright…
His stage play A Few Good Men [1989] caught the attention of Hollywood producer David Brown, who bought the film rights before the play even premiered. Sorkin’s most recent feature film screenplay is Charlie Wilson’s War, about the Afghan Mujahideen.
Sorkin was born in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Jewish parents, and raised in the NY suburb of Scarsdale.