Ben Foster

Ben Foster Biography

Benjamin A. "Ben" Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. His film roles include The Laramie Project, Liberty Heights, Get Over It, Hostage, X-Men: The Last Stand, Alpha Dog, 30 Days of Night, The Messenger, Bang Bang You're Dead, The Mechanic, Contraband, and Pandorum. He received best supporting actor nominations from both the Saturn and Satellite Awards for his 2007 role in the film 3:10 to Yuma.

Early and personal life

Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of restaurant owners Gillian Kirwan (née Sterling) and Steven Foster. He has described his parents as "free-spirited, Vietnam-protesting hippies". He has a younger brother, Jon, who is also an actor. When Foster was four years old, his family relocated to Fairfield, Iowa, after their Boston home was broken into by robbers while they were present.

Foster was raised in his father's Jewish religion. His paternal grandmother emigrated from Russia, to escape pogroms, in 1923. Foster practices Transcendental Meditation, and, while living in Fairfield, attended the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment.

Foster has been in a relationship with actress Robin Wright since early 2012.

Career

Foster began working as an actor when he was sixteen years old. Foster dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career. In 1996 and 1997, he appeared in the television series Flash Forward and had an unsuccessful audition for the lead role in Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko. Over the next three years, Foster obtained small roles in two made-for-TV movies as well as two episodes of the TV series Freaks and Geeks.

In 2001, he acted in the film Get Over It. Foster also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin (22 episodes) in the HBO Original Series, Six Feet Under. After appearing in the films ' as his first theater performance.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996"97	Flash Forward	Tucker James	26 episodes
1997	Kounterfeit	Travis
1998	I've Been Waiting for You	Charlie	Television film
1998	You Wish	Earl	Episode: "Future Shock"
1998	Breakfast with Einstein	Ryan	Television film
1998	1973	Peter	Television film
1999	Liberty Heights	Ben Kurtzman
1999	Freaks and Geeks	Eli	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Carded and Discarded"
2000	Family Law	Jason Nelson	Episode: "A Mother's Son"
2001	Get Over It	Berke Landers
2001	Boston Public	Max Warner	Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Nine"
2002	'	Aaron Kreifels
2002	Big Trouble	Matt Arnold
2002	Bang Bang You're Dead	Trevor Adams
2002	Phone Booth	Big Q (uncredited)
2003	Northfork	Cod
2003	'	Eddie
2003	Six Feet Under	Russell Corwin	22 episodes
2004	'	Spacker Dave
2004	The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things	Fleshy Boy
2005	Hostage	Mars Krupcheck
2005	'	Darren Foldes	Episode: "The Last Goodbye"
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Warren Worthington III / Angel
2007	Alpha Dog	Jake Mazursky
2007	3:10 to Yuma	Charlie Prince
2007	My Name Is Earl	Glenn	Episode: "My Name Is Inmate #2801-016: Part 1" Episode: "My Name Is Inmate #2801-016: Part 2"
2007	30 Days of Night	The Stranger
2008	Birds of America	Jay
2009	'	Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
2009	Blink	AJ	Short film
2009	Pandorum	Bower
2010	Here	Will Shepard
2011	'	Steve McKenna
2011	Rampart	Terry	Also producer
2012	Yellow	Nowell
2012	Contraband	Sebastian Abney
2012	360	Tyler
2013	Ain't Them Bodies Saints	Patrick Wheeler
2013	Kill Your Darlings	William Burroughs
2013	Lone Survivor	Matthew Axelson	Post-production
201X	"Untitled Keith Haring Bio-graphical film"	Keith Haring	Post-production

Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Notes
1997	Flash Forward	Gemini Award	Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series (for episode "Presents")
1998	Flash Forward	Gemini Award	Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series (for episode "Fresh Start All Over Again")
2001	Get Over It	Teen Choice Awards	Film "? Choice Chemistry (shared with Kirsten Dunst)
2003	Bang Bang You're Dead	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
2004	Six Feet Under	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with 11 others)
2005	Six Feet Under	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with 14 others)
2006	Alpha Dog	Young Hollywood Awards	Breakthrough Performance "? Male
2007	3:10 to Yuma	Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
2008	3:10 to Yuma	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared with 8 others)
2008	3:10 to Yuma	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor
2009	'	Gotham Awards
2009	'	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Actor

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