Ben Foster (actor)
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 Foster at the Sundance Film Festival, 2006 |
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| Born | October 29, 1980 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Ben Foster (born October 29, 1980) is a Daytime Emmy- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor. He is known for his roles in the teen movies Liberty Heights and Get Over It, as well as the action films Hostage (2005), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Stephen Foster, a restaurateur.[1] He has a younger brother, Jon, who is also an actor. Foster's parents, whom he has described as "free-spirited, Vietnam-protesting hippies", relocated to the small town of Fairfield, Iowa four years after he was born, and after their Boston house was burglarized while they were present.[2] Foster is Jewish; his paternal grandmother emigrated from Russia to escape Pogroms.[3][2]
[edit] Career
At the age of sixteen, Foster dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles. In 1996-97, he appeared in the television series Flash Forward. In the next three years, Foster had small roles in two made-for-TV movies and in two episodes of the series Freaks and Geeks. In 2001, he acted in Get Over It. Foster also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin (22 episodes) in the HBO Original Series, Six Feet Under. After he made 11:14 and The Punisher, Foster also appeared in Hostage with Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak and Michelle Horn. In 2006, Foster appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand as the comic-book hero Angel/Warren Worthington III. A notable role was in the crime thriller Alpha Dog, in which he played Jake Mazursky, a drug addict. Foster added glaucoma drops to his eyes during filming in order to simulate the appearance of a drug abuser.[4] In 2007, he played cold-blooded killer Charlie Prince in the critically acclaimed 3:10 to Yuma.
[edit] Personal life
According to Gossip, Foster has been dating Zoe Kravitz for over five months,[5][6] and he took her to the premiere of 3:10 to Yuma.[7] Most recently the two were seen together at LAX on January 4, 2008.[8]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Kounterfeit | Travis | |
| 1996 | Flash Forward | Tucker James | |
| 1998 | Breakfast with Einstein | Ryan | |
| I've Been Waiting for You | Charlie | ||
| 2000 | Freaks and Geeks | Eli | |
| 1999 | Liberty Heights | Ben Kurtzman | |
| 2001 | Get Over It | Berke Landers/Lysander | |
| 2002 | Big Trouble | Matt Arnold | |
| The Laramie Project | Aaron Kreifels | ||
| Bang, Bang, You're Dead | Trevor Adams | ||
| 2003 | Phone Booth | Big Q | uncredited |
| Northfork | Cod | ||
| 11:14 | Eddie | ||
| 2004 | The Punisher | Spacker Dave | |
| 2005 | Hostage | Mars Krupcheck | |
| 2006 | The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things | Fleshy Boy | limited release |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Angel/Warren Worthington III | ||
| 2007 | Alpha Dog | Jake Mazursky | |
| 3:10 to Yuma | Charlie Prince | ||
| 30 Days of Night | The Stranger | ||
| 2008 | Birds of America | Jay | |
| The Messenger | Will Montgomery | filming |
[edit] References
- ^ Ben Foster Biography (1980-)
- ^ a b Miller, Gerri (1999). "Foster Reaches for the "Heights"". JVibe.
- ^ Breed, Allan G.. "Ben Foster has been stealing the show since second grade", Associated Press Archive, 1999-01-25. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ "X-MEN STAR FOSTER RISKS EYESIGHT TO PLAY DRUGGIE", Contact Music, 2006-12-12. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
- ^ Bossip » Archive » Some Morning Swirl
- ^ http://img121.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=76739_zk2_122_771lo.jpg
- ^ Zoe Kravitz and Ben Foster Photo - 3:10 to Yuma Movie Premiere Zoe Kravitz and Ben Foster Photo
- ^ My New Favorite Couple | Dlisted
