Ben Foster
wikipedia | 2013-01-17 09:40
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 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 burglarized 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.
 
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 11:14 and The Punisher, Foster 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.In the crime thriller Alpha Dog, he played the character Jake Mazursky and added glaucoma drops to his eyes to simulate the appearance of a drug addict in the film. In 2007, he played cold-blooded killer Charlie Prince in the critically acclaimed western film 3:10 to Yuma.

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 Laramie Project, TheThe Laramie Project 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 11:14 Eddie  
2003 Six Feet Under Russell Corwin 22 episodes
2004 Punisher, TheThe Punisher Spacker Dave  
2004 The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Fleshy Boy  
2005 Hostage Mars Krupcheck  
2005 Dead Zone, TheThe Dead Zone 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 Messenger, TheThe Messenger Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery  
2009 Blink AJ Short film
2009 Pandorum Bower  
2010 Here Will Shepard  
2011 Mechanic, TheThe Mechanic Steve McKenna  
2011 Rampart Terry Also Produced
2012 Yellow Nowell  
2012 Contraband Sebastian Abney  
2012 360 Tyler  
 

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