Ben Foster (actor)
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Born | Benjamin A. Foster October 29, 1980 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Partner | Laura Prepon (engaged) |
Relatives | Jon Foster (brother) |
Benjamin A. "Ben" Foster (born October 29, 1980)[1] is an American actor. He has had roles in films including The Laramie Project, Liberty Heights, Get Over It, The Punisher, Hostage, X-Men: The Last Stand, Alpha Dog, 30 Days of Night, The Messenger, Bang Bang You're Dead, 11:14, The Mechanic, Contraband, Pandorum,[2] and Lone Survivor. He also portrayed writer William S. Burroughs in the indie drama Kill Your Darlings, opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan. He received best supporting actor nominations from both the Saturn and Satellite Awards for his role in the 2007 film 3:10 to Yuma.[3]
Early and personal life
Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of restaurant owners Gillian Kirwan and Steven Foster.[4][5][6] He has described his parents as "free-spirited, Vietnam-protesting hippies".[7] 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.[6][7]
Foster was raised Jewish, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.[7][8] His paternal grandparents were Celia (Segal) and Abraham Foster, who was a prominent judge and politician in Boston; their families emigrated from Russia.[9][10][11] Foster practices Transcendental Meditation,[12] and, while living in Fairfield, attended the Maharishi University of Management.[6]
Foster began a relationship with actress Robin Wright in early 2012.[13][14] They became engaged in early 2014,[15] but called off their engagement on November 12, 2014[16] before reconciling again.[17] On August 29, 2015, they announced they were ending their second engagement.[18]
On October 5th, 2016, Ben Foster announced his engagement to actress Laura Prepon.[19]
Career
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Foster began working as an actor when he was sixteen years old.[6] He dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career.[citation needed] 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.[6] 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.[6] 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.[20] In 2007, he played cold-blooded killer and outlaw Charlie Prince in the Western film 3:10 to Yuma.[21] In February 2013, he was cast to replace Shia LaBeouf in the Broadway play Orphans as his first theater performance.[22] In May 2014 it was announced that he would star opposite Gillian Anderson and Vanessa Kirby in Benedict Andrews' new production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Young Vic in London.[23] That production closed on September 19, 2014. The same production transferred to New York in 2016, opening at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Foster played Lance Armstrong in the biopic The Program,[24][25] and co-starred in the fantasy adventure Warcraft, released in June 2016.[26]
Filmography
Film
Television
References
- ^ "Ben Foster Biography (1980-)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ Ordona, Michael (November 1, 2009). "Ben Foster puts his heart into The Messenger". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ "Ben Foster". Yahoo! Movies. 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ Fee, Gayle; Laura Raposa (September 3, 1995). "Inside Track: Pool barons foster son's fledgling career". Boston Herald. Retrieved November 15, 2010. (subscription required)
- ^ Sherman, Paul (December 9, 1999). "New Heights; After landing the lead role in Barry Levinson's latest film, Boston native Ben Foster is flying". Boston Herald. Retrieved November 15, 2010.(subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f Abel, Judy (November 15, 2009). "Exploring life's 'darker corners'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ a b c Miller, Gerri (1999). "Foster Reaches for the "Heights"". JVibe. Archived from the original on 2000-05-23. Retrieved November 12, 2006.
- ^ Sragow, Michael (December 16, 1999). "It's a boy's, boy's, boy's world (and a girl's)". Salon.com. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ Breed, Allan G. (February 4, 1999). "Ben Foster reaches for new Heights". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ^ Lakshmanan, Indira A.R. (December 27, 1994). "A. Frank Foster, judge who once halted a man's beating; at 84". Boston Globe.
- ^ "CELIA ( SEGAL) FOSTER « Brezniak Rodman Funeral Directors". Brezniakrodman.com. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ DeYoung, Bill (October 27, 2009). "Extreme closeup: Ben Foster". Connect Savannah. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
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- ^ Justin Ravitz (December 24, 2012). "Robin Wright, 46, and Ben Foster, 32, Affectionate During Shopping Trip". US Magazine. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ^ Alexis L. Loinaz (January 11, 2014). "Robin Wright and Ben Foster are engaged". People.com. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- ^ Marquina, Sierra (November 12, 2014). "Robin Wright and Ben Foster Split, Call Off 10-Month Engagement -- Find Out What Went Wrong". Us Magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ "Introducing Robin Wright, Our April 2015 Cover Star". Vanity Fair.
- ^ Webber, Stephanie. "Robin Wright, Ben Foster Call Off Engagement For the Second Time". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ http://people.com/style/laura-prepon-ben-foster-engagement-ring/
- ^ "X-Men star Foster risks eyesight to play druggie". Contact Music. December 12, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2006.
- ^ "Interview: Ben Foster, actor and producer". The Scotsman. February 17, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ Lawson, Richard (21 February 2013). "Ben Foster to Replace Shia LaBeouf, Esquire Reader, on Broadway". The Atlantic Wire. Yahoo!. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ "Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby join Young Vic's Streetcar". London Theatre. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (2014-11-13). "Bikes from Lance Armstrong movie to be sold off". cyclingweekly.co.uk. Time Inc. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (2013-10-23). "First Look: Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong in Stephen Frears' Biopic". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
- ^ Collura, Scott (December 4, 2013). "Ben Foster and Dominic Cooper Head for Warcraft". IGN. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
External links
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- Ben Foster at IMDb
- Ben Foster at TV.com
- 1980 births
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American people of Russian-Jewish descent
- Jewish American male actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Boston
- Male actors from Iowa
- Transcendental Meditation practitioners
- People from Fairfield, Iowa