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Ben Foster is a Actor, Director, Producer and Thanks American born on 29 october 1980 at Boston (USA)

Ben Foster

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Birth name Benjamin A. Foster
Nationality USA
Birth 29 october 1980 (44 years) at Boston (USA)

Benjamin A. "Ben" Foster (born October 29, 1980) 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, The Mechanic, Contraband, Pandorum, and Lone Survivor. He received best supporting actor nominations from both the Saturn and Satellite Awards for his 2007 role in the film 3:10 to Yuma.

Biography

Né à Boston, dans le Massachusetts, ses parents Gillian et Steven Foster ainsi que son frère Jon sont d'origine juive par leur grand-mère paternelle qui est d'origine russe.

Ils démémagent à ses quatre ans à Fairfield, Iowa, après un cambriolage traumatisant. Il pratique la méditation transcendentale depuis et rejoint la Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment.

À seize ans, il quitte l'école pour Los Angeles afin de se lancer dans une carrière d'acteur.


Carrière


Lors de ses douze ans, il a écrit, réalisé et interprété un rôle dans une pièce de théâtre qui obtient un prix international.

En 1996, il est engagé pour la première fois dans une série télévisée Disney Channel Flash Forward. La même année, il débute sa carrière au cinéma avec un rôle secondaire dans le film Kounterfeit.

En 1998, il auditionne pour le rôle du film Donnie Darko qu'il n'obtient pas (le rôle a été obtenu par Jake Gyllenhaal).

C'est en 1999 qu'il obtient son premier rôle principal (Ben Kurtzman) qui le fait connaître du public dans le film Liberty Heights de Barry Levinson.

En 2005, il se fait connaître davantage grâce au rôle de Russell Corwin dans la série télévisée Six Feet Under.

En 2006, il obtient le rôle de Warren Worthington III / Angel dans X-Men : L'Affrontement final (X-Men: The Last Stand).

En juillet 2013, il a été choisi pour incarner le rôle de Lance Armstrong dans le prochain film de Stephen Frears.

Best films

Warcraft (2016)
(Actor)
Inferno (2016)
(Actor)
Lone Survivor (2013)
(Actor)
Contraband (2012)
(Actor)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
(Actor)
The Punisher (2004)
(Actor)

Usually with

Oren Moverman
Oren Moverman
(3 films)
Chris Pine
Chris Pine
(4 films)
Peter Berg
Peter Berg
(3 films)
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ben Foster (43 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

The Contractor
Directed by Tarik Saleh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, Fares Fares, Nina Hoss
Roles Mike
Rating58% 2.9076952.9076952.9076952.9076952.907695
Renvoyé des Marines, James Harper rejoint une organisation paramilitaire pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille. Se rend en Pologne avec une équipe d'élite dans le cadre d'une mission visant à enquêter sur une menace mystérieuse, Harper va se retrouver seul et traqué au beau milieu de l'Europe de l'Est. Il devra se battre pour rester en vie assez longtemps pour découvrir les raisons de ceux qui l'ont trahi.
Galveston
Galveston (2018)
, 1h34
Directed by Mélanie Laurent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Ben Foster, Elle Fanning, Lili Reinhart, Beau Bridges, María Valverde, Adepero Oduye
Roles Roy Cady
Rating61% 3.0982453.0982453.0982453.0982453.098245
En 1988 à La Nouvelle-Orléans, plus rien ne va pour le petit truand Roy Cady. Endetté, il apprend qu'il est atteint d'un cancer du poumon et que son patron l’envoie dans un traquenard évident. Roy n'a alors qu'une option : fuir. Il part alors en cavale et rencontre sur sa route Raquel Arceneaux, une jeune prostituée elle aussi écorchée par la vie. Ils se rendent à Galveston au Texas.
Leave No Trace, 1h49
Directed by Debra Granik
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey
Roles Will
Rating70% 3.547013.547013.547013.547013.54701
Will, un ancien combattant de la guerre en Irak souffrant de trouble de stress post-traumatique, vit avec sa fille de 13 ans, Tom, dans un parc public de Portland, dans l'Oregon. Ils vivent dans l'isolement, n'entrant occasionnellement dans la ville que pour acheter de la nourriture et du matériel. Will gagne son argent en vendant ses antalgiques à d’autres vétérans.
Rock'n Roll, 2h3
Directed by Guillaume Canet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Actors Johnny Hallyday, Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet, Camille Rowe, Philippe Lefebvre, Gilles Lellouche
Roles Ben Foster
Rating58% 2.949052.949052.949052.949052.94905
Guillaume Canet, comédien de 43 ans, se remet en question le jour où, sur un plateau de tournage, sa jeune partenaire à l'écran lui dit qu'il n'est plus un objet de désir pour les femmes de la jeune génération. La raison ? Sa vie de famille bien rangée avec Marion Cotillard, son fils Lucien, sa maison de campagne, sa passion pour les chevaux. Guillaume comprend qu'il faut tout faire pour changer cette image ringarde et plus vraiment sexy.
Hostiles
Hostiles (2017)
, 2h14
Directed by Scott Cooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons
Roles Philip Wills
Rating71% 3.5965353.5965353.5965353.5965353.596535
En 1892, le capitaine Joseph J. Blocker, légende de l'armée américaine, est chargé d'une mission qu'il accepte à contrecœur. Avec ses hommes, il doit escorter Yellow Hawk, un chef de guerre cheyenne mourant, ainsi que sa famille, pour retourner sur leurs terres tribales. Durant le voyage entre le Nouveau-Mexique et le Montana, les militaires et les Cheyennes vont devoir faire preuve de solidarité et d'entraide pour survivre aux dangers qu'ils vont croiser.
The Finest Hours, 1h57
Directed by Craig Gillespie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Chris Pine, Graham McTavish, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Josh Stewart, Holliday Grainger
Roles Richard Livesey
Rating66% 3.3488353.3488353.3488353.3488353.348835
The rescue mission took place in 1952 off the Cape Cod coast after two oil tankers, SS Fort Mercer and SS Pendleton, were destroyed by treacherous winter winds and waves. The crew of motor life boat CG 36500 and the crew of a surfboat from the USCGC Yakutat heroically rescued nearly all the tankers' crewmen.
Inferno
Inferno (2016)
, 2h1
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Poésie, Films about religion, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Roles Bertrand Zobrist
Rating61% 3.0984353.0984353.0984353.0984353.098435
Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital room in Florence, Italy, with no memory of what has occurred for the last few days. He then teams up with the doctor Sienna Brooks, to help him recover.
Hell or High Water
Directed by David Mackenzie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Heist films
Actors Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey, Kevin Rankin
Roles Tanner Howard
Rating75% 3.797413.797413.797413.797413.79741
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother plan a bank robbery to save their family's West Texas farm from foreclosure, while two Texas Rangers are set to catch both brothers.
Warcraft
Warcraft (2016)
, 2h3
Directed by Duncan Jones
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Dominic Cooper, Clancy Brown, Toby Kebbell
Roles Medivh
Rating66% 3.3465153.3465153.3465153.3465153.346515
The film portrays the origin story of the initial encounters between the humans and the orcs, with an emphasis upon both the Alliance's and Horde's sides of their conflict. Featuring characters such as Durotan and Lothar, the film will take place in a variety of locations established in the video game series.
Hell or High Water, 1h42
Directed by David Mackenzie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Western
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey
Roles Tanner Howard
Rating75% 3.7974053.7974053.7974053.7974053.797405
Après la mort de leur mère, Toby et Tanner Howard doivent éviter la saisie de leur propriété familiale. Ils décident alors de commettre une série de braquages, visant uniquement les agences d’une même banque : celle qu'ils doivent rembourser.
The Program, 1h43
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman, Guillaume Canet, Bryan Greenberg
Roles Lance Armstrong
Rating64% 3.2486053.2486053.2486053.2486053.248605
Le journaliste sportif irlandais David Walsh est convaincu que les performances de Lance Armstrong lors de ses victoires au Tour de France sont alimentées par des substances interdites. Avec cette conviction, il commence la chasse aux preuves qui confondront Armstrong.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints, 1h45
Directed by David Lowery
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Western
Actors Rami Malek, Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine, Nate Parker
Roles Patrick Wheeler
Rating63% 3.197223.197223.197223.197223.19722
Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara) is walking across a field and is followed by Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck). Bob tries to dissuade Ruth from leaving him to return to her mothers, but Ruth is adamant. She then reveals that she is angry at Bob because he supposedly told Freddy (Kentucker Audley) that he was going to 'strike out on his own'. Bob reassures her that this isn't the case, that he meant the both of them. They reconcile and Ruth reveals she is pregnant.
Kill Your Darlings, 1h44
Directed by John Krokidas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster, David Cross, Elizabeth Olsen
Roles William Burroughs
Rating64% 3.2102853.2102853.2102853.2102853.210285
As a young man in the 1940s, poet Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) wins a place at Columbia University in New York City. He arrives as a very inexperienced freshman, but soon runs into Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), who is very anti-establishment and rowdy.
Lone Survivor, 2h1
Directed by Peter Berg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Alexander Ludwig
Roles Petty Officer Second Class Matthew "Axe" Axelson
Rating74% 3.749283.749283.749283.749283.74928
In Afghanistan, Taliban leader Ahmad Shah is responsible for killing over twenty United States Marines, as well as villagers and refugees who were aiding American forces. In response to these killings, a United States Navy SEALs unit is ordered to execute a counter-insurgent mission to capture Shah. As part of the mission, a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team is tasked with locating Shah. These four SEALs include team leader Michael P. "Murph" Murphy; snipers Marcus Luttrell and Matthew "Axe" Axelson; and communications specialist Danny Dietz.
Love, Marilyn, 1h47
Directed by Liz Garbus
Genres Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about cities
Actors Elizabeth Banks, Marilyn Monroe, Lindsay Lohan, Evan Rachel Wood, Uma Thurman, Ben Foster
Roles Self
Rating71% 3.5870353.5870353.5870353.5870353.587035
50 years after her death, two boxes of Marilyn Monroe's writings—diaries, poems and letters—were discovered in the home of Lee Strasberg, her acting coach. The film features dramatic readings of Marilyn Monroe's writings by actors, film critics, journalists and authors; and archival footage of Hollywood insiders who knew her or worked with her in various films or acting school.