BEN FOSTER (ACTOR)

'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), '' (2006) and '' (2007).

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Stephen Foster, a restauranteur;^[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, after their Boston house was burglarized while they were present.^[2] Foster's family was one of the few Jewish families in the town.² Foster's parents were associated with the Transcendental Meditation movement, and Foster attended the private elementary school operated by the movement, which was known as the Maharishi School for the Age of Enlightenment.

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 '' and ''The Punisher'', Foster also appeared in ''Hostage'' at the side of Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak and Michelle Horn. In 2006, Foster appeared in '' as the comic-book hero Angel/Warren Worthington III. His most recent role was in the crime thriller ''Alpha Dog'', in which he played Jake Mazursky, a drug dealer. Foster added glaucoma drops to his eyes during filming in order to simulate the appearance of a drug abuser.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	''Kounterfeit''	Travis
1997	''Freaks and Geeks''	Eli
1998	''Breakfast with Einstein''	Ryan
	''I've Been Waiting for You''	Charlie
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
	''	Eddie
2004	''The Punisher''	Dave
2005	''Hostage''	Mars Krupcheck
2006	''The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things''	Fleshy Boy	limited release
	''	Angel/Warren Worthington III
2007	''Alpha Dog''	Jake Mazursky
	''	Charlie Prince
	''30 Days of Night''		post-production

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Ben-Foster.html
2. Foster Reaches for the "Heights", , Gerri, Miller, JVibe,
3. X-MEN STAR FOSTER RISKS EYESIGHT TO PLAY DRUGGIE

External links

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★ Ben Foster Online - Fansite

★ ''3:10 to Yuma'' Ben Foster interview