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Ben Foster Profile |
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Birth Date: October 29, 1980
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Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth Name: Ben Foster
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Ben Foster is an American actor.
Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a Jewish
American family; he has a younger brother, Jon, who has also
become an actor. Foster's parents were former
Vietnam-protestors who settled in Fairfield, Iowa, a small
town, after their Boston house was burglarized.
At the age of 16, Foster dropped out of high school and
moved to Los Angeles. In 1996, he appeared in the television
series Flash Forward. In the following years, Foster was
predominately cast in guest roles on various television
shows. 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 at the side of
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. |
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Other Information |
Dropped out of high school his junior year to move to Los
Angeles
Dated actress Kirsten Dunst [August 2000 - March 2001]
Brother of actor Jon Foster
Won second place in an international competition at the age
of 12 for a play that he wrote and directed.
Raised in Fairfield, Iowa
His favorite bands are R.E.M and Dead Can Dance.
His favorite actress is Claire Danes, and his favorite
actors are James Dean and Sean Penn.
His favorite movie is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" |
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