Ben Foster Biography

Summary

"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), "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006) and "3:10 To Yuma" (2007).

Biography

Early life

Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Stephen Foster, a restaurateur; 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 burgled while they were present. Foster's family was one of the few Jewish families in the town. 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 "X-Men: The Last Stand" as the comic-book hero Angel/Warren Worthington III. A notable role was in the crime thriller "Alpha Dog", in which he played Jake Mazursky, a drug addict. Foster added glaucoma drops to his eyes during filming in order to simulate the appearance of a drug abuser. In 2007, he played cold-blooded killer Charlie Prince in the critically acclaimed "3:10 to Yuma".