Ben Foster
Gender: Male
Born: 29th October 1980 (currently 31 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Six Feet Under, Freaks and Geeks, Flash Forward
Movies: Alpha Dog, Get Over It, Hostage, The Punisher, 30 Days of Night, Liberty Heights, 3:10 to Yuma, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, X-Men: The Last Stand, Bang Bang You're Dead, 11:14, The Laramie Project, Big Trouble, Birds of America, The Messenger, Pandorum, Blink, Northfork, I've Been Waiting for You, The Mechanic, Here, Rampart, Contraband, I've Been Waiting for You, GOTTI: In The Shadow Of My Father, 1973, 360, Chronicle, Jackpot, Prometheus, Invincible
Ben Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. His film roles include The Laramie Project, Liberty Heights, Get Over It, Hostage, X-Men: The Last Stand, Alpha Dog, 30 Days of Night, The Messenger, Bang Bang You're Dead, The Mechanic and Pandorum. He received best supporting actor nominations from both the Saturn and Satellite Awards for his 2007 role in the film 3:10 to Yuma.
Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of restaurant owners Gillian Kirwan (née Sterling) and Steven Foster. He has described his parents as "free-spirited, Vietnam-protesting hippies". 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 burglarized while they were present.
Foster was raised in his father's Jewish religion. His paternal grandmother emigrated from Russia to escape pogroms in 1923. Foster practices Transcendental Meditation, and, while living in Fairfield, attended the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment.
Foster began working as an actor when he was sixteen years old. Foster dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career. In 1996 and 1997,
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