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Ben Foster

Ben Foster

Highest Rated: 100% Leave No Trace (2018)

Lowest Rated: 19% 360 (2011)

Birthday: Oct 29, 1980

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

His short stint as the teen star of the Disney Channel series "Flash Forward" (1996-97) notwithstanding, actor Ben Foster built his reputation playing all manner of unbalanced young adults, ranging from the mildly neurotic to the dangerously psychopathic. He earned an Emmy Award for bringing poignancy to the story of an explosive high school misfit in "Bang Bang You're Dead" (Showtime, 2002) and suggested another type of wounded inner child in his recurring role as an obsessive, bisexual artist on HBO's acclaimed "Six Feet Under" (HBO, 2001-05). But Foster put television behind him and went on to lay the foundations of a steady film career with enigmatic outlaws including a dangerous Los Angeles tweaker in the true crime drama, "Alpha Dog" (2006) and a supporting performance in the Western remake "3:10 to Yuma" (2007) that clearly gave co-stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale a run for their money. A supporting role in the mega-blockbuster "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006) and a promising transition to dramatic lead in the military-themed "The Messenger" (2009), war drama "Lone Survivor" (2013) and west Texas bank robber drama "Hell Or High Water" (2016) showcased a remarkable talent for crafting three-dimensional, complex characters.

Highest rated movies

100% Leave No Trace 97% Hell or High Water 93% Hustle 92% 11:14
92% The Laramie Project
90% The Messenger
89% 3:10 to Yuma
86% The Survivor

Photos

Ben Foster Robin Wright, Ben Foster at arrivals for 71st Golden Globes Awards - Arrivals 3, The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA January 12, 2014. Photo By: Linda Wheeler/Everett Collection Ben Foster at arrivals for THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Premiere, Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX, New York, NY October 4, 2016. Photo By: Derek Storm/Everett Collection Robin Wright, Ben Foster at arrivals for The Weinstein Company 2014 Golden Globes After Party, Trader Vic''s Bar & Lounge at The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA January 12, 2014. Photo By: Sara Cozolino/Everett Collection Ben Foster, Robin Wright at arrivals for LONE SURVIVOR Premiere, The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY December 3, 2013. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Ben Foster, Robin Wright at arrivals for The 28th Lucille Lortel Awards, NYU Skirball Center, New York, NY May 5, 2013. Photo By: Derek Storm/Everett Collection Ben Foster, Jon Foster at arrivals for THE MECHANIC Premiere, Arclight Hollywood Cinemas, Los Angeles, CA January 25, 2011. Photo By: Michael Germana/Everett Collection LONE SURVIVOR, Ben Foster (left), Mark Wahlberg (right), 2013. ©Universal Pictures THE MESSENGER, from left: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, 2009. ©Oscilloscope Pictures BIG TROUBLE, Ben Foster, 2002 (c) Walt Disney, LIBERTY HEIGHTS, behind car from left: Gerry Rosenthal, Ben Foster, Rebekah Johnson, Adrien Brody, Carolyn Murphy, Justin Chambers, 1999. © Warner Brothers THE MESSENGER, Ben Foster, 2009. ©Oscilloscope Pictures X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, (aka X-MEN 3), Shawn Ashmore, Ellen Page, Halle Berry, Daniel Cudmore, Hugh Jackman, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Ben Foster, 2006, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. LIBERTY HEIGHTS, Ben Foster, Gerry Rosenthal, 1999 GET OVER IT, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, 2001. ©Dimension Films LIBERTY HEIGHTS, Rebekah Johnson, Ben Foster, 1999, duck and cover civil defense at school BIG TROUBLE, Ben Foster (back to camera), Rene Russo (pointing), 2002, © Walt Disney LIBERTY HEIGHTS, Rebekah Johnson, Ben Foster, 1999, in the bedroom HOSTAGE, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Marshall Allman, 2005, (c) Miramax THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, Jimmy Bennett, Ben Foster, 2004. ©Palm Pictures
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
29% 62% Finestkind Tom (Character) - 2023
44% 59% Emancipation Fassel (Character) - 2022
38% 72% Medieval Jan Žižka (Character) $1.3M 2022
93% 93% Hustle Unknown (Character) - 2022
44% 72% The Contractor Mike (Character) - 2022
86% 78% The Survivor Harry Haft (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2021
72% 54% Galveston Roy Cady (Character) - 2018
90% 70% Hal Self $32.7K 2018
100% 79% Leave No Trace Will (Character) $6.0M 2018
67% 51% Rock'n Roll Unknown (Character) - 2017
70% 76% Hostiles Sgt. Charles Wills (Character) $29.8M 2017
23% 36% Inferno Bertrand Zobrist (Character) $34.3M 2016
97% 88% Hell or High Water Tanner (Character) $27.0M 2016
29% 76% Warcraft Medivh (Character) $47.2M 2016
64% 66% The Finest Hours Richard Livesey (Character) $27.6M 2016
62% 44% The Program Lance Armstrong (Character) - 2015
82% 72% Noble Original Music $347.3K 2014
75% 87% Lone Survivor Matthew Axelson (Character) $125.1M 2013
76% 60% Kill Your Darlings William Burroughs (Character) $1.0M 2013
77% 61% Ain't Them Bodies Saints Patrick Wheeler (Character) $387.6K 2013
51% 57% Contraband Sebastian Abney (Character) $66.5M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Predatory Instinct Patrick (Character) - 2011
19% 32% 360 Tyler (Character) $97.8K 2011
71% 50% Here Will Shepard (Character) $26.5K 2011
74% 35% Rampart General Terry (Character),
Producer 		$969.2K 2011
53% 51% The Mechanic Steve (Character) $29.1M 2011
90% 75% The Messenger Will Montgomery (Character) $1.1M 2009
29% 49% Pandorum Bower (Character) $10.3M 2009
No Score Yet 44% Birds of America Jay (Character) - 2008
51% 56% 30 Days of Night The Stranger (Character) $39.6M 2007
89% 86% 3:10 to Yuma Charlie Prince (Character) $53.6M 2007
55% 67% Alpha Dog Jake Mazursky (Character) $15.2M 2006
57% 61% X-Men: The Last Stand Warren Worthington III/Angel (Character) $234.4M 2006
35% 62% Hostage Mars (Character) $34.6M 2005
43% 70% The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Fleshy Boy (Character) $26.1K 2004
29% 63% The Punisher Dave (Character) $33.7M 2004
92% 76% 11:14 Eddie (Character) - 2003
57% 66% Northfork Cod (Character) $1.4M 2003
No Score Yet 90% Bang Bang You're Dead Trevor Adams (Character) - 2002
92% 80% The Laramie Project Aaron Kreifels (Character) - 2002
48% 54% Big Trouble Matt Arnold (Character) $7.3M 2002
43% 51% Get Over It Berke (Character) $11.6M 2001
86% 76% Liberty Heights Ben Kurtzman (Character) $3.7M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Breakfast With Einstein Ryan (Character) - 1998

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 67% The Dead Zone Darren Foldes (Guest Star) 2005 2022
No Score Yet 85% Robot Chicken Unknown (Guest Voice) 2012
82% 88% My Name Is Earl Glenn (Guest Star) 2007
81% 96% Six Feet Under Russell Corwin (Guest Star) 2003-2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boston Public Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
100% 96% Freaks and Geeks Eli (Guest Star) 1999-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Wish Unknown (Guest Star) 1998