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Ben Foster is an American actor and screenwriter born Benjamin A. Foster on October 29, 1980, in Boston, Massachusetts. He began his work period in 1995 and has worked in the acting department for film and television. Foster is a male who resides in New York and speaks English.
He is married to Laura Prepon, and they have two children. Foster practices Judaism and is the sibling of Jon Foster. His native language is English, which he also uses for writing.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1980 births, 20th-century American male actors and 21st-century American Jews.
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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin A. Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. His films include The Punisher (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand and Alpha Dog (both 2006), 30 Days of Night (2007), The Messenger and Pandorum (both 2009), The Mechanic (2011), Contraband (2012), Kill Your Darlings and Lone Survivor (both 2013), The Program (2015), Warcraft (2016), and Leave No Trace (2018). He has won an Independent…
Known for
- Motor City — Reynolds2026
- Long Day's Journey into Night — Jamie Tyrone2025
- King Ivory — George 'Smiley' Greene2025
- Sharp Corner — Josh McCall2025
- Christy — Jim V. Martin2025
- Finestkind — Tom Eldridge2023
- Emancipation — Jim Fassel2022
- Medieval — Jan Žižka2022
- The Survivor — Harry Haft2022
- The Contractor — Mike2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Benjamin A. Foster , ( 1980-10-29 ) October 29, 1980 (age 45) , Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Spouse
- Laura Prepon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2018 ; </span>"}]]}'>sep. 2024 )
- Relatives
- Jon Foster (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Family name
- Foster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Spouse
- Laura Prepon
- Sibling
- Jon Foster
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- BenFoster07.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- New York
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- Ben Foster (actor)
- date of birth
- 1980-10-29
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- name in native language
- Ben Foster
- different from
- Ben Foster
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Benjamin A. Foster
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Encyclopedic overview
Benjamin A. Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. His films include The Punisher (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand and Alpha Dog (both 2006), 30 Days of Night (2007), The Messenger and Pandorum (both 2009), The Mechanic (2011), Contraband (2012), Kill Your Darlings and Lone Survivor (both 2013), The Program (2015), Warcraft (2016), and Leave No Trace (2018). He has won an Independent Spirit Award for portraying Tanner Howard in Hell or High Water (2016). He also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin in Six Feet Under (2003–05).
Foster has often received praise from critics for his "intense" and "unhinged" performances in numerous films. Film critic Matt Zoller Seitz described Foster in 2016 as "one of those actors who makes even a bad film worth seeing. Sometimes he suggests the film you'd rather be watching."
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