Ben Foster

Benjamin "Ben" A. Foster ( born October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor.

Origin and career

Ben Foster was born the son of restaurant owners Gillian and Steven Foster. He has a four-year younger brother, Jon Foster, who is also an actor. Both now live in LA His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia, and he was raised Jewish.

With four years Foster moved with his family from his native Boston in New England, Massachusetts, USA (East Coast) to rural Iowa ( Midwest ), where he broke the high school and moved to Los Angeles at age 16. In the same year (1997) he was to see the High School Blitz in the U.S. TV series Tucker James.

In the following years, Foster had guest roles predominantly in various TV series before him in 2001 with a starring role in the Hollywood comedy Ran ( Kirsten Dunst) made ​​the jump to the big screen to the bride. After having starred in films such as 11:14 (2003) and The Punisher (2004) - each in a Supporting Role - Foster could pull a major role on land again; this time as a psychopathic hostage-takers in Hostage - Kidnapped (2005) as an antagonist of Bruce Willis and Kevin Pollak. In addition, he worked between 2003 and 2005 in the hit HBO Dramedyserie Six Feet Under - Died is always in a recurring role as Supporting Actor.

2006 Foster played in the Hollywood blockbuster X -Men: The Last Stand the flying mutants "Angel"; then next to Russell Crowe in the Western death train to Yuma (2007) the " Prince Charlie ," Ben Wade ( Crowe ) right hand and as deputy leader of Wade's gang of robbers. In 2011 he presented in the film The Mechanic, as the second lead opposite Jason Statham, an aspiring professional killer dar.

Private life

In December 2013 it was announced that Foster has engaged to his nearly 15 years her senior fellow actress Robin Wright. The couple has been dating since 2012.

Filmography

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