Ben Foster Biography
Ben Foster is a well-known American actor. He Foster began working as an actor at the age of sixteen. He appeared in the Disney Channel television series Flash Forward in 1996 and 1997. For his performance in 3:10 to Yuma (2007), he was nominated for a Saturn Award and a Satellite Award. He also received an Independent Spirit Award for his performance as Tanner Howard in Hell or High Water (2016).
Ben Foster Age
Foster was born Benjamin A. Foster in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America on 29th October 1980. He is 42 years old as of October 2022.
Ben Foster Height
Ben stands at a height of 5’9″ (175 cm) tall.
Ben Foster Family- Parents
Foster was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, to restaurant entrepreneurs Steven Foster and Gillian Kirwan. Jon, his younger brother, is also an actor. Foster was raised Jewish and participated in a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Celia (Segal) and Abraham Foster, a prominent judge and politician in Boston, were his paternal grandparents.
Ben Foster’s Wife- Married
Foster was in a relationship with German actress Antje Traue, his co-star in the film Pandorum, until roughly 2010. Foster began dating actress Robin Wright in early 2012. They got engaged in early 2014 but called it off on November 12, 2014. Foster and Wright reconciled in early 2015; however, they announced the termination of their second engagement on August 29, 2015. Foster confirmed his engagement to actress Laura Prepon in October 2016. In August 2017, Prepon gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Ella. Foster and Prepon tied the knot in June 2018. In February 2020, their son was born.
Ben Foster Career
Foster began working as an actress at the age of sixteen. He appeared in the Disney Channel television series Flash Forward in 1996 and 1997. He appeared in the 2001 film Get Over It. Foster also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin in the HBO original series Six Feet Under (22 episodes). Foster was featured in Hostage with Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, and Michelle Horn after appearing in 11:14 and The Punisher. Foster made his film debut as Angel / Warren Worthington III in X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006. He played Jake Mazursky in the criminal thriller Alpha Dog, and he used glaucoma drops in his eyes to replicate the appearance of a drug addict in the film.
In the 2007 Western film 3:10 to Yuma, he plays cold-blooded killer and criminal Charlie Prince. As his first theater performance, he was cast to replace Shia LaBeouf in the Broadway drama Orphans in February 2013. In May 2014, it was reported that he would star in Benedict Andrews’ new production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Young Vic in London, alongside Gillian Anderson and Vanessa Kirby. The same show ended on September 19, 2014, and was revived in New York in 2016, debuting at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. Foster portrayed Lance Armstrong in the biopic The Program and co-starred in the June 2016 epic adventure Warcraft.
Foster also starred in Hell or High Water in 2016 as the menacing Tanner Howard, with Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges. Foster was praised for his performances and got multiple award nominations. Critics have frequently praised Foster’s “intense” and “unhinged” performances in a variety of flicks. Foster was hailed as “one of those actors who makes even a bad film worth seeing” by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz in 2016. Sometimes he proposes a movie you should watch.”
Ben Foster’s Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 15 million dollars as of 2023.
Ben Foster Movies
2021 The Survivor
2012 Robot Chicken
2007 My Name Is Earl
2005 The Dead Zone
2003–2005 Six Feet Under
2002 Bang Bang You’re Dead
2001–2002 Boston Public
2000 Family Law
1999–2000 Freaks and Geeks
1998 You Wish
1998 I’ve Been Waiting for You
1998 Breakfast with Einstein
1996–1997 Flash Forward