Name: Ben Foster
Date of Birth: 29 October 1980
Dropped out of high school his freshman year to move to Los Angeles.
Dated actress Kirsten Dunst [August 2000 - March 2001]
Brother of actor Jon Foster
At 12, he Won second place in an international competition for a play that he wrote and directed.
Raised in Fairfield, Iowa
His favorite bands are Radiohead, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash.
His favorite actress is Gena Rowlands, and his favorite actor is Philip Seymour Hoffman.
His favorite movies are Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), The Jerk (1979), Husbands (1970).
... Was originally offered the part of Eddie O'Hare in The Door in the Floor (2004), but he thought he was too old for the role and gave up the role to younger brother, Jon Foster because he thought it was better suited for him.
Co-starred in two Marvel adaptations featuring Rebecca Romijn, The Punisher (2004) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Casting director Cecily Adams saw the homemade audition tape Foster from his home in Iowa. She called his parents and told them that, while she could make no guarantees, they should put him on a plane to Los Angeles immediately. They did so, and he landed the lead role in the pilot she was casting, "Flash Forward" (1996).
For his role on 3:10 to Yuma (2007) he was trained by renowned Hollywood gun coach Thell Reed, who also trained actors Russell Crowe, Kurt Russell, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Sam Elliot, Girard Swan and Val Kilmer for Tombstone (1993).
Was ranked #16 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).
Provided the voice on tape reading of James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning.
Has been practicing Transcendental Meditation since four years old.
One of Variety Magazine's 10 Actors to Watch (2007).
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