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'''Benjamin A. Foster''' (born October 29, 1980)<ref name="filmref">{{cite web | url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Ben-Foster.html | title = Ben Foster Biography (1980–) | publisher=FilmReference.com | access-date= October 15, 2013}}</ref> is an American actor.
==Early life==
Foster was raised [[Judaism|Jewish]], and had a [[Bar and Bat Mitzvah|Bar Mitzvah]] ceremony.<ref name="Foster1"/><ref name="nol">{{Cite news |last=Sragow |first=Michael |title=It's a boy's, boy's, boy's world (and a girl's) |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon.com]] |date=December 16, 1999 |url=http://www.salon.com/entertainment/col/srag/1999/12/16/liberty_heights |access-date=November 15, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His paternal grandparents were Celia (Segal) and Abraham Foster, who was a prominent judge and politician in Boston; their families emigrated from the [[Russian Empire]].<ref name="Associated">{{cite news |last=Breed |first=Allan G. |title=Ben Foster reaches for new ''Heights'' |work=[[Lawrence Journal-World]] |date=February 4, 1999 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6oEyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5145,1266634&dq=ben-foster-reaches-for-new-heights |access-date=December 10, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://
==Career==
[[File:Ben Foster (22618765614).jpg|left|thumb|Foster at the [[Toronto Film Festival]] in 2015]]
Foster began working as an actor when he was 16 years old.<ref name="rekr"/> In 1996 and 1997, he starred in the [[Disney Channel]] television series ''[[Flash Forward]]''. His first major film role was in the 1999 [[Barry Levinson]] film, ''[[Liberty Heights]]'', which [[Todd McCarthy]] described as an "outstanding bigscreen debut."<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Todd |title=Liberty Heights |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/liberty-heights-1200459767/ |work=Variety |date=10 November 1999}}</ref>
In 2001, he acted in the film ''[[Get Over It (film)|Get Over It]]''. Foster also had a recurring role as [[List of Six Feet Under characters#Russell Corwin|Russell Corwin]] (22 episodes) in the HBO original series, ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]''.<ref name=rekr/> After appearing in the films ''[[11:14]]'' and ''[[The Punisher (2004 film)|The Punisher]]'', Foster appeared in ''[[Hostage (2005 film)|Hostage]]'' with [[Bruce Willis]], [[Kevin Pollak]], and [[Michelle Horn]]. In 2006, Foster appeared in ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' as the comic-book hero [[Warren Worthington III|Angel / Warren Worthington III]].<ref name="rekr" /> In the crime thriller ''[[Alpha Dog]]'', he played the character Jake Mazursky and added [[glaucoma]] drops to his eyes to simulate the appearance of a drug addict in the film.<ref name="Foster2">{{cite news |title=X-Men star Foster risks eyesight to play druggie |publisher=Contact Music |date=December 12, 2006 |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/x-men%20star%20foster%20risks%20eyesight%20to%20play%20druggie_1016263 |access-date=December 12, 2006 |archive-date=May 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528081342/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/x-men%20star%20foster%20risks%20eyesight%20to%20play%20druggie_1016263 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, he played cold-blooded killer and outlaw [[Charlie Prince]] in the [[Western film]] ''[[3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/the-erview-ben-foster-actor-and-producer-1-2121709 |work=[[The Scotsman]] |title=Interview: Ben Foster, actor and producer |date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=September 15, 2012 }}</ref> In February 2013, he was cast to replace [[Shia LaBeouf]] in the Broadway play ''[[Orphans (Lyle Kessler play)|Orphans]]'' as his first theater performance.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lawson|first=Richard|title=Ben Foster to Replace Shia LaBeouf, Esquire Reader, on Broadway|url=https://news.yahoo.com/ben-foster-replaces-shia-labeouf-190602363.html|work=The Atlantic Wire|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=21 February 2013|date=21 February 2013}}</ref> In May 2014, it was announced that he would star opposite [[Gillian Anderson]] and [[Vanessa Kirby]] in [[Benedict Andrews]]' new production of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' at the [[Young Vic]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby join Young Vic's Streetcar|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/ben-foster-and-vanessa-kirby-join-young-vics-streetcar|website=London Theatre|access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref> The same production closed on September 19, 2014 and transferred to [[New York City|New York]] in 2016, opening at St. Ann's Warehouse in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Ann's Warehouse – A Young Vic & Joshua Andrews Co-Production|url=http://stannswarehouse.org/show/streetcar-named-desire|website=St. Ann's Warehouse|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>
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Foster played [[Lance Armstrong]] in the biopic ''[[The Program (2015 film)|The Program]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/bikes-lance-armstrong-movie-sold-144586|title=Bikes from Lance Armstrong movie to be sold off|first1=Richard|last1=Windsor|access-date=2014-11-14|date=2014-11-13 |website=cyclingweekly.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First Look: Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong in Stephen Frears' Biopic|access-date=June 20, 2018|date=October 23, 2013 |first1=Scott|last1=Roxborough|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lance-armstrong-biopic-first-photo-650359}}</ref> and co-starred in the fantasy adventure ''[[Warcraft (film)|Warcraft]]'', released in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Collura|first=Scott|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/05/ben-foster-and-dominic-cooper-head-for-warcraft|title=Ben Foster and Dominic Cooper Head for Warcraft|date=December 4, 2013|publisher=IGN|access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>
Also in 2016, Foster appeared in ''[[Hell or High Water (film)|Hell or High Water]]'' as the dangerous Tanner Howard, opposite [[Chris Pine]] and [[Jeff Bridges]].
Foster was acclaimed for his roles and has received numerous awards nominations.
Foster has often received praise from critics for his "intense" and "unhinged" performances in numerous films.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ebiri, Bilge|author-link=Bilge Ebiri|title=Ben Foster on Shooting The Messenger's Most Harrowing Scenes|url=http://www.vulture.com/2009/11/the_messengers_ben_foster_on.html|website=[[New York (magazine)#Digital|Vulture]]|access-date=26 February 2017|date=13 November 2009|quote=Ben Foster has been attracting attention for some time thanks to his intense (sometimes even downright unhinged) portrayals in action flicks...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Lumenick, Lou|author-link=Lou Lumenick|title=BEST WESTERN|url=https://nypost.com/2007/09/07/best-western/|website=[[New York Post]]|publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc.|access-date=26 February 2017|date=7 September 2007|quote=The role [of [[Charlie Prince]]] is played with great flamboyance by Ben Foster, who manages to steal scenes left and right from [[Russell Crowe|Crowe]] and [[Christian Bale|Bale]] – no easy feat.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Scott, A. O.|author1-link=A. O. Scott|title=Delivering Bad News and Truths About War|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/movies/13messenger.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=26 February 2017|date=12 November 2009|quote=... with this performance Mr. Foster, having shown intriguing promise in "Alpha Dog" and "3:10 to Yuma," places himself in the first rank of young American screen actors.}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Matt Zoller Seitz|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz|user=mattzollerseitz|number=759231040464576512|date=29 July 2016|title=Ben Foster's one of those actors who makes even a bad film worth seeing. Sometimes he suggests the film you'd rather be watching.|access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref>▼
▲Foster has often received praise from critics for his "intense" and "unhinged" performances in numerous films.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ebiri, Bilge|author-link=Bilge Ebiri|title=Ben Foster on Shooting The Messenger's Most Harrowing Scenes|url=http://www.vulture.com/2009/11/the_messengers_ben_foster_on.html|website=[[New York (magazine)#Digital|Vulture]]|access-date=26 February 2017|date=13 November 2009|quote=Ben Foster has been attracting attention for some time thanks to his intense (sometimes even downright unhinged) portrayals in action flicks..
==Personal life==
Foster was in a relationship with German actress [[Antje Traue]], his co-star in the movie ''[[Pandorum]]''. Traue revealed in an interview that she had moved to [[Los Angeles]] and lived with Foster until their relationship ended around 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/kultur/medien/kultur-der-schoenste-deutsche-hollywood-import_id_8760630.html|first=Harald|last=Pauli|title=Antje Traue, Der schoenste deutsche Hollywood-Import (in German)|work=Focus Magazin (Nr. 16, 2018)|date=2018-04-14|access-date=2018-06-08|archive-date=2019-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929145242/https://www.focus.de/kultur/medien/kultur-der-schoenste-deutsche-hollywood-import_id_8760630.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Foster began a relationship with actress [[Robin Wright]] in early 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=
In October 2016, Foster announced his engagement to actress [[Laura Prepon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/style/laura-prepon-ben-foster-engagement-ring/|title=Laura Prepon and Ben Foster Are Engaged! See Her Gorgeous New Ring|date=5 October 2016}}</ref> Prepon gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Ella, in August 2017. Foster and Prepon married in June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/laura-prepon-ben-foster-are-married/|title=Laura Prepon and Ben Foster Are Married! 'Thank You for All the Love'|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=June 3, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref> Their son was born in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/laura-prepon-ben-foster-welcome-second-child-1281314|title= Laura Prepon and Ben Foster Welcome Second Child|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Lindsey|last=Weinberg|date=February 26, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref> Ben Foster filed for divorce from Prepon on November 12, 2024, citing “irreconcilable differences”.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ben-foster-files-divorce-laura-144535730.html#:~:text=The%20%22Hell%20or%20High%20Water,%2C%20citing%20%22irreconcilable%20differences.%22</ref> During a custody battle, Prepon accused Foster of being an alcoholic.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/entertainment/laura-prepon-accuses-ben-foster-of-alcohol-abuse-in-custody-battle/ Laura Prepon accuses ex Ben Foster of ‘alcohol abuse’ in bitter custody feud: report]</ref>
After filming of the movie ''[[Here (2011 film)|Here]]'' ended, five members of the cast and crew got tattooed with the letters T.I.A., which stand for This Is Armenia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westal |first1=Bob |title=A Roundtable Chat with Ben Foster of Mechanic |url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/movies/interviews/2011/ben_foster.htm |website=Bullz-Eye |access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>
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