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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. His films include ''[[The Punisher (2004 film)|The Punisher]]'' (2004), ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' and ''[[Alpha Dog]]'' (both 2006), ''[[30 Days of Night (film)|30 Days of Night]]'' (2007), ''[[The Messenger (2009 film)|The Messenger]]'' and ''[[Pandorum]]'' (both 2009),<ref name="eeo">{{Cite news |last=Ordona |first=Michael |title=Ben Foster puts his heart into ''The Messenger'' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 1, 2009 |url=
==Early life==
Foster was born in [[Boston]] on October 29, 1980, the son of restaurant owners Steven Foster and Gillian Kirwan.<ref name="dlanot">{{Cite news |last=Fee |first=Gayle |author2=Laura Raposa |title=Inside Track: Pool barons foster son's fledgling career |work=[[Boston Herald]] |date=September 3, 1995 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/20531991.html?dids=20531991:20531991&FMT=ABS |access-date=November 15, 2010 |archive-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319113940/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/20531991.html?dids=20531991:20531991&FMT=ABS |url-status=dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="notsob">{{Cite news |last=Sherman |first=Paul |title=New ''Heights''; After landing the lead role in Barry Levinson's latest film, Boston native Ben Foster is flying |work=[[Boston Herald]] |date=December 9, 1999 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/47037101.html?dids=47037101:47037101&FMT=ABS |access-date=November 15, 2010 |archive-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319113930/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/47037101.html?dids=47037101:47037101&FMT=ABS |url-status=dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="rekr">{{Cite news |last=Abel |first=Judy |title=Exploring life's 'darker corners' |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=November 15, 2009 |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/11/15/ben_foster_addresses_grief_and_loss_in_the_messenger/?page=2 |access-date=November 15, 2010 }}</ref> He has described his parents as "free-spirited, [[Vietnam]]-protesting hippies".<ref name="Foster1">{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Gerri |title=Foster Reaches for the "Heights" |work=JVibe |year=1999 |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/heights.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000523011623/http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/heights.shtml|archive-date=2000-05-23|access-date=November 12, 2006 }}</ref> He has a younger brother, [[Jon Foster|Jon]], who is also an actor. In 1984, the Foster family relocated to [[Fairfield, Iowa|Fairfield]], Iowa when their Boston home was broken into by robbers while they were present.<ref name=rekr/><ref name="Foster1"/>
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==
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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]]. He reunited with director Barry Levinson to make ''[[The Survivor (2021 film)|The Survivor]]'' in 2021.
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=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>
==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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