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Casey Affleck
Casey Affleck, June 2006
Born	Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt August 12, 1975 (1975-08-12) (age 34) Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Summer Phoenix (2006 - present)
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Casey Affleck (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor. He has acted in films such as Good Will Hunting, Ocean's Eleven, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Gone Baby Gone. He has been nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe awards. He is the younger brother of Ben Affleck.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Affleck was born Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt in Falmouth, Massachusetts, the son of Christopher Anne "Chris" (née Boldt), a school district employee and teacher, and Timothy Byers Affleck,¹ a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, and former actor with the Theater Company of Boston. He is the younger brother of Ben Affleck.² As a child he had numerous pets, including cats, snakes, guinea pigs and turtles.³ Affleck went to The George Washington University, later transferring to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in physics, astronomy, and Western philosophy.⁴

Career

Affleck's first movie role was as a sociopathic teenager in Gus Van Sant's 1995 dark comedy To Die For, alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Nicole Kidman.⁵ After starring the following year in the box office flop Race the Sun (co-starring Halle Berry), he appeared in two films featuring older brother Ben: Chasing Amy and Good Will Hunting. The latter was a major hit and jump-started the careers of Matt Damon and the Affleck brothers. Both Ben and Damon went on to win the Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay. Affleck then starred in the underground movie Desert Blue, a film that met limited critical or commercial success, but also featured rising star Kate Hudson.⁶ He took time off from acting before playing another role.

He next starred in the black comedy Drowning Mona with Bette Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Neve Campbell, and Danny DeVito. The movie performed poorly at the box office and with critics. He then starred in the 2001 horror movie Soul Survivors, co-starring Luke Wilson, Wes Bentley, and Eliza Dushku. Affleck later admitted in an interview to Nylon Magazine that he was ashamed to have been involved with both films.^{citation needed} Affleck followed them up with a re-make of the Rat Pack movie Ocean's Eleven, directed by Steven Soderbergh. The 2001 release had a star-studded cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, and Julia Roberts. Affleck played Virgil Malloy, one of the pair of mormon brothers hired to drive the getaway vehicle. Affleck would return to this character in Ocean's Twelve in 2004, and Ocean's Thirteen, released in June 2007. In the latter film, several scenes take place in Mexico, where Affleck lived as a child, and in which he has extended dialogue in Spanish, which he speaks.⁷

After establishing his movie career, Affleck turned to screenwriting, teaming up with Matt Damon to write the 2002 film Gerry about two friends who get lost while hiking in the desert, directed by Van Sant. Affleck also starred in the film The Last Kiss as a friend of Zach Braff's character and made a cameo in the Joaquin Phoenix-directed video "Tired of Being Sorry" for Balthazar Getty's band Ringside.

In 2007, he starred in the Western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, playing Robert Ford to Brad Pitt's Jesse James. For this role he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture at the 65th Golden Globe Awards, a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture and an Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role at the 80th Academy Awards. He also starred in the critically acclaimed Gone Baby Gone in which he appeared as the protagonist, Patrick Kenzie. The movie was directed by his brother, Ben Affleck, who later stated that as an actor, Casey is "the better Affleck."

In April 2008, director Ridley Scott had announced his new project The Kind One, a period noir drama set for release in 2010. Affleck has been cast in the lead role.⁸ Also in 2010, Affleck will be teaming up with Jessica Alba in The Killer Inside Me, a film adaptation of the 1952 novel of the same name.⁹

He will direct a documentary about the musical career of his friend and brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix; filming begins in early 2009¹⁰. The official website for the film announced that he is seeking fan videos of Joaquin's live concert footage for possible inclusion in his film.¹¹

Personal life

Affleck married Summer Phoenix, his girlfriend of six years, on June 3, 2006.¹² The couple were introduced by her brother, Joaquin. The couple have two sons, Indiana August, who was born on May 31, 2004 in Amsterdam¹³ and Atticus,¹⁴ who was born in November, 2007.¹⁵

Affleck is involved with many animal rights movements and campaigns for PETA and Farm Sanctuary.¹⁶ He is vegan, so he does not eat "meat or any other animal products."¹⁷

Affleck speaks Spanish and resides in Los Angeles, California and Winter Park, Florida with his family.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Lemon Sky	Jerry	TV
1990	The Kennedys of Massachusetts	Robert (12-15)	TV mini-series
1995	To Die For	Russel Hines
1996	Race the Sun	Daniel Webster
1997	Chasing Amy	Little kid
	Good Will Hunting	Morgan O'Mally
1998	Desert Blue	Pete Kepler
1999	200 Cigarettes	Tom
	American Pie	Tom Myers	Uncredited
	Floating	Prep #1
2000	Drowning Mona	Bobby Calzone
	Committed	Jay
	Hamlet	Fortinbras
	Attention Shoppers	Jed
2001	Ocean's Eleven	Virgil Malloy	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	American Pie 2	Tom Myers
	Soul Survivors	Sean
2002	Gerry	Gerry	Also Screenwriter
2004	Ocean's Twelve	Virgil Malloy
2005	Lonesome Jim	Jim
2006	The Last Kiss	Chris
2007	Ocean's Thirteen	Virgil Malloy	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Robert Ford	National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated — Irish Film & Television Award for Best International Actor Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
	Gone Baby Gone	Patrick Kenzie	Prism Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film
2010	The Killer Inside Me9	Lou Ford
	The Kind One18	Danny Landon

References

External links

• Casey Affleck at the Internet Movie Database
• Casey Affleck at Allmovie
• Casey Affleck Exclusive Interview on peta2
• Casey Affleck comprehensive profile