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Full Name:Casey Affleck - Contact Casey Affleck
Birth Name:Caleb Casey Affleck
Famous As: Actor, writer, editor
Date of Birth: August 12, 1975
Place of Birth: Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
Height: 5' 10?
Nationality: American
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Father: Tim Affleck
Mother: Chris Affleck
Brother(s): Ben Affleck (actor, b. Aug 15, 1972)
Spouse: Summer Phoenix (since June 2005)
Son(s): Indiana August (b. May 31, 2004)
Education: Graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Attended Columbia University, majoring in physics
Claim to Fame: As Morgan O'Mally in movie Good Will Hunting (1997)

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Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck, June 2006
Born Caleb Casey Affleck-Boldt
August 12, 1975 (1975-08-12) (age 33)
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse(s) Summer Phoenix (2006 - present)
Official website

Casey Affleck (born August 12, 1975) is an Academy Award-, SAG Award - and Golden Globe-nominated American actor who has acted in films such as Good Will Hunting, Ocean's thirteen, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Gone Baby Gone. He is the younger brother of Ben Affleck.

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Biography

Early life

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

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.4 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 which met with limited success, but also featured rising star Kate Hudson.5 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 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.6

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 main 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.7 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.8

Personal life

Affleck married Summer Phoenix, his girlfriend of six years, on June 3, 20069. The couple were introduced by her brother. The couple have two sons, Indiana August, who was born on May 31, 2004 in Amsterdam10 and Atticus,11 who was born in November, 2007.12

Affleck is involved with many animal rights movements and campaigns for PETA and Farm Sanctuary.13 He is a vegan.14

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

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
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
American Pie 2 Tom Myers
Soul Survivors Sean
2002 Gerry Gerry
2004 Ocean's Twelve Virgil Malloy
2005 Lonesome Jim Jim
2006 The Last Kiss Chris
2007 Ocean's Thirteen Virgil Malloy
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Robert Ford Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
Gone Baby Gone Patrick Kenzie
2010 The Killer Inside Me 15 Lou Ford
The Kind One 16 Danny Landon

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References

  1. ^ Casey Affleck Biography (1975-). Film Reference.com.
  2. ^ Out There: Casey Affleck. Peta2.net.
  3. ^ Casey Affleck Biography. Biography.com.
  4. ^ Schaefer, Stephen. Casey Affleck - Breakthrough Actor. Variety.com. 19 October 2007.
  5. ^ Roberts, Sheila. Casey Affleck Interview, Gone Baby Gone. MoviesOnline.ca.
  6. ^ Carroll, Larry. Casey Affleck says 'Thirteen' is better than 'Twelve'. MTV.com. 24 August 2006.
  7. ^ "Paste Magazine  :: News :: Ridley Scott, Casey Affleck take on The Kind One", Paste (2008-04-17). Retrieved on 27 April 2008. 
  8. ^ "BD Horror News - 'Killer Inside Me' Finds New Director and Cast", BloodyDisgusting (2008-11-17). Retrieved on 28 November 2008. 
  9. ^ [1]"Biography for Casey Affleck - IMDB
  10. ^ Casey Affleck - Profile. E! Online.com.
  11. ^ Affleck brothers strike gold on the silver screen
  12. ^ "Casey Affleck Welcomes a Second Child." People.com. 15 November 2007.
  13. ^ Alicia Silverstone naked PETA advert banned. My Park magazine. 21 September 2007.
  14. ^ Q&A: Why Casey Affleck Doesn't Enjoy Acting. ReadExpress.com. 19 October 2007.
  15. ^ "BD Horror News - 'Killer Inside Me' Finds New Director and Cast", BloodyDisgusting (2008-11-17). Retrieved on 28 November 2008. 
  16. ^ "Casey Affleck Joins The Kind One Cast", FirstShowing.net (2008-02-06). Retrieved on 1 May 2008. 

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