Ben Foster Movies and Career Information

Ben Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. His film roles include Liberty Heights, Get Over It, Hostage, X-Men: The Last Stand, Alpha Dog, 30 Days of Night, The Messenger, Bang Bang You're Dead and Pandorum. He received best supporting actor nominations from both the Saturn and Satellite Awards for his 2007 role in the film 3:10 to Yuma. Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of restaurant owners Gillian and Steven Foster. He has a younger brother, Jon, who is also an actor. Foster has described his parents as "free-spirited, Vietnam-protesting hippies". Foster was raised in his father's Jewish religion. His paternal grandmother emigrated from Russia to escape Pogroms in 1923. When Foster was four years old, his family relocated to Fairfield, Iowa after their Boston home was burglarized while they were present. He has practiced Transcendental Meditation since he was four years old and while living in Fairfield Iowa, he attended the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, which included Transcendental Meditation in its curriculum. Foster began working as an actor when he was sixteen years old. Foster dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles