Ben Foster

ActorProducerCrewDirectorWriter Oct 29 (age 45) Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1984–2028 (44 year career)

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Biography

Benjamin A. Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. His films include The Punisher (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand and Alpha Dog (both 2006), 30 Days of Night (2007), The Messenger and Pandorum (both 2009), The Mechanic (2011), Contraband (2012), Kill Your Darlings and Lone Survivor (both 2013), The Program (2015), Warcraft (2016), and Leave No Trace (2018). He has won an Independent Spirit Award for portraying Tanner Howard in Hell or High Water (2016). He also had a recurring role a…

Known For

Film

Lone Survivor

Petty Officer Second Class Matthew "Axe" Axelson

Film

Hell or High Water

Tanner Howard

Film

Hustle

Vince Merrick

Film

3:10 to Yuma

Charlie Prince

Film

X-Men: The Last Stand

Warren Worthington III / Angel

Film

Phone Booth

Big Q (uncredited)

Film

Six Feet Under

Russell Corwin

Film

Warcraft

Medivh (Guardian)

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (65)

Viva La Madness

2028 Upcoming

Jan 21

Motor City

as Reynolds

The Stunt Driver

as Evel Knievel

Long Day's Journey into Night

2026

as Jamie Tyrone

Christy

2025

as Jim V. Martin

7.1

King Ivory

2025

as George 'Smiley' Greene

Sharp Corner

as Josh McCall

Finestkind

as Tom

The Contractor

as Mike

Emancipation

as Jim Fassel

Hustle

as Vince Merrick

The Survivor

as Harry Haft

Medieval

as Jan Žižka

Love, Antosha

as Self

Leave No Trace

as Will

Galveston

as Roy Cady

Hostiles

as Philip Wills

Rock'n Roll

as Ben Foster

Warcraft

as Medivh (Guardian)

Hell or High Water

as Tanner Howard

Inferno

as Bertrand Zobrist

The Finest Hours

as Richard Livesey

The Program

as Lance Armstrong

Until We Could

as Narrator (Voice)

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

2014

as Stanley Kowalski

7.9

Lone Survivor

2013

as Petty Officer Second Class Matthew "Axe" Axelson

7.4

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

as Patrick Wheeler

Kill Your Darlings

as William Burroughs

Love, Marilyn

as Self

Contraband

as Sebastian Abney

360

as Tyler

The Mechanic

as Steve McKenna

Rampart

as General Terry

Here

as Will Shepard

Pandorum

as Bower

The Messenger

as Will Montgomery

Blink

as AJ

Birds of America

as Jay

30 Days of Night

as The Stranger

3:10 to Yuma

as Charlie Prince

Alpha Dog

as Jake Mazursky

X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy

2006

as Self

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

as Warren Worthington III / Angel

6.4

Brett Ratner's X-Diaries

2006

as Self

5.0

X3: The Excitement Continues

2006

as Self

Hostage

as Mars Krupcheck

The Punisher

as Specker Dave

11:14

as Eddie

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

2004

as Fleshy Boy

5.8

Phone Booth

2003

as Big Q (uncredited)

6.9

Northfork

2003

as Cod

6.0

Bang Bang You're Dead

2003

as Trevor Adams

7.1

Bare Knuckle Filming: The Construction of Northfork

Big Trouble

as Matt Arnold

The Laramie Project

as Aaron Kreifels

Get Over It

as Berke Landers

Liberty Heights

as Ben Kurtzman

I've Been Waiting for You

1998

as Charlie

4.9

Breakfast with Einstein

as Ryan

Kounterfeit

as Travis

The Stalemate

Floodplain

Cowboy

as Lee 'Babe' Midnight

Gable

Raven

Television (14)

My Name Is Earl

2005

as Glen Shipley

7.7

Robot Chicken

2005

as Time Traveler / Orville Redenbacher (voice)

7.6

The Dead Zone

2002

as Darren Foldes

7.3

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self

Six Feet Under

as Russell Corwin

Six Feet Under

as Russell Corwin

Boston Public

as Max Warner

Freaks and Geeks

as Eli

Family Law

as Jason Nelson

You Wish

as Earl

Flash Forward

as Tucker James

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

The Bill

Untitled The X-Files Reboot

Crew (6)

Movies (6)

The Survivor

Executive Producer

The Dinner

Thanks

Rampart

Producer

The Stalemate

Executive Producer

Untitled William S. Burroughs Project

Director

Untitled William S. Burroughs Project

Screenplay