Casey Affleck

Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-BoldtMassachusetts Vital Records, Births, 1975, 40:305 (born August 12, 1975), better known as Casey Affleck, is an American actor and film director. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, he played supporting roles in mainstream hits like Good Will Hunting (1997) and Ocean's Eleven (2001) as well as in critically acclaimed independent films such as Chasing Amy (1997). Casey is the younger brother of actor and director Ben Affleck, with whom he has frequently collaborated professionally. In 2007, his breakout year,GQ Men of the year 2007 Affleck gained recognition and critical acclaim for his work in Gone Baby Gone and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
==Early life==
Affleck was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He is the younger brother of Ben Affleck, and second son of Christine Anne "Chris" (née Boldt), a school district employee and teacher, and Timothy Byers Affleck, a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, and former actor with the Theater Company of Boston. Affleck has Irish, Scottish, German, and English ancestry (the surname "Affleck" is Scottish), and is a distant cousin of actor Matt Damon. He was raised in a mostly Episcopalian family. Affleck is three years younger than his brother Ben.Casey Affleck Biography (1975–). Film Reference.com. As a child he had numerous pets, including cats, snakes, guinea pigs and turtles.Out There: Casey Affleck. Peta2.net. Affleck went to George Washington University and later transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in physics, astronomy, and Western philosophy, but never graduated.Casey Affleck Biography. Biography.com. Affleck worked sporadically on television while finishing high school and attending college during the early 1990s.
==Career==
===Early work, 1995–2006===
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.Schaefer, Stephen. Casey Affleck – Breakthrough Actor. Variety.com. 19 October 2007. After co-starring with Halle Berry in the 1997 box office flop Race the Sun, later that year he appeared in two films featuring his brother Ben: Chasing Amy and Good Will Hunting. 
Affleck's next few films, the underground movie Desert Blue (1998) with Kate Hudson, the black comedy Drowning Mona (1999) with Bette Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Neve Campbell, and Danny DeVito, and the 2001 horror movie Soul Survivors (co-starring Luke Wilson) were all critical as well as commercial failures.Roberts, Sheila. He also starred in the movie "The Killer In Me". Casey Affleck Interview, Gone Baby Gone. MoviesOnline.ca.
In 2001, Affleck became part of an ensemble cast in the remake of the Rat Pack movie Ocean's Eleven, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Supporting the star leads, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, Affleck played Virgil Malloy, one of the pair of Mormon brothers hired to drive the getaway vehicle. Affleck reprised this character in two sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). In the third installment of the trilogy, several scenes are set in Mexico and he has extended dialogue in Spanish. Affleck lived in Mexico as a child and speaks Spanish fluently.Carroll, Larry. Casey Affleck says 'Thirteen' is better than 'Twelve'. MTV.com. 24 August 2006.
Affleck co-wrote the screenplay for the 2002 film Gerry with Gus Van Sant and Matt Damon. The film, about two men who get lost while hiking in the desert, received mixed reviews; after premiering at the Sundance film festival, it got only a limited release in the United States in 2003.Release dates for Gerry In 2006, Affleck featured in Lonesome Jim and The Last Kiss, where he plays a friend of Zach Braff's character. He then made a cameo in the Joaquin Phoenix-directed video "Tired of Being Sorry" for Balthazar Getty's band Ringside.
===Breakthrough, 2007–present===
In 2007, Affleck starred in the Western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, playing Robert Ford opposite Brad Pitt's Jesse James. For his performance, he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, 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. Entertainment Weekly observed that "a revelatory Casey Affleck brings Ford to life with a mature sense of an underling's craven, fawning petulance."The Assassination of Jesse James (2007) Other reviewers praised Affleck for being "terrific"Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Rolling Stone and a "real revelation"'Jesse James' is just a great, gorgeous Western while making "an indelible impression as the insecure, physically unprepossessing weakling."The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Variety The film's director, Andrew Dominik, said that Affleck was so good in the role partly because, like Ford, he “knows what it’s like to live in somebody’s shadow,” referring to Affleck's older brother.Casey at the Bat
Affleck also played his first leading man in a mainstream production in 2007. He starred in the Boston crime thriller Gone Baby Gone as the protagonist, Patrick Kenzie. Directed, produced, and co-written by Ben Affleck, the film was critically acclaimed and earned Casey further plaudits for his acting.Gone Baby Gone – RT The Boston Globe commented, "I'd never stopped to consider Casey Affleck as a movie star before, but under his big brother's tutelage, he blooms as a leading man of richly watchable savvy and intelligence."Gone Baby Gone The New York magazine similarly praised Affleck's portrayal of the tough private detective and concluded, "Casey Affleck has never had a pedestal like the one his brother provides him, and he earns it. His Patrick is pale and raspy ... He’s not physically imposing, but he reels off four-letter words so fast that it leaves his bigger and more dangerous opponents staring in disbelief."Ways of making you talk
In 2010 Affleck released his first major directorial effort, I'm Still Here, a mockumentary about the musical career of his friend and brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix, who attempted to live a lifestyle of a rapper in one year.Casey Affleck to Direct a Documentary on Joaquim Phoenix Yahoo News, January 17, 2009Untitled Joaquin Phoenix Documentary. joaqdoc.com After much speculation, Affleck admitted shortly after the film's release that Phoenix's role was a "performance" rather than genuine behavior, stating that he "never intended to trick anybody", rather, the production was a work of "gonzo filmmaking" inspired by journalists such as Hunter S Thompson.Documentary? Better Call it Performance Art
Next, Affleck teamed with Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson in The Killer Inside Me (2010), a film adaptation of the 1952 novel of the same name. In January 2010, The Killer Inside Me premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was received poorly by many critics and created controversy due to its graphic portrayal of violence against women, which prompted many viewers to walk out of the screening, including Jessica Alba herself.Sundance 2010: In defense of 'The Killer Inside Me' However critics generally praised Affleck's performance as a serial killer.
Affleck is scheduled to play the lead role in Ridley Scott's upcoming production "The Kind One", a period noir drama, set for release in 2012. He will then star as Gabriel in Paradise Lost, with Bradley Cooper. In 2012, he will star opposite Rooney Mara in the independent modern-day Bonnie and Clyde film Ain't Them Bodies Saints.
==Personal life==
Affleck married Summer Phoenix, his girlfriend of six years, on June 3, 2006 in Savannah, Georgia.Biography for Casey Affleck – IMDB The couple were introduced by her brother, Joaquin. They have two sons, Indiana August, born on May 31, 2004 in Amsterdam,Casey Affleck – Profile. E! Online.com. and Atticus,Affleck brothers strike gold on the silver screen born in January 12, 2008."Casey Affleck Welcomes a Second Child." People.com. 15 January 2008.
Affleck is involved with many animal rights movements and campaigns for PETA and Farm Sanctuary.Alicia Silverstone naked PETA advert banned. My Park magazine. 21 September 2007. He is a vegan, and thus does not eat "meat or any other animal products."PETA profile Affleck resides in Los Angeles and Winter Park, Florida with his family.
In 2010, Affleck was sued by two former female co-workers for sexual harassment; the cases were settled out of court.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Role 	Notes
1988	Lemon Sky 	Jerry 	TV
1990	The Kennedys of Massachusetts 	Robert Kennedy (12–15)	TV mini-series
1995	To Die For 	Russel Hines 	
1996	Race the Sun 	Daniel Webster 	
1997	Chasing Amy 	Little Kid 	
1997	Good Will Hunting 	Morgan O'Mally 	
1998	Desert Blue 	Pete Kepler 	
1999	200 Cigarettes 	Tom 	
1999	American Pie 	Tom Myers 	Uncredited
1999	Floating 	Prep #1 	
2000	Drowning Mona 	Bobby Calzone 	
2000	Committed 	Jay 	
2000	Hamlet 	Fortinbras 	
2000	Attention Shoppers 	Jed 	
2001	Ocean's Eleven 	Virgil Malloy 	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen TeamNominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2001	American Pie 2 	Tom Myers 	
2001	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
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Robert Ford 	International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Board of Review Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorSan Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorSatellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best ActorNominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureNominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the YearNominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion PictureRunner-up — Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorRunner-up — Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated — Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
2007	Gone Baby Gone 	Patrick Kenzie 	Prism Award for Best Performance in a Feature FilmNominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNominated — Irish Film & Television Award for Best International Actor
2010	The Killer Inside Me 	Lou Ford 	
2010	I'm Still Here 	himself 	Directorial debut film
2011	Tower Heist 	Charlie Gibbs 	
2012	ParaNorman 	Mitch 	post-production
2012	The Kind One 	Danny Landon 	filming
2013	Out of the Furnace 	Rodney Baze Jr. 	filming
==References==
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