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Casey Affleck

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Casey Affleck

Born August 12, 1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA47 films

Casey Affleck (born Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt; August 12, 1975) is an American actor. He receives various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award. The younger brother of actor Ben Affleck, he began his career as a child actor, appearing in the PBS television film Lemon Sky (1988). He later appeared in three Gus Van Sant films: To Die For (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), Gerry (2002), and in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's film series (2001–2007). His first role was in Steve Buscemi's independent comedy-drama Lonesome Jim (2006).

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Affleck's breakthrough came in 2007 when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Robert Ford in the Western drama The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and starred in his brother's crime drama Gone Baby Gone. In 2010, he directed the mockumentary I'm Still Here. He went on to appear in Tower Heist (2011), ParaNorman (2012), and Interstellar (2014), and he received praise for his performance as an outlaw in Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013).

In 2016, Affleck starred in the drama Manchester by the Sea, in which his performance as a grieving man earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since starred in the dramas A Ghost Story (2017) and The Old Man & the Gun (2018) and as Boris Pash in the biographical thriller Oppenheimer (2023), his highest-grossing release.

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Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. TBAThe SmackRowan Petty
  2. TBAWild GameJack Irigaray
  3. TBABitcoinCraig Wright
  4. TBABoston Strong
  5. 2024SlingshotJohn
  6. 2024The InstigatorsCobby
  7. 2023Dreamin' WildDonnie Emerson
  8. 2023OppenheimerBoris Pash
  9. 2021Every Breath You TakePhillip
  10. 2021The World to ComeDyer
  11. 2019Our FriendMatthew Teague
  12. 2019Light of My LifeDad
  13. 2018The Old Man & the GunJohn Hunt
  14. 2017A Ghost StoryC
  15. 2016Manchester by the SeaLee Chandler
  16. 2016Triple 9Chris Allen
  17. 2016The Finest HoursRay Sybert
  18. 2014InterstellarTom
  19. 2013Out of the FurnaceRodney Baze Jr.
  20. 2013Ain't Them Bodies SaintsBob Muldoon
  21. 2012ParaNormanMitch Downe (voice)
  22. 2011Tower HeistCharlie Gibbs
  23. 2010I'm Still HereCasey Affleck
  24. 2010The Killer Inside MeLou Ford
  25. 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordRobert Ford
  26. 2007Gone Baby GonePatrick Kenzie
  27. 2007Ocean's ThirteenVirgil Malloy
  28. 2006The Last KissChris
  29. 2005Lonesome JimJim
  30. 2004Ocean's TwelveVirgil Malloy
  31. 2002GerryGerry
  32. 2001Ocean's ElevenVirgil Malloy
  33. 2001Soul SurvivorsSean
  34. 2001American Pie 2Tom Myers
  35. 2000Attention ShoppersJed
  36. 2000HamletFortinbras
  37. 2000CommittedJay
  38. 2000Drowning MonaBobby Calzone
  39. 1999American PieTom Myers (uncredited)
  40. 1999Desert BluePete Kepler
  41. 1999200 CigarettesTom
  42. 1997Good Will HuntingMorgan O'Mally
  43. 1997Chasing AmyLittle Kid
  44. 1997FloatingPrep #1
  45. 1996Race the SunDaniel Webster
  46. 1995To Die ForRussel Hines
  47. 1988Lemon SkyJerry