Casey Affleck Biography

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Name: Casey Affleck

Birth Name: Caleb Casey Affleck

Birthdate: Aug. 12, 1975

Birthplace: Falmouth, Mass.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CASEY AFFLECK
Ben Affleck's younger brother, Casey, followed Ben and pal Matt Damon's lead (they all had the same high school drama teacher) and started auditioning professionally at age 15. He got his first big part as one of the hit men hired by Nicole Kidman in 1995's To Die For. But he continued his education, studying physics (specifically eugenics) at Columbia University while living with his grandmother to save money. Then Ben wrote him into Good Will Hunting, but despite the film's success, Casey continued to take the indie route with movies like 200 Cigarettes and Drowning Mona. Since then, he has appeared in such big budget films as American Pie 2 and Ocean's Eleven.

5 Things:
1. His father, Tim, was an alcoholic who ended up in rehab after splitting up with Casey's mother, a Harvard-educated elementary school teacher.
His son was born in Amsterdam, which was where he was filming Ocean's Twelve.
3. He and his brother, Ben, enjoy playing chess.
4. One of his early jobs was selling sausages outside Fenway Park; he once aspired to be a teacher.
5. He and his wife are both vegans.

Quote:
"Now that I've been really close to people who have been super famous, it just ain't what it's cracked up to be. At least not for me. It works for people who love it, and need it, but I don't really."
— Boston magazine, Dec. 2004

Family:
Wife: Summer Phoenix, actress, born Dec. 10, 1978; met through her brother Joaquin, whom Casey starred with in 1995's To Die For; married Jun. 2005
Son: Indiana August, born May 31, 2004
Brother: Ben Affleck, actor, born Aug. 15, 1972

Awards:
2008: Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actor, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Golden Globe nomination: Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Recent Films:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - (2007) - Actor
Ocean's Thirteen - (2007) - Actor
Gone Baby Gone - (2007) - Actor
Lonesome Jim - (2006) - Actor
The Last Kiss - (2006) - Actor
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Sites for Casey Affleck
http://www.caseyaffleck.com/
http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/studio/9229/
http://members.tripod.com/~MelinaM/casey.html
http://casey.drowned-world.net/