Casey Affleck\u00a0(born\u00a0Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt; August 12, 1975) is an American actor. He receives\u00a0various accolades, including an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award. The younger brother of actor\u00a0Ben Affleck, he began his career as a child actor, appearing in the\u00a0PBS television film\u00a0Lemon Sky\u00a0(1988). He later appeared in three\u00a0Gus Van Sant\u00a0films:\u00a0To Die For (1995),\u00a0Good Will Hunting\u00a0(1997),\u00a0Gerry\u00a0(2002), and in\u00a0Steven Soderbergh’s\u00a0Ocean’s film series (2001\u20132007). His first role was in\u00a0Steve Buscemi’s independent comedy-drama\u00a0Lonesome Jim\u00a0(2006).<\/p>\n
Affleck’s breakthrough came in 2007 when he was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor\u00a0for his performance as\u00a0Robert Ford\u00a0in the Western drama\u00a0The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford\u00a0and starred in his brother’s crime drama\u00a0Gone Baby Gone. In 2010, he directed the mockumentary\u00a0I’m Still Here. He went on to appear in\u00a0Tower Heist (2011),\u00a0ParaNorman\u00a0(2012), and\u00a0Interstellar (2014), and he received praise for his performance as an outlaw in\u00a0Ain’t Them Bodies Saints\u00a0(2013).<\/p>\n
In 2016, Affleck starred in the drama\u00a0Manchester by the Sea, in which his performance as a grieving man earned him the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since starred in the dramas\u00a0A Ghost Story\u00a0(2017) and\u00a0The Old Man & the Gun\u00a0(2018) and as\u00a0Boris Pash\u00a0in the biographical thriller\u00a0Oppenheimer\u00a0(2023), his highest-grossing release.<\/p>\n
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Casey Affleck\u00a0(born\u00a0Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt; August 12, 1975) is an American actor. He receives\u00a0various accolades, including an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award. The younger brother of actor\u00a0Ben Affleck, he began his career as a child actor, appearing in the\u00a0PBS television film\u00a0Lemon Sky\u00a0(1988). He later appeared in three\u00a0Gus Van Sant\u00a0films:\u00a0To Die For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7645","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n