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
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
Ocean's Twelve - (2004) - Actor
Gerry - (2003) - Actor, Screenwriter
Soul Survivors - (2001) - Actor
Ocean's Eleven - (2001) - Actor
Drowning Mona - (2000) - Actor
Committed - (2000) - Actor
Hamlet - (2000) - Actor
200 Cigarettes - (1999) - Actor
Desert Blue - (1998) - Actor
Chasing Amy - (1997) - Actor
Good Will Hunting - (1997) - Actor
Race the Sun - (1996) - Actor
To Die For - (1995) - Actor
Lemon Sky - (1988) - Actor
