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Casey Affleck      

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Interstellar", "Ocean's Eleven", and "Manchester by the Sea"

Casey Affleck is an American actor and film director. Affleck began his career as a child actor, appearing in local weather commercials and film extra work. Affleck's first television appearance was in the PBS television film "Lemon Sky" in 1988 where he played the brother of Kevin Bacon. In 1990, Affleck portrayed a young Robert F. Kennedy in the ABC miniseries "The Kennedys of Massachusetts." Affleck's first film role was in Gus Van Sant's dark comedy "To Die For" (1995), after which he went on to feature in films such as "Good Will Hunting" (1997) and the "Ocean's" series (2001–2007). He is the younger brother of actor and director Ben Affleck, and has often collaborated with him, notably in the Boston crime thriller "Gone Baby Gone."

Throughout his career, Affleck has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Affleck's breakthrough came in 2007 when he played Robert Ford in the Western drama "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" alongside Brad Pitt. This role earned Affleck nominations for the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Besides acting, Affleck made his directorial debut with the mockumentary "I'm Still Here" in 2010.

In addition to his earlier work, Affleck's performance in the drama "Manchester by the Sea" (2016) is a significant highlight of his career, earning him an Academy Award for Best Actor. Affleck has continued to appear in films such as "A Ghost Story" (2017), "The Old Man & the Gun" (2018), and the biographical thriller "Oppenheimer" (2023), and "The Instigators" (2024).

Beyond his acting career, Affleck is a vegan and actively involved in animal rights campaigns.

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Casey Affleck talks Aussie directors, Joaquin Phoenix and his latest, movie, Triple 9
HIS brother, Ben Affleck, is the new Batman but Casey Affleck has made a career out of playing intense dramatic roles, including his latest Triple 9.
Film review: Casey Affleck in 'Triple 9'
If he hadn't already made a Prohibition-era Western called "Lawless," director John Hillcoat might as well have saved that title for "Triple 9," a modern-day heist thriller of unusually grim, coiled intensity: About as far removed as possible from the suave leisure-suit larcenists of an "Ocean's Eleven" caper, the desperate crooks trying to pull off one last job here are a bunch of corrupt cops and ex-soldiers in Atlanta, navigating a shadowy urban labyrinth with no chance of escape or redemption in sight. Well suited to Hillcoat's gifts for low-boil suspense and brutal eruptions of violence in close, male-dominated quarters, the film has grit and atmosphere to burn but also a certain narrative sketchiness, as though unable to reconcile its sharp sociological portraiture with the pleasures of a more robustly plotted crime yarn. While a diverse, high-wattage cast including Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kate Winslet should draw some takers, the Open Road release looks set for a minor killing at best.
Casey Affleck to Star in HBO's 'Lewis and Clark' Miniseries - The ...
HBO is moving full steam ahead with its long-gestating Lewis and Clark miniseries. The premium cable network has tapped Casey Affleck to star in the six-hour ...

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