Skip to main content
Ben Foster
Actor 45 years old

Ben Foster

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin A. Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. His films include The Punisher (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand and Alpha Dog (both 2006), 30 Days of Night (2007), The Messenger and Pandorum (both 2009), The Mechanic (2011), Contraband (2012), Kill Your... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

56 titles
Christy

Christy

David Michôd 2025 2h 14m 6.0

The life and the incredible career of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the 1990s.

The Contractor

The Contractor

Tarik Saleh 2022 1h 43m 4.0

A discharged U.S. Army Special Operations Forces sergeant, James Harper, risks everything for his family when he joins a private contracting organization.

Medieval

Medieval

Petr Jákl 2022 2h 6m 4.0

The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

Hustle

Hustle

Jeremiah Zagar 2022 1h 57m 6.0

A basketball scout discovers a phenomenal street ball player while in Spain and sees the prospect as his opportunity to get back into the NBA.

Emancipation

Emancipation

Antoine Fuqua 2022 2h 12m

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.

Love, Antosha

Love, Antosha

Garret Price 2019 1h 32m

From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photography, the original music he wrote, and interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues, this film looks not just at Anton's impressive career, but at a broader portrait of the man.

Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace

Debra Granik 2018 1h 49m 7.5

A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.

Galveston

Galveston

Mélanie Laurent 2018 1h 31m 6.3

After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.

Rock'n Roll

Rock'n Roll

Guillaume Canet 2017 2h 3m 4.0

Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n' Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets help from his girlfriend, Marion Cotillard.

Hostiles

Hostiles

Scott Cooper 2017 2h 14m 6.6

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

Warcraft

Warcraft

Duncan Jones 2016 2h 3m 5.5

As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.

The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours

Craig Gillespie 2016 1h 57m 7.2

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Inferno

Inferno

Ron Howard 2016 2h 2m 5.5

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water

David Mackenzie 2016 1h 42m 7.7

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

The Program

The Program

Stephen Frears 2015 1h 43m 5.0

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.

Until We Could

Until We Could

David Lowery, Yen Tan 2014 7m

Until We Could, a gorgeous new video poem written by Richard Blanco, celebrates love and the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. The film is narrated by Golden Globe winning actress Robin Wright and actor Ben Foster. For more info on the campaign to win marriage nationwide, visits www.freedomtomarry.org.

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

Nick Wickham, Benedict Andrews 2014 2h 54m

Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire staring Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby, comes to select cinemas nationwide directly from London’s Young Vic Theatre in an extraordinary one night event

Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor

Peter Berg 2013 2h 1m 6.8

Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission "Operation Red Wing." Four members of SEAL Team 10, were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader, Ahmad Shahd. Only one member of the team survived.

Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings

John Krokidas 2013 1h 43m 6.8

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

David Lowery 2013 1h 36m 5.9

Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.

Contraband

Contraband

Baltasar Kormákur 2012 1h 49m 6.2

When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.

The Mechanic

The Mechanic

Simon West 2011 1h 33m 6.0

An elite hitman teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.

Rampart

Rampart

Oren Moverman 2011 1h 48m 6.5

Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.

Here

Here

Braden King 2011 2h 6m

Set against the gorgeous landscape of Armenia, Here chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Foster) and an expatriate photographer (Azabal) who impulsively decide to travel across the remote countryside. As their trip comes to an end, the two must decide where to go from Here

360

360

Fernando Meirelles 2011 1h 50m 7.5

A disparate group of characters unknowingly bond by the sexual choices they make. Consumed by loneliness, a British businessman ponders a rendezvous with a prostitute. The businessman's wife prepares to call it quits with her younger lover. A Brazilian student breaks up with her boyfriend in London.

The Messenger

The Messenger

Oren Moverman 2009 1h 53m 7.3

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.

Pandorum

Pandorum

Christian Alvart 2009 1h 48m 7.4

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone - and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Blink

Blink

Silas Howard 2009 12m

A rumination on the dangers of first crushes, the weight of clean guns and the habits of sea cucumbers.

Birds of America

Birds of America

Craig Lucas 2008 1h 25m 7.0

A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

James Mangold 2007 2h 2m 7.3

In Arizona in the late 1800's, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

30 Days of Night

30 Days of Night

David Slade 2007 1h 53m 6.7

As the sun sets over the isolated town of a small Alaskan town for winter, the residents prepare for 30 days of total darkness. But dusk heralds the arrival of a pack of blood-hungry vampires . . . with a month to kill.

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

Brett Ratner 2006 1h 44m 6.9

When pharmaceutical company Worthington Labs announces that it has developed an inoculation to permanently suppress the X-gene that gives mutants their powers, conflict between Professor Xavier's X-Men and Magneto's band of Acolytes is sure to follow.

Alpha Dog

Alpha Dog

Nick Cassavetes 2006 2h 2m 7.0

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and hold him hostage.

Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

2005 12m

A series of pop-culture parodies using stop-motion animation of toys, action figures and dolls.

My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl

2005 22m 7.1

A ne'er do well wins $100,000 in the lottery and decides to right all the wrongs from his past with his newfound realization!

Hostage

Hostage

Florent-Emilio Siri 2005 1h 53m 6.8

A police officer is wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator. When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, he must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.

The Punisher

The Punisher

Jonathan Hensleigh 2004 2h 4m 6.5

Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner.

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Asia Argento 2004 1h 38m 6.3

Seven year old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah.

Northfork

Northfork

Michael Polish 2003 1h 43m 5.5

"We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us." In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a new hydroelectric project.

11:14

11:14

Greg Marcks 2003 1h 26m 7.5

The events leading up to an 11:14 PM car crash, from five very different perspectives.

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

Moisés Kaufman 2002 1h 35m 7.0

The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.

The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

2002 42m 7.0

The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone was an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.

Phone Booth

Phone Booth

Joel Schumacher 2002 1h 21m 7.4

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

Big Trouble

Big Trouble

Barry Sonnenfeld 2002 1h 25m 6.8

Based on a book by Dave Barry, Big Trouble tells the story of a journalist who gets involved with a wealthy schemer, a bored housewife, and Russian mobsters.

Bang, Bang, You're Dead

Bang, Bang, You're Dead

Guy Ferland 2002 1h 29m 7.8

Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

2001 52m 9.2

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

Get Over It

Get Over It

Tommy O'Haver 2001 1h 27m 6.2

When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison...

Boston Public

Boston Public

2000 44m

Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights

Barry Levinson 1999 2h 7m 5.0

Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955.

Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks

1999 44m 8.7

A high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.

Family Law

Family Law

1999 1h

Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him.

I've Been Waiting for You

I've Been Waiting for You

Christopher Leitch 1998 1h 30m

When a New England high schooler is mysteriously murdered, the town blames Sarah, the new girl who recently moved into a purportedly haunted house and who they believe to be the reincarnation of a witch who was burned at the stake 300 years ago.

Breakfast with Einstein

Breakfast with Einstein

Craig Shapiro 1998 1h 29m

The outrageously wisecracking Cheech Marin unleashes the laughs as the voice of a smart-alecky dog named Einstein who's out to find himself a new family... and a snack or two along the way! Einstein is a wisecracking dog with a huge appetite for outsmarting human beings!

You Wish

You Wish

1997

You Wish is an American fantasy sitcom that ran from September 26, 1997 to June 23, 1998. It started as part of ABC's TGIF programming on Friday nights for the fall of 1997, along with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World, and Teen Angel.

Kounterfeit

Kounterfeit

John Asher 1996 1h 30m

Flush with $3 million in counterfeit bills, a pair of small-time criminals hope to make the big time by trading it in for a cool million in authentic cash. However, when the trade goes awry, three men end up murdered- one a cop with a vengeful sister--and the hapless buddies find themselves caught between the police and mob hit men after the money.

Flash Forward

Flash Forward

1996 22m

A look at the lives of two best friends and neighbors since birth, Tucker and Rebecca, and their respective adventures as they travel through the world of eighth grade.

Discussion

Loading the discussion…