Biography
Although born in Boston, he was raised in the relatively small town of Fairfield, Iowa, which surprisingly had four local community theaters. By the age of eight, Foster had begun acting with those companies, landing his first leading role at age 11 as the title character in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". The following year, he debuted as a playwright and director with a one-act that won a statewide competition. Dropping out of high …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Cast in the crime drama "Rampart" opposite Woody Harrelson; also produced |
2012 | Acted in the crime drama "Contraband" opposite Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale |
2011 | Cast in the gritty police drama "Rampart" alongside Woody Harrelson and Sigourney Weaver; also produced film |
2011 | Co-starred with Jason Statham in the action thriller "The Mechanic" |
2009 | Co-starred with Dennis Quaid in the sci-fi film "Pandorum" |
2007 | Co-starred with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in "3:10 to Yuma," a Western directed by James Mangold |
2007 | Played drug addict Jake Mazursky in the Nick Cassavetes' directed "Alpha Dog," an independent feature about a real-life drug dealer |
2006 | Cast as Warren Worthington III (aka the Avenging Angel) in "X-Men: The Last Stand," the third installment of the film series |
2005 | Featured opposite Bruce Willis in the crime thriller "Hostage" |
2004 | Starred opposite Thomas Jane and John Travolta in "The Punisher" |
2003 | Landed a recurring role as Claire's (Lauren Ambrose) obsessive boyfriend Russell on the HBO family drama "Six Feet Under" |
2002 | Acted in the crime comedy "Big Trouble" |
2001 | Landed male lead opposite Kirsten Dunst in the comedy feature "Get Over It" |
1999 | First major film role, playing the youngest son of a Jewish family in 1950s Baltimore, in Barry Levinson's "Liberty Heights" |
1999 | Played recurring role of a mentally handicapped student on the short-lived NBC series "Freaks and Geeks" |
1998 | Made TV-movie debut playing a teenage killer in the NBC drama "I've Been Watching You" |
1996 | Co-starred on the ABC/Disney Channel series "Flash Forward" |
1996 | Made feature film debut in "Kounterfeit" |
1993 | At age 12, wrote, directed and starred in the one-act play that won a statewide competition |
1992 | Played the title character in a local production of the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" |
Awards
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 3:10 to Yuma |
2005 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2004 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |