Benjamin A. Foster made his screen debut in his teens as the lead in the Disney series ‘Flash Forward’ (1996-1997). After a few TV/video-films, he featured in his first feature-film, ‘Liberty Heights’ (1999), followed by ‘Get Over It’ (2001), which fetched nominations.
After the TV-film ‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’ (2002) earned him awards, a recurring role in the drama-series ‘Six Feet Under’ (2003-2005) got him accolades along with the cast. Thereafter, he featured in ‘11:14’ (2003), ‘The Punisher’ (2004), ‘Hostage’ (2005) and more.
Foster won acclaim for his breakthrough performance in the true crime drama-film ‘Alpha Dog’ (2006). Next, he was seen in the superhero-film ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ (2006), and as ‘an outlaw’ in the Western-film ‘3:10 To Yuma’ (2007), which again earned several accolades.
Foster’s lead role in the war-drama film ‘The Messenger’ (2009) fetched him multiple nominations. His work was appreciated in the sci-fi-horror ‘Pandorum’ (2009), ‘The Mechanic’ (2011), ‘Kill Your Darlings’ (2013), and ‘Lone Survivor’ (2013).
Foster essayed racing-cyclist ‘Lance Armstrong’ in the biopic ‘The Program’ (2015). After action-fantasy ‘Warcraft’ (2016), his performance in the crime-film ‘Hell or High Water’ (2016) brought in acclaim. He further starred in ‘Inferno’ (2016), ‘Hostiles’ (2017), ‘Leave No Trace’ (2018), ‘The Survivor’ amongst others.