Casey Affleck

Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975), better known as Casey Affleck, is an American actor and director. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the PBS television film Lemon Sky (1988) and the miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990). He later appeared in three Gus Van Sant films – To Die For (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), and Gerry (2002) – and in Steven Soderbergh\'s comedy heist trilogy Ocean\'s Eleven (2001), Ocean\'s Twelve (2004), and Ocean\'s Thirteen (2007). His first leading role was in Steve Buscemi\'s independent comedy-drama Lonesome Jim (2006).\n', '

Affleck\'s breakthrough was in 2007, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the western drama The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and acted in the crime drama Gone Baby Gone, directed by his brother Ben Affleck…