We must give him credit. He did not remain in the shadow of his brother, but worked hard and built his successful acting career. To prove this - an impressive collection of films, several awards and great prospects in the future. What can I say, Affleck Casey is on the heels. It remains to find out where he began his journey.
Biography
Affleck Casey (photo is in the article) was born in 1975 in Falmouth (Massachusetts). His mother was a teacher, and his father changed many professions. He was a mechanic, pharmacist, social worker and even played on stage.
Casey first studied at George Washington University, but then transferred to New York
Columbia University, where he studied astronomy, philosophy and physics. But he did not finish it, he decided to start an acting career, like his famous elder
brother, Ben Affleck.A start
In addition to the popular television show Saturday Night Live, the first film in which Affleck Casey took part was the Lemon Sky project (1988). After the mini-series “Kennedy from Massachusetts” (1990), he was invited to star in the crime drama “Die in Name” (1995) about the model Susan, ready for the most insidious deeds for the sake of a TV star career. Then came the adventure film "Chasing the Sun" (1996) with Holly Berry and James Belushi in the lead roles. A year later, he and his brother appeared in the drama “Clever Will Hunting”, which tells the story of a brilliant guy from Boston.
When Morgan J. Freeman was planning to make the film “Desert Sadness” (1998), he invited Casey Affleck to play the main role as an academic obsessed with roadside attractions. After they received a proposal to star in the comedy “Madly Faithful Wife” (2000), and almost immediately - in the thriller “Immortal Souls” (2001) with Eliza Dushku.
In 2001, Affleck Casey starred in the thieves comedy "Eleven Ocean Friends", and then ended up in two subsequent parts. In the crime drama How the Cowardly Robert Ford Killed Jesse James, the actor got the role of the Cowardly Ford. And in the thriller Goodbye Baby, Goodbye, he played one of the detectives investigating the kidnapping of a little girl.
Further more
Since 2010, the actor’s career begins to gain momentum. Better are the roles Casey Affleck gets. Films with his participation are more interesting. In the dramatic thriller "The Killer Inside Me" (2010), he again plays a character named Ford, but not a cowardly, but a dangerous one. In the comedy "How to Steal a Skyscraper" (2011), the actor enters Ben Stiller's team , which is going to return its retirement savings.
Together with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, Casey Affleck appears in the science fiction drama Interstellar (2014). And a year after that - in the drama “Manchester by the Sea”, for which he received three nominations for prizes for best actor. Among the latest works are films released in 2016: “And the storm struck” and “Three Nines”. It is worth recognizing that the shooting schedule of Affleck Jr still remains overloaded. After all, several more projects are being prepared for release, where Casey Affleck will get the main role. Films with him, at least many of them, are worthy of those in which his older brother is shot. Let us dwell on some of them.
Goodbye baby, goodbye
In the crime drama Ben Affleck, the actor played a private detective Patrick Kenzie, who, with his partner, takes on a very complicated case. A four-year-old girl is abducted from one dysfunctional family. The police are inactive, and then her aunt turns to the detectives.
They get down to business without much enthusiasm, because everyone around, except for relatives, believes that the child is already dead. But there are circumstances that make them take their searches more seriously. After all, at stake is now not only the life of a little girl, but also their own fates.
"How to steal a skyscraper"
Josh Kovacs is a manager in a luxury skyscraper. But his job is not so much in management as in meeting the needs of wealthy residents. His day is an endless series of stresses, and then the owner of the skyscraper, Arthur Shaw, stole the pension savings of his staff. And now he is under house arrest.
Josh decides to get his money back in any way. Turning to an old friend, he gathers a team of specialists in certain areas of activity. Their mission is almost impossible: to rob Arthur Shaw’s apartment, guarded by FBI agents.
Manchester by the Sea
At one time, this picture earned many awards. And most of them got Casey Affleck. Films where the actor plays a dramatic character have always been rated well. Lee Chandler once left his home a long time ago and now works as a locksmith in Boston. He is an introverted and unsociable person, rarely leaves the apartment, and if he goes out, then only to the bar to wave a couple of glasses of local swill.
But once his life changes. Lee receives news that his brother has died of a heart attack. Now he will have to return to his hometown. But not only to attend the funeral, but to fulfill the last request of a relative - he will take care of his underage son Patrick.
“And the storm struck”
In 1953, American Bernard Webber served in the coast guard in the area of the American town of Chatham. It remains quite a bit before he meets his girlfriend and proposes to her. But the raging storm dramatically changes his plans.
On shore, they receive a signal that the Pendleton oil tanker is wrecking nearby. The ship split in half and the crew does everything to keep their unit afloat. The head of the
coast guard sends a rescue team, one of which becomes Bernard. The guys go to the crash site, although they are not sure whether they can go back.
Personal life
In 2006, Affleck Casey married Summer Phoenix, with whom he had lived for six years before. Now they have two children - Augustus and Atticus. But the couple are not together. After ten years of marriage, they had a relationship problem. They tried to keep them with the help of a family counselor, but eventually parted as friends.