Casey Affleck facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Casey Affleck
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Affleck in June 2006
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Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt
August 12, 1975 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) | Summer Phoenix (2006–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Family | Ben Affleck (brother) |
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of Ben Affleck.
He played Morgan O'Mally in Good Will Hunting, Virgil Malloy in the Ocean's Trilogy and Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone. He portrayed Robert Ford in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2017, Affleck won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea.
Early life
Affleck was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He is the second son of Christine Anne "Chris" (née Boldt), a school district employee and teacher, and Timothy Byers Affleck, a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, and former actor with the Theater Company of Boston. Affleck is three years younger than his brother Ben. He has English, Irish, German, Scottish, French, Swiss, Northern Irish (Scotch-Irish), Welsh, and Swedish ancestry. He is a tenth cousin, once removed, of actor Matt Damon, through a common New England ancestor. He was raised in a mostly Episcopalian family. As a child, he had numerous pets, including cats, snakes, guinea pigs and turtles. Affleck went to George Washington University and later transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in physics, astronomy, and Western philosophy, but never graduated.
Images for kids
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Affleck in October 2016
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