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Casey Affleck

Brother of actor Ben Affleck.

Attended Columbia University, majoring in Physics. During this time he lived with his grandma in Manhattan.

Currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Summer Phoenix, and son, Indiana August.

Is of Scottish-Irish descent.

In the March issue of Nylon Magazine, Casey Affleck admits to being ashamed of two movies in his career: Drowning Mona (2000) and Soul Survivors (2001).

Is a vegan.

Best friends with Joaquin Phoenix.

Appeared with brother Ben Affleck in the movies Chasing Amy (1997), Good Will Hunting (1997) and 200 Cigarettes (1999).

His older brother, Ben Affleck, and his fiancée's older brother, River Phoenix, have both played versions of characters played by Harrison Ford. Ben Affleck played Jack Ryan in The Sum of All Fears (2002), and River Phoenix played the young Indy in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

He and fiancée Summer Phoenix welcomed a son, Indiana August, on May 31, 2004, in Amsterdam.

Brother-in-law of Jennifer Garner, Joaquin Phoenix, River Phoenix, Rain Phoenix and Liberty Phoenix.

He and Summer Phoenix were a couple for six years before they married

He and his brother Ben Affleck have both had on-screen romances with Liv Tyler: Lonesome Jim (2005), Armageddon (1998/I) and Jersey Girl (2004).

Welcomed second child, son Atticus Affleck [November 2007] with Summer Phoenix.

His mother purchased work by Boston acclaimed photographer Brian Carroll as a gift to Casey, for the back-to-back premieres of Gone Baby Gone (2007) and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007).

Fluent in Spanish.



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Casey Affleck - what members say


  • Gerry
  • Gerry review by from Totteridge, England
    Rated - 2 stars Poetry In Slllooowww Motion 16 May 2004
    ... Rather like the film, the storyline is simple. Two friends, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, lose their car in the desert, and cannot find it. It may sound like not a lot ...  
  • Gone Baby Gone
  • Gone Baby Gone review by ValleyJohn from Biggleswade
    Rated - 3 stars Gone Baby Gone 30 January 2008
    ...desperate Aunt and Uncle plead with local private investigators Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Genarro (Michelle Monaghan) to take the case. Without a doubt ...  

Casey Affleck - filmography


  • Lonesome Jim on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Mark Boone,  Casey Affleck,  Mary Kay Place
    Director: Steve Buscemi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    With LONESOME JIM, director Steve Buscemi delivers another low-budget gem about small-town American life. Boasting a fresh script courtesy of James C. Strouse, the film begins when 27-year-old Jim (Casey Affleck) returns to his small Indiana town after having failed to make a dent as a writer in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,759 members
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  • Ocean's Thirteen on DVD (2007)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Brad Pitt,  Matt Damon
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After their old chum Reuben Tischkoff (Gould) is double-crossed in a business deal and hospitalized, Danny Ocean (Clooney) reconvenes his charming gang of thieves and heads to Las Vegas to gain revenge on the man who put Ruben at death’s door: shark-like hotelier, Willy Bank (Pacino). Their plan is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 57,445 members
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  • The Last Kiss on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Zach Braff,  Casey Affleck,  Rachel Bilson
    Director: Tony Goldwyn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From Academy Award-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis (Crash) comes a film about close-knit, twenty-something college friends who are reaching an emotional crossroads in their lives. Zach Braff (Garden State) heads an all-star ensemble cast that includes Jacinda Barrett (Bridget Jones: The Edge of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 17,795 members
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  • Gerry on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Casey Affleck
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Gus Van Sant's GERRY, a film more concerned with atmosphere and visual breadth than with story or plot, a frivolous hike through the desert evolves into an existential journey for two young men. The film features only two characters, both named Gerry and played by the film's co-creators Casey ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,803 member
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  • Drowning Mona on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Danny De Vito,  Bette Midler,  Neve Campbell
    Director: Nick Gomez
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mona Dearly is an unpopular woman who dies driving off a cliff after the brakes have failed. The local police chief suspects foul play and tries to contain the whole town...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 343 members
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  • Committed on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Heather Graham,  Casey Affleck,  Luke Wilson
    Director: Lisa Krueger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Heather Graham plays a woman who is abandoned by her husband (Luke Wilson) when he goes on a "search for himself." Unable to accept this as an excuse for terminating their relationship, she begins her own search--a search for him. As she hits the road, she encounters a bizarre cast of characters ..read more »
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  • Chasing Amy on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Joey Lauren Adams,  Jason Lee
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 12,015 members
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  • Good Will Hunting on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Matt Damon,  Ben Affleck
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A South Boston whiz kid elects to clean the halls of learning rather than enter them, slumming his way through life as a janitor at MIT. But his natural ability to unravel complex equations attracts the attention of a professor who won't let him quit, a beautiful Harvard student who wants to save ..read more »
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  • To Die For (1995)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Matt Dillon,  Joaquin Phoenix
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A cable-TV weather girl who'll do anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student and convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black comedy. Gus Van Sant's sly satire on America's tabloid mentality is loosely adapted from Joyce Maynard's chronicle of the real-life tale of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 5,468 members
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  • Lemon Sky (1988)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Casey Affleck,  Tom Atkins
    Director: Jan Egleson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This made-for-television adaptation of Lanford Wilson's play stars Kevin Bacon as a troubled young man who is trying to come to terms with his unfortunate upbringing.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 34% from 5 members
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Casey Affleck - watch online


  • Lonesome Jim to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Mark Boone,  Casey Affleck,  Mary Kay Place
    Director: Steve Buscemi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 87 minutes
    Jim begrudgingly returns to his hometown in rural Indiana after failing to make it on his own in New York. Once back, living in his childhood room, he soon remembers why he left: a doting but overbearing mother a distant father and a depressed older brother. Soon after his homecoming, Jim's brother ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 10 members
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Casey Affleck facts

5 most recent films

Lonesome Jim - 3.0 stars
Ocean's Thirteen - 3.5 stars
Ocean's Thirteen - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Ocean's Thirteen - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Gone Baby Gone - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Good Will Hunting - 3.5 stars
Gone Baby Gone - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Gone Baby Gone - 3.5 stars
Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Chasing Amy - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Lemon Sky - 2.0 stars
To Die For - 3.0 stars
Committed - 2.5 stars
Soul Survivors - 2.5 stars
Drowning Mona - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Matt Damon - 6 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 5 times - show films
Elliott Gould - 3 times - show films
Nicole Kidman - 3 times - show films
Don Cheadle - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gus Van Sant - 5 times - show films
Steven Soderbergh - 3 times - show films
Andrew Dominik - 2 times - show films
Steve Buscemi - 2 times - show films
Ben Affleck - 2 times - show films