Casey Affleck
Birth Name:
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt
Birth Place:
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematographer
Fast Facts
- Co-founder of the production company Untitled Casey Affleck/John Powers Middleton Project
- Teamed with PETA and did a PSA to expose the cruelty of dehoring dairy cows and calves
- Was the Breakthrough Actor of the Year at the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival
- Brother to actor Ben Affleck
- Started acting after his mother encourage him to audition for commercials, TV movies and local productions to keep him off of the streets
- Studied at George Washington University and Columbia University
- Quote: "I don't think journalists have much impression of me․ I haven't really done all that many interviews, partly by choice, and partly because no one's been all that interested․"
- Quote: "I still walk down the street and something will occur to me about something I did in a movie eight years ago, and I'll be like, 'Christ! Why did I do that? I should have done it like this․'"
- Doesn't like to watch the films he's in because he's very critical of his own performances
- Sold newspapers on street corners and worked at the concessions at Fenway Park
Awards
- 1996Young Artist Award - Best Young Leading Actor - Feature Film:Nominated
- 2002MTV Movie Award - Best On-Screen Team:Nominated
- 2002PFCS Award - Best Acting Ensemble:Nominated
- 2007EDA Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2007ACCA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 2007CFCA Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2007DFWFCA Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2007DFCS Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2007DFCC - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2007Golden Schmoes - Best Supporting Actor of the Year:Nominated
- 2007ICP Award - Best Supporting Performance:Nominated
- 2007NBR Award - Best Supporting Actor:Winner
- 2007SFFCC Award - Best Supporting Actor:Winner
- 2007Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama:Winner
- 2007SEFCA Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2007SLFCA Award - Best Supporting Actor:Winner
- 2007Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie: Chemistry:Nominated
- 2007TFCA Award - Best Supporting Performance, Male:Nominated
- 2007UFCA Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2007VVFP Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2007VVFP Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2008Oscar - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 2008Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 2008Chlotrudis Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2008Critics Choice Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2008Critics Choice Award - Best Acting Ensemble:Nominated
- 2008Gold Derby Film Award - Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2008Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2008HFCS Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2008HFCS Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2008ICS Award - Best Supporting Actor:Winner
- 2008INOCA - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2008ALFS Award - Actor of the Year:Nominated
- 2008NSFC Award - Best Supporting Actor:Winner
- 2008OFTA Film Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2008OFCS Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2008Prism Award - Performance in a Feature Film:Winner
- 2008Virtuoso AwardWinner
- 2008VFCC Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2009IFTA Award - Best International Actor:Nominated
- 2010CPH:DOX AwardNominated
- 2010DFCC - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2010Grand Prix Asturias - Best Film:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Supporting Actor of the Decade:Nominated
- 2010Biografilm Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2013Golden Space Needle Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2014Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 2016AFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016ACCA - Best Actor in a Leading Role:Winner
- 2016ACCA - Best Cast Ensemble:Nominated
- 2016BOFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016BSFC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016CFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016Critics Choice Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016DFWFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016DFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016FFCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016AISGE Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016Golden Schmoes - Best Actor of the Year:Nominated
- 2016Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016IGN Award - Best Movie Actor:Winner
- 2016IFJA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016ICP Award - Best Lead Actor:Winner
- 2016KCFCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016Sierra Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016LAFCA Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2016NBR Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016NFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016NMFC Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2016NYFCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016NYFCO Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016NTFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016PCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016PFCS Award - Best Actor in a Leading Role:Winner
- 2016SDFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016SFFCC Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2016SEFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016SLFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016TFCA Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2016UFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016VHS Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2016VFCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016VVFP Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016WAFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2016WFCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017AACTA International Award - Best Lead Actor:Winner
- 2017Oscar - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:Winner
- 2017Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2017Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:Nominated
- 2017EDA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017BAFTA Film Award - Best Leading Actor:Winner
- 2017Palmarés blogos de oro - Best Lead Actor (Mejor Actor):Nominated
- 2017COFCA Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2017CIFCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017Chlotrudis Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2017DFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017Dorian Award - Film Performance of the Year - Actor:Nominated
- 2017Empire Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2017Independent Spirit Award - Best Male Lead:Winner
- 2017GAFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017Gold Derby Film Award - Lead Actor:Winner
- 2017Gold Derby Film Award - Ensemble Cast:Nominated
- 2017Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:Winner
- 2017HFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017HFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017ICS Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2017INOCA - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017IFC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017IFTA Award - Best International Actor:Winner
- 2017Jupiter Award - Best International Actor:Nominated
- 2017ALFS Award - Actor of the Year:Winner
- 2017NSFC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017NCFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017OFCC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017OFTA Film Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017OFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2017Desert Palm Achievement AwardWinner
- 2017Cinema Vanguard AwardWinner
- 2017Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2017SFCS Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2018CinEuphoria - Best Actor - International Competition:Nominated
- 2018Sant Jordi - Best Actor in a Foreign Film (Millor actor en pel·lícula estrangera):Nominated
- 2019C.I.C.A.E. Award - Panorama:Nominated
- 2019Fresh Blood Award - Best First or Second Feature:Nominated
- 2019Gabriel Sherover Foundation Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 2019Grand Prix du Jury - Compétition internationale:Nominated
- 2019Audience Award - City of Donostia Audience Award:Nominated
- 2020Gold Derby Film Award - Lead Actor of the Decade:Nominated
- 2022C&I Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2023Capri Ensemble Cast AwardWinner
- 2024Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:Winner
- 2024CinEuphoria - Best Ensemble - International Competition:Nominated
- 2024Gold Derby Film Award - Ensemble Cast:Winner
- 2026Grand Special PrizeNominated
- 2026Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated