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Benjamin A. Foster (born October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts) is best known for such movies as ''Film/LibertyHeights'', ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma2007'', ''Film/BigTrouble'', ''FilM/ThirtyDaysOfNight'', ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', ''Film/{{Hostage}}'', ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', ''Film/{{Pandorum}}'', ''Film/GetOverIt'', ''Film/TheMessenger2009'', ''Film/HellOrHighWater'', ''Film/LeaveNoTrace'', ''Film/Hustle2022'', and the film adaptation of ''Literature/LoneSurvivor'' and ''Series/FlashForward1996''. He played Medivh the Guardian in [[Film/WarCraft2016 the movie adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' and billionaire MadScientist Bertrand Zobrist in ''Literature/{{Inferno|2013}}'' in 2016.

Not to be confused for the orchestrator of ''Series/DoctorWho'' and orchestrator/composer of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''. Or the English professional footballer.

He is married to Creator/LauraPrepon, and they have two children together, a son and a daughter.
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!!! Associated Tropes

* ChronicallyKilledActor: Due to usually playing a bad guy.
* TypeCasting: Aside from ''Liberty Heights'', ''X-Men'', ''Lone Survivor'', and ''Leave No Trace'', he's usually a villain or has bad intentions.
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