Casey Affleck is one of the best actors and directors in the United States. Affleck has been in the limelight for many years, thanks to his career as a film actor. The actor has appeared in several films including Out of the Furnace, Manchester by the Sea, Ocean’s Eleven, and many others.
Besides having roles in numerous films he has also directed a mockumentary I’m Still Here, establishing himself as a director. Casey has received numerous accolades including a British Academy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globe Award.
Casey began his acting career as a child when he appeared in Lemon Sky, a PBS television film. He went on to appear in more films in the following years, establishing his acting career. Despite being in the acting sector for many years, he only held small roles, until he landed a leading role in Lonesome Jim (2006).
Casey Affleck’s Career
Casey Affleck is one of those actors who started acting professionally as children. He got a role in 1988 due to his mother’s friendship with a Cambridge-area casting director Patty Collinge. After his first role in the PBS television film Lemon Sky in 1988, he had his second role in 1990 in ABC miniseries, The Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Despite starting acting at a young age, the actor later revealed that he did not consider it a career initially. Going to act meant he had a day off school and only began considering acting as a career when he was in high school.
He later moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting, upon which he had a role in Gus Van Sant’s 1995 satirical comedy. Despite his career showing success signs, the actor was disappointed after making the 1996 drama Race the Sun. As a result, he went back to school.
Affleck continued acting while he was studying at Columbia. In the late 1990s, he had numerous supporting roles, a period which he described as a dark acting era, because of the critical and commercial failures.
The actor had his leading role in 2006 after he was cast in Lonesome Jim. He played a depressed writer who returned from New York to live with his parents in Indiana. In 2007, he had a breakthrough after two films were released featuring the actor.
The actor started directing films later but returned to acting in 2013. Since then, he has achieved success and made his name known.
Net Worth
Casey Affleck’s net worth is $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The star has accumulated his net worth through acting and directing, careers that he has been pursuing for many years. He started acting as a child, explaining why he has been able to accumulate such a substantial net worth.
Personal Life
Casey was first married to Phoenix. They started dating in 1999 and were engaged in 2004. Two years later, the couple walked down the aisle and exchanged vows. The couple had two sons but they separated in 2015 before divorcing in 2017. Apart from family, Casey has opened up about struggling with alcoholism like his brother.
