Casey Affleck  is the younger brother of actor Ben Affleck.

I am sure you remember the Casey’s movie roles in such films like Chasing Amy and Good Will Hunting.

The recent movie, where he had a great funny time was the Ocean's Eleven, directed by Steven Soderbergh. The 2001 release had a star-studded cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, and Julia Roberts. Affleck played Virgil Malloy, one of the pair of brothers hired to drive the getaway vehicle. Affleck would return to this character in Ocean's Twelve in 2004, and Ocean's Thirteen, released in June 2007, where he has several scenes which take place in Mexico and in which he has extended dialog in Spanish.

The Affleck little brother, could soon eclipse famous of his older brother. Even if Ben has already some Oscar winners, Casey competes for Oscars in the coming months, he will have two movies and at least one person to thank -- the director of the upcoming "Gone Baby Gone," who also happens to be his brother.

"We had common language, a shorthand that enabled us to communicate specifically," Casey Affleck told Reuters about being directed by Ben, who is three years older. "We could disagree comfortably and when we agreed, we would elevate the conversation quickly and build on what each other said."

Unlike Ben, who won an Oscar at age 25 for co-writing "Good Will Hunting" and went on to leading man roles, Casey Affleck, 32, is only now transitioning from being a character actor, mostly in films with large ensemble casts such as "Ocean's Eleven," to a leading man.

Casey Affleck is also staring in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," debuted in major cities last Friday.



Publication date: 27 September 2007   

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