From the time he could walk, Ben Foster was entertaining his family so it was perhaps inevitable that he would find his niche as an actor. Although born in Boston, he was raised in the relatively small town of Fairfield, Iowa, which surprisingly had four local community theaters. By the age of eight, Foster had begun acting with those companies, landing his first leading role at age 11 as the title character in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". The following year, he debuted as a playwright and director with a one-act that won a statewide competition. Dropping out of high school in his
