Casey Affleck is an American actor and director who has received numerous accolades throughout his career.
Affleck's breakthrough came in 2007, when he starred as the American outlaw
Robert Ford in the Western drama ''
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'', for which he received nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the
Academy Awards
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,
Golden Globe Awards
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, and
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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. In the same year, he also had a leading role in his brother
Ben Affleck's directorial debut ''
Gone Baby Gone'', that earned him a nomination for the
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble.
Affleck received universal acclaim for his portrayal of Lee Chandler, a grief-stricken alcoholic loner, in
Kenneth Lonergan's drama film ''
Manchester by the Sea'' (2016). His performance won him the
Academy Award for Best Actor
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, as well as the corresponding prize at the
British Academy Film Awards
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(BAFTA),
Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and
Golden Globe Awards
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.
Affleck has also directed the
mockumentary ''
I'm Still Here I'm Still Here may refer to:
* ''I'm Still Here'' (book), a 2018 memoir by Austin Channing Brown
In film and television:
* '' I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia'', a 1996 documentary film
* ''I'm Still Here'' (2010 film), a 2010 mockum ...
'' (2010) starring
Joaquin Phoenix
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and the drama film ''
Light of My Life
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'' (2019), the former of which was honored at the
Venice Film Festival
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.
Major associations
Academy Awards
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British Academy Film Awards
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Golden Globe Awards
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Minor associations
AACTA International Awards
Chlotrudis Awards
Dorian Awards
Empire Awards
Gotham Awards
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Hollywood Film Awards
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Independent Spirit Awards
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Irish Film and Television Awards
Jupiter Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Sant Jordi Awards
Satellite Awards
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Teen Choice Awards
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Critics associations
Film festivals
Notes
References
External links
*
www.caseyaffleck.comwww.lightofmylife-film.com
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Lists of awards received by American actor
Lists of awards received by film director