On February 27, at 9:30 Beijing time, the 89th Academy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles, and Cassie Affleck won the Oscar for Best Actor for his most "mournful" performance of the year in "Manchester by the Sea", beating the nominees such as denzel Washington, who was also a big hit. Ten years ago, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Death of a Sharpshooter.
Cassie Affleck was born in 1975 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His older brother is the famous actor Ben Affleck, and another big Hollywood star, Matt Damon, is also his distant cousin.
However, compared with the "Golden Raspberry Award" regular customer, often by the media spit "face paralysis" brother Xiao Ben, the younger brother Cassie has been praised by the media since "Whatever It Takes". Although he didn't play much in "Whatever It Takes," Rolling Stone critics praised him for "skillfully showing the feeling of a confused teenager who can't see hope."
Perhaps Cassie himself is good at playing such dark roles, and after acting in the adventure comedy "Chasing the Sun", he suddenly lost interest in the actor's profession and ran to college. Later, in support of his two older brothers' work The Mindcatcher, he returned to the ranks of actors again, although he only got a small role.
However, the good actor then had a rather gloomy acting time. He then "hit soy sauce" in "Guess, Love, Seek" and "200 Cigarettes" starring Xiao Ben. In order to make money, he also acted in several comedies such as "Cool Boy And Girl Call to You", "Drown Mona", "Attention Buyer" and even made a cameo appearance in "American Pie 2".
Cassie Affleck really began to be familiar with Hollywood and audiences from a decade ago, and in 2007, he starred in "The Death of a Sharpshooter" and his brother's work "Baby Is Missing", in which his interpretation of the complexity of the character was excellent, and the almost sluggish eye performance seemed to be practicing for "Manchester by the Sea" ten years later. He also received the first Oscar nomination of his career with this film, and his acting skills were gradually recognized.
By 2010, he was also quite brilliant in "The Killer in the Heart", showing the killing desire of officer Lu Ford with extreme violent tendencies almost perfectly, and his eye performance was further tempered. As a child, Cassie worked as a director on a performance art documentary with his best friend and brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix, "I'm Still Here," but was then accused of sexual harassment, casting a shadow over his acting career.
Last year, he starred in "Manchester by the Sea" and everyone was impressed by his performance, and this time it was still his two brothers Ben and Matt, who produced the film, matt Damon and the producer of the film.
Before the Oscars, Cassie Affleck had already won 55 Film Awards awards for various large and small film awards events for "Manchester by the Sea", and today's Oscars are the 56th, and there is no doubt that these awards are the best compliments for his pure and heartbreaking performance in the film!
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