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Sam Worthington
Born
Samuel Worthington
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Samuel "Sam" Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an award-winning Australian actor known to movie audiences as Marcus Wright in the 2009 film Terminator Salvation. He is set to play Jake Sully in Avatar and Perseus in the 2010 feature film remake of Clash of the Titans.

Early life

Worthington was born in Perth, Western Australia. He grew up in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham. His father was a power plant employee while his mother raised him and his sister. He dropped out of school at 17 and worked construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney.[1] He was 19 and working as a bricklayer when on a whim he auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was accepted, with scholarship.[2]

Career

After graduating from NIDA in 1998, Worthington performed in a production of David Hare's play The Judas Kiss for Company B at the Belvoir St Theatre.

He went on to act in a series of Australian movies and TV series; including a breakout role in Bootmen (2000) and leading roles in Dirty Deeds (2002), Gettin' Square (2003), Somersault (2004) and a modern Australian retelling of Macbeth (2006). Worthington was nominated in 2000 for Best Lead Actor by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) for his work in Bootmen and eventually won the 2004 AFI Award for Best Lead Actor for his role in Somersault. He is well known in Australia for his role as Howard in the acclaimed Australian TV series Love My Way, where he played the main love interest of the female lead.

American television audiences had a glimpse of Worthington with a guest role in one 2000 episode of the series JAG.

Worthington's international film career began with a series of small roles in Hollywood productions such as Hart's War (2002) and The Great Raid (2005), which was filmed in Australia. He was one of several actors who was under consideration to take over the role of James Bond from Pierce Brosnan for the 2006 film Casino Royale.[3]

In 2007, James Cameron chose Worthington for a leading role in his science fiction thriller Avatar. This was a huge project for Worthington, an ambitious effects-laden film that marked Cameron's first film in over a decade and required the actor to film on locations in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. It was on Cameron's recommendation that he was cast in Terminator Salvation, the fourth installment in the popular science fiction Terminator film series.[4] 2009 also included starring roles the dramas Last Night and The Debt.[1]

Worthington will play Perseus in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
2000 JAG Dunsmore
- Boomerang: Part 1 (2000)		 TV series
Water Rats Phillip Champion
- Able to Leap Tall Buildings (2000)		 TV series
Bootmen Mitchell
Blue Heelers Shane Donovan
- Bloodlines (2000)		 TV series
2001 Matter of Life Our Hero
2002 Hart's War Cpl. B.J. 'Depot' Guidry
Dirty Deeds Darcy
2003 Gettin' Square Barry 'Wattsy' Wirth
2004 Thunderstruck Ronnie
Somersault Joe
Blue Poles Miles
Love My Way Howard Light (2004-2005) TV series
2005 The Great Raid PFC Lucas
Fink! Able
The Surgeon Dr. Sam Dash TV series
2006 Macbeth Macbeth
Two Twisted Gus Rogers
- Delivery Man (2006)		 TV series
2007 Rogue Neil
2009 Terminator Salvation Marcus Wright
Avatar Jake Sully Post-production
Last Night Michael Reed Post-production
2010 The Debt Yound David Post-production
Clash of the Titans Perseus Post-production

References

  1. ^ a b c Variety.com
  2. ^ Screencrave.com
  3. ^ Sam Worthington at IMDb
  4. ^ Garrett, Diane (2008-02-12). "Worthington to star in 'Terminator'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-02-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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