Sam Worthington

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Sam Worthington
Born Samuel Worthington
August 2, 1976 (1976-08-02) (age 31)
Flag of Australia Perth, Australia
Years active 2000-

Samuel "Sam" Worthington (born August 2, 1976) is an award-winning Australian actor.

Worthington won a scholarship to the John Curtin School of Performing Arts in Fremantle, and then studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

After graduating from NIDA in 1998, Worthington performed in a production of 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 supporting 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 won the 2004 Australian Film Institute (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.

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. Director Martin Campbell stated that only Worthington and Henry Cavill were in serious contention along with eventual winner Daniel Craig.

In 2007, James Cameron chose Worthington for a leading role in his science fiction thriller Avatar. On February 12, 2008 it was reported that he had been cast, on Cameron's recommendation, in Terminator 4 as Marcus who may be the new Terminator.[1]


[edit] 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 Avatar Jake Sully post-production
Terminator 4 Marcus Wright filming

[edit] References

  1. ^ Garrett, Diane; Fleming, Michael. "Worthington to star in 'Terminator'", Variety, 2008-02-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-12. 

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