About
Sam Worthington
Overview
Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is a British-Australian actor. He is best known for playing Jake Sully in Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, and Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel Wrath of the Titans. He later took more dramatic roles, appearing in The Debt (2010), Everest (2015), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Shack (2017), Manhunt: Unabomber (2017), and Fractured (2019).
On television, he appeared in his native Australia as Howard in Love My Way and as Phillip Schuler in the television drama mini-series Deadline Gallipoli, for which he was also an executive producer. He voiced the protagonist, Captain Alex Mason, in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010), as well as its sequels Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012), and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018). In 2022, he starred in the true crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven.
In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead role in Somersault.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2031 | Avatar 5 | Actor | Jake Sully | N/A N/A |
| 2029 | Avatar 4 | Actor | Jake Sully | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Actor | Jake Sully | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Actor | First Lt. Trent Gephardt | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Relay | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | The Killer | Actor | Finn | 61 Fair |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Actor | Trent Gephart | 62 Fair |
| 2024 | The Exorcism | Actor | Joe | 56 Average |
| 2024 | Breathe | Actor | Lucas | 57 Average |
| 2024 | Lift | Actor | Dennis Huxley | 63 Fair |
| 2023 | Simulant | Actor | Kessler | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Inside Pandora's Box | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Disney 100 Special Look | Actor | Self (Archival Footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Transfusion | Actor | Ryan Logan | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Actor | Jake Sully | 75 Good |
| 2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Actor | Ron Lafferty | 74 Good |
| 2022 | 9 Bullets | Actor | Jack | 57 Average |
| 2021 | The Last Son | Actor | Isaac LeMay | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Lansky | Actor | David Stone | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Fractured | Actor | Ray Monroe | 65 Fair |
| 2018 | The Titan | Actor | Lt. Rick Janssen | 54 Average |
| 2017 | Manhunt: Unabomber | Actor | Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | The Hunter's Prayer | Actor | Stephen Lucas | 57 Average |
| 2017 | The Shack | Actor | Mack Phillips | 71 Good |
| 2017 | The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Actor | Captain Glover | 81 Very good |
| 2015 | Everest | Actor | Guy Cotter | 67 Fair |
| 2015 | Deadline Gallipoli | Actor | Phillip Schuler | 70 Good |
| 2015 | Kidnapping Mr. Heineken | Actor | Willem Holleeder | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Keeping Room | Actor | Moses | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Cake | Actor | Roy Collins | 61 Fair |
| 2014 | Paper Planes | Actor | Jack | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Sabotage | Actor | James 'Monster' Murray | 56 Average |
| 2013 | Drift | Actor | JB | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Actor | Perseus | 57 Average |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Actor | Nick Cassidy | 63 Fair |
| 2011 | Texas Killing Fields | Actor | Mike Souder | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Capturing Avatar | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Last Night | Actor | Michael Reed | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | The Debt | Actor | Young David Peretz | 63 Fair |
| 2010 | Love and Distrust | Actor | Miles (segment "Blue Poles") | 57 Average |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Actor | Perseus | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Avatar | Actor | Jake Sully | 75 Good |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Actor | Marcus Wright | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Rogue | Actor | Neil | 61 Fair |
| 2006 | Macbeth | Actor | MacBeth | 57 Average |
| 2006 | Battle of Long Tan | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2006 | A Fairytale of the City | Actor | The Artist | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | The Surgeon | Actor | Dr. Sam Dash | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Fink! | Actor | Able | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Great Raid | Actor | PFC Lucas | 61 Fair |
| 2004 | Somersault | Actor | Joe | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Thunderstruck | Actor | Ronnie | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Gettin' Square | Actor | Barry 'Wattsy' Wirth | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Dirty Deeds | Actor | Darcy | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Hart's War | Actor | as Cpl. B.J. 'Depot' Guidry | 62 Fair |
| 2000 | Bootmen | Actor | Mitchell | 59 Average |
| CounterPlay | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Fuze | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| First Warrior | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Blue Poles | Actor | Miles | N/A N/A |
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| Seacole | Actor | Thomas Day | N/A N/A |
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| The Cross | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2023 | Transfusion | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Hunter's Prayer | Production | Producer | 57 Average |