Sam Worthington

Biography
After completing his education at NIDA, Worthington played in a production of David Hare's play The Judas Kiss at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney.

Later, he began playing in several Australian movies and TV series. He had a breakthrough with his role in Bootmen (2000), playing the lead roles in the films Dirty Deeds (2002), Gettin 'Square (2003), Somersault (2004) and one of Shakespeare's Macbeth adaptations (2006). Worthington was in 2000 nominated as Best Actor in a Leading Role by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) for his performance in Bootmen and he won the AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Somersault. He is also known in Australia for his role as Howard in the Australian TV series Love My Way.

Worthington had a guest appearance on an episode from 2000 of the series JAG.

Worthington international film career began with a series of small roles in Hollywood productions like Hart's War (2002) and The Great Raid (2005), which was filmed in Australia. He was one of several actors who were considered for the role of James Bond from Pierce Brosnan for the movie Casino Royale (2006).

In 2007, James Cameron chose Worthington for the lead in the sci-fi film Avatar. As one of history's most expensive film, Avatar was a very large project for Worthington with shoots in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. It was Cameron who recommended Worthington for his role in Terminator Salvation, the fourth film in the popular movie series Terminator. Though the film was poorly received by critics, praised the reviewers Worthington acting achievements in film.

Worthington also played Perseus in the film Clash of the Titans (2010).

Actor

 * 2009 - Avatar (Jake Sully)
 * 2009 - Terminator: Salvation (Marcus Wright)

Saturn Award

 * Won
 * 2010 - Best Actor for Avatar