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Sam Worthington

Acting

Born August 2, 1976 · Godalming, Surrey, England, UK

Also known as Samuel Henry John "Sam" Worthington · Сем Вортінгтон · סמואל הנרי ג'ון "סם" וורת'ינגטון

Biography

Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian actor. He is known for playing Jake Sully in the Avatar franchise (2009–present), Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation (2009), and Perseus in Clash of the Titans (2010) and its sequel Wrath of the Titans (2012). He has taken other dramatic roles, appearing in The Debt (2010), Everest (2015), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Shack (2017), Manhunt (2017), and Fractured (2019). He has received Australia's highest film award three times for his leading roles in Bootmen (2000), Somersault (2004), and Avatar (2009). On television, Worthington appeared in Australia as Howard in Love My Way and 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) and its sequels Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012) and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Worthington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Saturn Awards

Filmography50+ titles

The Surgeon

as Dr. Sam Dash

Hacksaw Ridge

2016as Captain Glover

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025as Jake

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022as Jake Sully

Manhunt

2017as Jim 'Fitz' Fitzgerald

Avatar

2009as Jake Sully

Amazing Saturday

as Self

Under the Banner of Heaven

2022as Ron Lafferty

The Shack

2017as Mack Phillips

Love My Way

2004as Howard Light

JAG

1995as Dunsmore

Conan

2010as Self

Relay

2024as Dawson

Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

as Self - "Jake"

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

2024as Trent Gephart

Fractured

2019as Ray Monroe

Everest

2015as Guy Cotter

The Debt

2010as Young David Peretz

Fuze

2025as X

The Great Raid

2005as PFC Lucas

Blue Heelers

1993

Lift

2024as Dennis Huxley

Man on a Ledge

2012as Nick Cassidy

Gettin' Square

2003as Barry 'Wattsy' Wirth

Hart's War

2002as as Cpl. B.J. 'Depot' Guidry

Bootmen

2000as Mitchell

The Killer

2024as Finn

Cake

2014as Roy Collins

Rogue

2007as Neil

Somersault

2004as Joe

Water Rats

1996as Phillip Champion

Last Night

2010as Michael Reed

Terminator Salvation

2009as Marcus Wright

Transfusion

2023as Ryan Logan

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015as Willem Holleeder

Paper Planes

2014as Jack

Simulant

2023as Kessler

Lansky

2021as David Stone

Clash of the Titans

2010as Perseus

The Keeping Room

2014as Moses

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

Drift

2013as JB

Wrath of the Titans

2012as Perseus

Texas Killing Fields

2011as Mike Souder

Breathe

2024as Lucas

The Last Son

2021as Isaac LeMay

The Hunter's Prayer

2017as Stephen Lucas

Sabotage

2014as James "Monster" Murray

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show