Sam Worthington facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sam Worthington
Worthington in 2022
Born	Samuel Henry John Worthington (1976-08-02) 2 August 1976 (age 48) Godalming, Surrey, England
Nationality	Australian
Education	National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Lara Bingle ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	3

Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian actor. He is known for playing Jake Sully in the Avatar franchise, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, and Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel Wrath of the Titans. He has taken other dramatic roles, appearing in The Debt (2010), Everest (2015), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Shack (2017), Manhunt (2017), and Fractured (2019).

On television, Worthington 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, Worthington starred in the true crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven.

In 2004, he received Australia's highest film award for his lead role in Somersault.

Early life and education

Samuel Henry John Worthington was born to English parents in Godalming, Surrey, in South East England, UK.

He moved to Perth, Western Australia, in youth. He grew up in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham. His mother, Jeanne J. (née Martyn), is a housewife, and his father, Ronald W. Worthington, is a power plant laborer. He has a sister, Lucinda.

He attended John Curtin College of the Arts, a school specialising in the dramatic arts, located in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he studied drama but did not graduate. When he left the college, his father gave him $400 and sent him on a one-way trip to Cairns, Queensland, telling him to "work his way home". He began working on construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney. At age 19, while working as a bricklayer, he auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art and was accepted with a scholarship.

Career

2000–2003

Worthington played a small role alongside Adam Garcia in the Aussie dance film Bootmen (2000). He also played a lead role in the low-budget Aussie comedy Gettin' Square.

2004–2008

Worthington had a major role in Somersault (2004), and played the lead in a modern Australian retelling of Macbeth (2006). He won the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor for his role in Somersault. He was well known in Australia for his role as Howard in the acclaimed Australian TV series Love My Way, in which he played the main love interest of the female lead.

Worthington's international film career began with a series of small roles in Hollywood production The Great Raid (2005), which was filmed in Australia. He auditioned for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale, but lost the role to Daniel Craig. He starred in the Australian creature-feature film Rogue (2007), as a man named Neil, which gained a 100%% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes.

2009–present

Worthington auditioned for James Cameron-directed science-fiction film Avatar, in which he played Jake Sully, a paraplegic former U.S. Marine who finds himself at the centre of a war between his own species and the indigenous Na'vi people of the moon Pandora. The film became the highest-grossing film of all time, grossing more than $2.8 billion ($3.7 billion adjusted for inflation) in box-office receipts worldwide. In November 2010, Worthington told GQ Australia that he auditioned but was not told what it was for, which annoyed him. "I think Jim saw a spark and liked it because that's Sully's character – a guy who doesn't like to be bullied and a guy who just wants to set things right."

After auditioning with James Cameron, Worthington landed the part in 2009's Terminator Salvation of Marcus Wright, who assists humans despite their suspicions of him, thanks to the director's friendship with fellow filmmaker McG.

He later said that James Cameron "changed his life" and he will always be grateful to him.

Worthington in 2014

He provided voice work for Captain Alex Mason, the protagonist in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops. Some gamers criticised Worthington's inability to mask his Australian accent, as in Avatar. In November 2010, The Hollywood Reporter named Worthington as one of the young male actors who are "pushing – or being pushed" into taking over Hollywood as the new "A-List".

He was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition.

In 2012, Worthington starred in the sequel to Clash of the Titans, called Wrath of the Titans, alongside Liam Neeson. As in the first film, Worthington played the demigod and son of Zeus, Perseus. He also reprised his role as Alex Mason in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Also in 2012, Worthington starred as Nick Cassidy in Man on a Ledge, a suspense-thriller film directed by Asger Leth. Though the film received poor reviews from critics, Worthington's performance received praise, with The New Zealand Herald describing him as "suitably terrified".

Worthington portrayed Jim Fitzgerald in the Discovery Channel television series, Manhunt: Unabomber.

In 2019, Worthington starred as Ray Monroe in the Netflix thriller film Fractured.

Personal life

Worthington and wife Lara at the 2014 AACTA Awards.

Worthington has reported that, when he was about 30, he sold most of his possessions, bought a car with the proceeds, and was living in it before he auditioned for Avatar.

On 18 October 2013, Worthington confirmed his relationship with model Lara (Bingle) Worthington. They married on 28 December 2014 and have three sons born in 2015; 2016; and 2020.

Worthington is a Christian.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Bootmen	Mitchell Okden
2001	A Matter of Life	Our Hero	Short film
2002	Hart's War	Corporal B.J. "Depot" Guidry
	Dirty Deeds	Darcy Ryan
2003	Gettin' Square	Barry "Wattsy" Wirth
2004	Enzo	-	Short film; Director, Writer, Music and Cinematography
	Somersault	Joe
	Thunderstruck	Ronnie
2005	The Great Raid	Private First Class Lucas
	Fink!	Able
2006	Macbeth	Lord Macbeth
2007	Rogue	Neil Kelly
2009	Terminator Salvation	Marcus Wright
	Avatar	Jake Sully / Tom Sully
2010	Clash of the Titans	Perseus
	Last Night	Michael Reed
	Love & Distrust	Miles	Segment: "Blue Poles"
	The Debt	Young David Peretz
2011	Texas Killing Fields	Detective Mike Souder
2012	Man on a Ledge	Nick Cassidy
	Wrath of the Titans	Perseus
2013	Drift	J.B.
2014	Sabotage	DEA Agent James "Monster" Murray
	Cake	Roy Collins
	The Keeping Room	Moses
2015	Paper Planes	Jack Webber
	Kidnapping Freddy Heineken	Willem Holleeder
	Everest	Guy Cotter
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Captain Jack Glover
2017	The Shack	Mack Philips
	The Hunter's Prayer	Stephen Lucas
2018	The Titan	Rick Janssen
2019	Fractured	Ray Monroe
2021	Lansky	David Stone
	The Last Son	Isaac Lemay
2022	9 Bullets	Jack
	Avatar: The Way of Water	Jake Sully
2023	Transfusion	Ryan Logan
	Simulant	Kessler
2024	Lift		Post-production
	Horizon: An American Saga		Filming
2025	Avatar 3	Jake Sully	Post-production
2029	Avatar 4		Filming
2031	Avatar 5
TBA	Alphas	TBA	Post-production
	Breathe	Lucas
	The Georgetown Project	Joe
	Relay		Filming

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Sam Worthington para niños