1. Since moving to the United States, Thwaites has had major roles in the films Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, Oculus, The Giver, Gods of Egypt, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
14 Facts About Brenton Thwaites
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Brenton Thwaites graduated from Cairns State High School in 2006.
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At the age of 16, Brenton Thwaites gave his first performance in front of a live audience in Romeo and Juliet.
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Brenton Thwaites studied acting at the Queensland University of Technology for three years, before graduating in 2010.
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In November 2010, Brenton Thwaites was cast in a new Fox8 Australian teen drama series, Slide.
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Shortly after Brenton Thwaites moved to Sydney in April 2011, he was given a five-month recurring role of Stu Henderson in the 24th season of Home and Away.
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Brenton Thwaites called the show a great learning experience and said his co-stars were easy to work with.
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Brenton Thwaites made his first appearance as Stu, a member of the River Boys, on 23 August 2011.
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Tristan Swanwick of The Courier-Mail said Brenton Thwaites was a "bit too pretty to be a bad-ass River Boy" but that some fake tattoos would balance that impression.
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In 2014, Brenton Thwaites briefly returned to Australia for the filming of crime thriller Son of a Gun.
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Later in the year, Brenton Thwaites had the lead role in The Giver, playing Jonas.
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Brenton Thwaites starred in the fantasy-adventure sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which was released on 26 May 2017.
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Brenton Thwaites portrays Henry Turner, the son of franchise characters Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann.
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Brenton Thwaites has been in a relationship with Chloe Pacey since 2015, after they both lived in the same sharehouse in Australia while Brenton Thwaites was filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.