1. Jai Courtney received praise for his performance as a corrupt debt collector and the main antagonist in the independent film Buffaloed.
16 Facts About Jai Courtney
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Jai Courtney portrayed the title character in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Macbeth, and hosted the Australian reality competition series The Summit.
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Jai Courtney was born on 15 March 1986 in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in the suburb of Cherrybrook.
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Jai Courtney's father, Chris, worked for a state-owned electricity company, and his mother, Karen, was a teacher at Galston Public School, where Courtney and his older sister were students.
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Jai Courtney then attended Cherrybrook Technology High School and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating in 2008.
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Jai Courtney played Eric, one of the leaders of the faction Dauntless, in the science fiction film Divergent.
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Jai Courtney reprised the role of Eric in Insurgent, a sequel to Divergent, which was released in March 2015.
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In March 2015, Jai Courtney signed on to play Captain Boomerang in the 2016 DC Extended Universe film Suicide Squad.
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In 2017, Jai Courtney starred as the titular character in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Macbeth.
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In 2019, Jai Courtney played Wizz, a corrupt debt collector, in the independent crime comedy drama film Buffaloed, co-starring Zoey Deutch and Judy Greer.
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Jai Courtney next played a corrupt FBI agent in the thriller film Honest Thief, which was released in October 2020.
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Jai Courtney reprised the role of Captain Boomerang in The Suicide Squad, a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad.
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Jai Courtney is set to star in the action thriller film Black Site as well as the thriller series The Terminal List and Kaleidoscope.
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Jai Courtney dated Australian actress Gemma Pranita for eight years before splitting in 2013.
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Jai Courtney has a number of tattoos including a rope, a skull and a dog.
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Jai Courtney provided backing vocals on the Pinch Hitter song "All of a Sudden" from their debut album, When Friends Die in Accidents.