1. Samuel Henry John Worthington was born on 2 August 1976 and is an Australian actor.
42 Facts About Sam Worthington
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Sam Worthington 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.
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Sam Worthington has taken other dramatic roles, appearing in The Debt, Everest, Hacksaw Ridge, The Shack, Manhunt, and Fractured.
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Sam Worthington has received Australia's highest film award three times for his leading roles in Bootmen, Somersault, and Avatar.
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On television, Worthington appeared in Australia as Howard in Love My Way and as Phillip Schuler in the television drama mini-series Deadline Gallipoli, for which he was an executive producer.
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Sam Worthington voiced the protagonist, Captain Alex Mason, in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, as well as its sequels Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
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Samuel Henry John Worthington was born to English parents in Godalming, Surrey, in South East England, UK.
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Sam Worthington was raised in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham.
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Sam Worthington's mother, Jeanne J Worthington, is a housewife, and his father, Ronald W Worthington, is a power plant laborer.
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Sam Worthington attended John Curtin College of the Arts, a high school specialising in the dramatic arts, located in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he studied drama but did not graduate.
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Sam Worthington began working on construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney.
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Sam Worthington played a small role alongside Adam Garcia in the Australian dance film Bootmen.
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Sam Worthington played a lead role in the low-budget Australian comedy Gettin' Square.
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Sam Worthington had a major role in Somersault, for which he won the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor.
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Sam Worthington was well known in Australia for his role as Howard in the acclaimed TV series Love My Way, in which he played the main love interest of the female lead.
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Sam Worthington auditioned for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale but lost the role to Daniel Craig.
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In 2009, Sam Worthington starred in James Cameron-directed science-fiction film Avatar, in which he played the role of Jake Sully, a paraplegic former US Marine who is at the centre of a war between his own species and the indigenous Na'vi people of Pandora.
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In November 2010, Sam Worthington told GQ Australia that when he auditioned for the role, he was not told what it was for, which annoyed him.
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In early 2010, Sam Worthington appeared in Clash of the Titans, an action fantasy film directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Sam Worthington provided voice work for Captain Alex Mason, the protagonist in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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Sam Worthington was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition.
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In 2012, Sam Worthington starred in Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans.
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Sam Worthington reprised his role as Alex Mason in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
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Also in 2012, Sam Worthington starred as Nick Cassidy in Man on a Ledge, a suspense-thriller film directed by Asger Leth.
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In 2013, Sam Worthington worked in Drift, an Australian film about the birth of the surf industry in the 1970s.
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Sam Worthington starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Hollywood action thriller film Sabotage.
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In 2015, Sam Worthington starred in Paper Planes, an Australian 3D children's drama film directed by Robert Connolly.
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Sam Worthington followed it up by playing Willem Holleeder in Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, based on the 1983 kidnapping of Freddy Heineken.
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Sam Worthington worked with Stuart Hazeldine on The Shack, a 2017 American Christian drama film.
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That year, Sam Worthington portrayed Jim Fitzgerald in the Discovery Channel television series Manhunt: Unabomber.
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In 2019, Sam Worthington starred as Ray Monroe in the Netflix thriller film Fractured.
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Sam Worthington reprised his role as Jake Sully in Avatar: The Way of Water.
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In 2024, Sam Worthington returned to work with Giovanni Ribisi, his co-star from the Avatar series, in the Kevin Costner-directed western-drama film series Horizon: An American Saga as First Lt.
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Sam 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.
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On 18 October 2013, Sam Worthington confirmed his relationship with model Lara Bingle.
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Sam Worthington says that he began drinking heavily as a means to cope with his loss of privacy following his increase in popularity after Avatar release and stopped after his wife Lara gave him an ultimatum.
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On 23 February 2014, Sam Worthington was arrested in New York City for assault, after punching a paparazzo, Sheng Li, who followed Bingle to get a "perfect picture".
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Video footage of the incident depicts Sam Worthington referring to Bingle as his "wife", furthering speculation about the pair's marital status.
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Sam Worthington was initially released on a desk appearance ticket, while Li was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, assault, and harassment.
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On 26 February 2014, Sam Worthington appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court, where he was ordered to stay away from Li for six months.
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Later that month, Sam Worthington secured a conditional discharge deal on a misdemeanour assault charge, thereby avoiding any jail time, while the charges against Li were dismissed "in the interest of justice".
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Li then filed a $3.7 million civil lawsuit against Sam Worthington, which was settled out of court before going to trial in September 2015.