Samuel Henry John Worthington was born on 2 August 1976 and is an Australian actor.
35 Facts About Sam Worthington
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Sam Worthington was born in England and moved to Australia when he was 6 months old and was raised there.
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Sam Worthington is best 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: Unabomber, and Fractured.
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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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In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead role in Somersault.
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Sam Worthington was born to English parents in Godalming, Surrey, in South East England, UK.
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Sam Worthington grew up in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham.
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Sam Worthington's mother, Jeanne J, 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 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 Aussie dance film Bootmen.
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Sam Worthington played a lead role in the low-budget Aussie 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 Australian 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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Sam Worthington auditioned for James Cameron-directed science-fiction film Avatar, in which he played Jake Sully, a paraplegic former US Marine who finds himself at the centre of a war between his own species and the indigenous Na'vi people of the moon Pandora.
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In November 2010, Sam Worthington told GQ Australia that he auditioned but was not told what it was for, which annoyed him.
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Sam Worthington later said that James Cameron "changed his life" and he will always be grateful to him.
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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 the sequel to Clash of the Titans, called Wrath of the Titans, alongside Liam Neeson.
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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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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 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 Sam Worthington.
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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's 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.