Xavier Samuel was born on 10 December 1983 and is an Australian film and theatre actor.
21 Facts About Xavier Samuel
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Xavier Samuel grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, and graduated from Rostrevor College in 2001 where he boarded.
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When Xavier Samuel was 13, his family spent a year in Darwin due to his parents' teaching jobs.
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Xavier Samuel has a younger brother, Benedict, a writer, producer and actor, as well as an older sister, Bridget, a stage manager.
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Xavier Samuel later attended Flinders University Drama Centre and graduated in 2006.
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Xavier Samuel made his debut on the Australian TV show McLeod's Daughters in 2003.
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Xavier Samuel starred in the Australian horror movie Road Train as Marcus, and acted in the Australian movie Drowning with Elephant Princess star Miles Szanto, directed by Craig Boreham.
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Alongside Mia Wasikowska, Xavier Samuel was in 2007 the Australian film September, set in 1968 where two young boys who share a passion for boxing are friends.
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In 2008, Xavier Samuel starred in the Australian surfing movie Newcastle, opposite Reshad Strik.
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In early 2010, Xavier Samuel was cast as Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
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Xavier Samuel was nominated for, and won, his first film award at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards.
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In 2012 Xavier Samuel played a lead role in A Few Best Men with other notable stars, Rebel Wilson and Olivia Newton-John.
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Alongside Hugo Weaving and an owl, Xavier Samuel was cast in the movie Healing in 2014.
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When speaking about Doris the owl, Xavier Samuel stated that he grew rather fond of her as she was easy to play with and was a real diva.
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In 2014, Xavier Samuel was cast alongside Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf in the $80 million blockbuster Fury, about a group of Americans in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II.
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In 2016, Xavier Samuel played the titular character in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, with Rachel Ward and her daughter, Matilda Brown.
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Xavier Samuel played Kit Parker in the Amazon thriller series Tell Me Your Secrets in 2021.
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From 2010 to 2011 Xavier Samuel dated German model Shermine Shahrivar.
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In 2012, Xavier Samuel dated his Bait 3D co-star, Phoebe Tonkin.
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From 2012 to 2015, Xavier Samuel dated his Plush co-star Emily Browning.
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Model Jessica Gomes was in a relationship for two years with Xavier Samuel that started in 2016.