The Sam Worthington Handbook - Everything you need to know about Sam Worthington

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Samuel Henry J.'Sam' Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an English born, Australian actor. After almost a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Worthington gained Hollywood's attention by playing Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation (2009) and the lead role, Jake Sully, in James Cameron's science fiction/fantasy film Avatar (2009), and as Perseus in Clash of the Titans (2010).
In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead performance in Somersault. He performed predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget films before transitioning to major studio films, ranging from romantic drama and comedy-drama to science fiction and action.

This book is your ultimate resource for Sam Worthington. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Sam Worthington, Bootmen, Hart's War, Dirty Deeds (2002 film), Gettin' Square, Somersault (film), Thunderstruck (film), The Great Raid, Macbeth (2006 film), Rogue (film), Terminator Salvation, Avatar (2009 film), Clash of the Titans (2010 film), Last Night (2010 film), Love & Distrust, The Debt (2011 film), Texas Killing Fields, Man on a Ledge, Wrath of the Titans, Love My Way, The Surgeon, Two Twisted.

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781743382950
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Sam Worthington Bootmen Hart's War Dirty Deeds (2002 film) Gettin' Square Somersault (film) Thunderstruck (film) The Great Raid Macbeth (2006 film) Rogue (film) Terminator Salvation Avatar (2009 film) Clash of the Titans (2010 film) Last Night (2010 film) Love & Distrust The Debt (2011 film) Texas Killing Fields Man on a Ledge Wrath of the Titans Love My Way The Surgeon Two Twisted

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Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington

Born

Partner

2000–present

Early life Worthington was born to English parents in Godalming, Surrey, in southeastern England, and moved to Perth, [5] Western Australia when he was six months old. He grew up in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham. His mother, Jeanne J. (n e Martyn), a homemaker, raised him and his sister Lucinda, and his father, Ronald W. Worthington, was [5] a power plant employee. He attended John Curtin College of the Arts, a school specialising in the dramatic arts located in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he studied drama but failed to graduate and dropped out. His father also sent him on a one-way trip to Cairns on the northeast coast of Australia and told him to "work his way home". He began working on construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney. [6] At 19, he worked as a bricklayer when he auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was [7] accepted with scholarship.

Maeve Dermody [2] (2005–2008) Natalie Mark [3] (2008–2011)

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Occupation

Years active

Actor

Worthington in Manhattan, 4 April 2010

[1] Samuel Henry J. Worthington 2 August 1976 Godalming, Surrey, England, UK

Samuel Henry J. "Sam" Worthington(born 2 August 1976) is an English born, Australian actor. After almost a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Worthington gained Hollywood's attention by playing Marcus Wright inTerminator Salvation(2009) and the lead role, Jake Sully, in James Cameron's science fiction/fantasy film Avatar(2009), and as Perseus inClash of the Titans(2010). In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead performance inSomersault. He performed predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget films before transitioning to major studio films, ranging from romantic drama and comedy-drama to science fiction and action. [4] Worthington is also noted for his voicework as Alex Mason in the 2010 video gameCall of Duty: Black Ops.

Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington

Career

2000–03 In 2000, Worthington made his film debut in the Australian filmBootmen. He was featured in a leading role as Mitchell Okden. Worthington was nominated for Best Lead Actor by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) for his performance. The same year, he guest starred in television series:JAG,Water RatsandBlue Heelers. Worthington went on to act in a number of Australian movies and TV series; including leading roles inDirty Deeds (2002) andGettin' Square(2003). He also appeared inHart's War(2002).Dirty Deedswas a critical and financial success, earning A$5,034,142 at the box office in Australia.

2004–08 Worthington played the lead characters inSomersault(2004) and in a modern Australian retelling ofMacbeth (2006). Worthington won the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor for his role inSomersault. He is well known in Australia for his role as Howard in the acclaimed Australian TV seriesLove My Way, where he played the main love interest of the female lead. Worthington's international film career began with a series of small roles in Hollywood productionThe Great Raid (2005), which was filmed in Australia. He auditioned for the role of James Bond inCasino Royalebut lost the role to [8] Daniel Craig. He stars in the Australian creature-feature filmRogue(2007), as a man named Neil, which has a [9] 100% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes.

2009–present

InTerminator Salvation, Worthington plays cyborg Marcus Wright who assists the humans despite their suspicions of him.

Shot prior to the release ofTerminator Salvation, the James Cameron-directed science-fiction filmAvatarwas Worthington's next project. In the film, he played Jake Sully, a paraplegic US Marine who, assigned to control an alien body called an avatar through a neural link, finds himself at the center of a war between his own species and the indigenous Na'vi people of the moon Pandora. The film went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time, grossing more than US$2.730abillion ($2.8 billion adjusted for inflation) in box-office [10] receipts worldwide. He has also signed on for two sequels inAvatar franchise. Worthington at the 2010 Toronto International He provided voice work for Captain Alex Mason, the most significant Film Festival character in the video gameCall of Duty: Black Ops. Some gamers [11] cited Worthington's inability to mask his Australian accent, as was the case in Avatar . [12] He was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition. In November 2011, Worthington along with Jonah Hill starred in commercials for the video gameCall of Duty: [13] Modern Warfare 3.

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Hart's War

2002

Somersault

2004

Dirty Deeds

A Matter of Life

2001

2002

Wrath of the Titans

Thunder Run

Gettin' Square

2012

2004

Thunderstruck

2003

2011

2011

Texas Killing Fields

2012

The Drift

Man on a Ledge

2013

2010

2010

Last Night

Love & Distrust

The Debt

2011

Nominated–Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor–Male

Nominated–Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Bootmen

2000

Personal life

Filmography

Blue Poles

Our Hero

Mitchell Okden

Ronnie

Terminator Salvation

Marcus Wright

Clash of the Titans

2010

2009

2004

Miles

Pfc. Lucas

Neil

Perseus

Short film

Segment: Blue Poles by Darcy Yuille

Nominated–2010 Teen Choice Award for Best Fantasy Actor

Macbeth

Able

2010 Teen Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi Actor Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated–2010 Teen Choice Award for Best Fight Nominated–Empire Award for Best Actor Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Stephen Lang) Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Zoe Saldana)

A Fairytale of the CityThe Artist

Worthington says that when he was about 30, he sold most of his possessions and ended up with around $2000 to his name. He says he bought a car with the proceeds and was living in it before he successfully auditioned for his role in [14] [15] Avatarthen found a place to live.. He

Nominated–Scream Award Breakout Performance–Male Nominated–Teen Choice Award for Best Fresh Face Male

2006

2005

Rogue

2007

Role

Actor

Year

Films

Avatar

2006

2005

Fink!

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Title

2009

Short film

Macbeth

The Great Raid

Jake Sully/Tom Sully

Post-production

Filming

Perseus

Nick Cassidy

Surf Photographer

Detective Mike Sounder

Sam Worthington

Post-production

Notes

Darcy

Cpl. B.J. "Depot" Guidry

Joe

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role [16] Nominated–Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor–Male Nominated–Inside Film Award for Best Actor

Barry "Wattsy" Wirth

Young David

Miles

Michael Reed

Short film

Phillip Champion

Awards and nominations

Writer

Shane Donovan

Water Rats

Call of Duty: Black OpsAlex Mason Nominated–Spike Video Game Awards for the Best Performance by a Human Male

Love My Way

Two Twisted

Gus Rogers

The Grass Crown

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Video games

2010

The Vet & the n00bLive action trailer forThe Vet Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Avatar

Title Notes

Title

2004–2005 (10 episodes)

Sam Worthington

2000

2014

Jake Sully

Avatar 3

2015

Year

Television

Role

Title

Dunsmore

Avatar 2

Jake Sully

Announced

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Announced

JAG

Episode: "Able to Leap Tall Buildings"

2000

2006

2012

2005

2011

Enzo

Year

Year

2004

Won

Films

Result

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

Best Actor

Saturn Award

2010

Award

Year

Episode: "Boomerang: Part 1"

Notes

Notes

Episode: "Bloodlines"

Episode: "Delivery Man"

In-production

2005 (8 episodes)

Howard Light

2000

2004

Notes

Commercials

Dr. Sam Dash

Blue Heelers

Role

Title

Category

The Surgeon

Title

Year

Role

2002

Empire Awards

Award

Year

Title

FCCA Award

Category

Year

Result

Giffoni Film Festival

Award

2004

IF Award Best Actor

AvatarNominated

Won

Avatar

Empire Award Best Actor

2010

AvatarNominated

Title

Result

[16] Nominated

IF Awards

2010

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Year

Award

Somersault

International Award Best Actor

FCCA Award

2004

Best Actor - Male

AFI Award

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Bootmen

Title

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Result

Category

Somersault

AFI Award

Won

Nominated

Won

Award

Giffoni Award

Result

Category

Title

Result

SomersaultNominated

Award

Year

2010

Award

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Blimp Award Cutest Couple (shared with Zoe Saldana)

Sam Worthington

Year

Australian Film Institute

Category

2000

2004

Category

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

Best Supporting Actor - Male

Nominated

Result

Dirty Deeds

Title

2010

MTV Movie Awards

Year

Nominated

Avatar

Nominated

2010

Category

ShoWest Convention

2010

Year

Award

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi

Category

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Sam Worthington

Award

Year

Award

ShoWest Award

Category

Male Star of the Year

Terminator Salvation

Choice Movie Fresh Face Male

Won

2009

Teen Choice Awards

2010

Year

Avatar

Best Kiss (shared with Zoe Saldana)

MTV Movie Award

MTV Movie Award

2010

Best Fight (shared with Stephen Lang)

Choice Movie: Fight (shared with Stephen Lang)

Nominated

Avatar

Result

Title

[1]"DiariodeYucatbn"(http://www.yucatan.com.mx/noticia.asp?cx=13$0722000000$4233294&f=20100126).Yucatan.com.mx.26 January 2010. . Retrieved 12 September 2010. [2] "Maeve Dermody Gets All the Hot Boys" (http:/ /au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/celebrity-interviews/article/-/6571936/ maeve-dermody-gets-all-the-hot-boys). Au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. 10 December 2009. . Retrieved 12 September 2010. [3] "Sam Worthington's girlfriend Natalie Mark shones at Inside Flm Awards" (http:/ /www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/movies/ sam-worthingtons-girlfriend-natalie-mark-shones-at-inside-flm-awards/ story-e6frexli-1225799495568).The Daily Telegraph. UK. 18 November 2009. . Retrieved 12 September 2010. [4] http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Alex_Mason [5] "Avatar first reviews, Sam Worthington next Hollywood star in the making" (http:/ /www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/movies/ avatar-first-reviews/story-e6frexli-1225809445878). The Daily Telegraph. 2009-12-11. . Retrieved 2009-12-12. [6] (http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/Biography/31197/Sam+Worthington.html?dataSet=1) [7] "Sam Worthington Interview for Terminator" (http:/ /screencrave.com/2009-05-21/sam-worthington-interview-for-terminator). Screencrave.com. 2009-05-21. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [8] "Bard arse" (http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/bard-arse/2006/09/13/1157827019501.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1).The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 2006. . [9] "Rogue" (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1173563-rogue/). Rotten Tomatoes. . Retrieved 2011-11-02. [10] "Worldwide Grosses" (http:/ /www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/). Box Office Mojo. . Retrieved 27 June 2010. [11] "How an Australian Man Nearly Ruined Black Ops for Me" (http:/ /www.kotaku.com.au/2010/11/ how-an-australian-man-nearly-ruined-black-ops-for-me/). . [12] "Who's Who pack now boasts Siddle, Hamish and Andy and the Masterchef judges" (http:/ /www.heraldsun.com.au/news/ breaking-news/whos-who-pack-now-boasts-siddle-hamish-and-andy-and-the-masterchef-judges/ story-e6frf7jx-1225968131634). heraldsun.com.au. 9 December 2010. . [13] Crecente, Brian (2011-11-04). "Jonah Hill, Sam Worthington Star in This Live Action Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Ad" (http:/ /kotaku. com/5856653/jonah-hill-stars-in-this-live-action-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-ad). Kotaku. . [14] Worthington on Jay Leno (http:/ /www.hulu.com/watch/116108/the-jay-leno-show-sam-worthingtons-avatar-clip-and-car-crash) [15] Worthington talks about living inside a car (http:/ /blog.taragana.com/e/2009/12/25/ i-was-living-in-my-car-before-avatar-sam-worthington-2-73823/ ) [16] http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=9613&s=Features

Teen Choice Award

Teen Choice Award

References

2010

Teen Choice Award

Avatar

Won

Result

Title

Result

Nominated

Sam Worthington

External links c Sam Worthington (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm941777/) at the Internet Movie Database ArtistDirect.com Video Interviewa–Clash Of the Titans(http:/ /www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/ article/playlist-sam-worthington-of-i-clash-of-the-titans-i/6663523) Interview http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/bard-arse/2006/09/13/1157827019501. html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

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Bootmen

Bootmen

Directed by

Produced by

Written by

Starring

Music by

Bootmen

Theatrical poster for

Dein Perry

Hilary Linstead Antonia Barnard

Steve Worland Hilary Linstead Dein Perry

Adam Garcia Sophie Lee Sam Worthington

Cezary Skubiszewski

CinematographySteve Mason

Editing by

Distributed by

Release date(s)

Running time

Country

Language

Box office

Jane Moran

20th Century Fox Distribution (Australia) Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA)

Australia: 5 October 2000 United States: 6 October 2000

92 minutes

Australia

English

$21,172

Bootmenis a 2000 Australian comedy-drama film, directed by Dein Perry. It was distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures in Canada and USA and 20th Century Fox Distribution in Australia and funded by the Australian Film Finance Corporation. Production was from 19 June to 18 August 1999 in Sydney and Newcastle by cinematographer Steve Mason who won two cinematography awards in the 2000 AFI awards and the 2001 FCCA Awards. It stars Adam Garcia, Sophie Lee, Sam Worthington.

The film was released in Australia on 5 October 2000 and was Dein Perry's debut film, who was previously involved with stage shows such asTap DogsandSteel City. It is also known asTap Dogsin Japan.

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