Justin Chatwin

Justin Chatwin is a Canadian film and television actor. He became widely known for his role as Robbie Ferrier, the son of Tom Cruise's father, in Steven Spielberg's 2005 film War of the Worlds. In the following years, he took on leading roles in Hollywood productions and gave life to permanent characters in television series.

He was born on October 31, 1982 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He started acting when he auditioned for a television production in Vancouver; After studying at the University of British Columbia for a short time, he left his education and turned to this profession and moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s. One of her first film experiences was a small role in the 2001 musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats.

Cinema career

His performance in War of the Worlds opened new doors for him. In 2007, he was at the center of a movie for the first time with the character of Nick Powell in the movie The Invisible. In 2009, he played Goku in Dragonball Evolution, adapted from the famous manga and anime series. Chatwin, who has also worked in independent film, was nominated for best supporting actor at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for his role as rock star Bobby Shore in the 2014 musical Bang Bang Baby. He played Ronald Reagan's father, Jack Reagan, in the movie Reagan, which was released in 2024.

Television work

His best-known work on television is the series Shameless, which aired on Showtime. He took part in the series from 2011 and played the character Jimmy Lishman, who introduced himself as Steve; Although he left after the first seasons, he made a brief return in 2015. In 2016, he starred as illustrator Cameron Hawthorne in the CBS mystery series American Gothic, and the same year he played the superhero Grant Gordon in the Doctor Who Christmas special.

Between 2019 and 2021, he appeared on the screen with the character of scientist Erik Wallace in Netflix's science fiction series Another Life.

Alternating between big-budget films, independent productions and television series, Chatwin continues to work in different genres in his career spanning more than twenty years.