Jai Courtney: biography and filmography

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Jai Courtney is a popular Australian-born actor. Known for his roles in such projects as Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010-2013), Die Hard 5 (2013), I, Frankenstein (2014), Suicide Squad (2016). In the article, we will take a closer look at the work of this actor.

Biography

Jai Stefan Courtney was born in 1986 in northwestern New South Wales, Australia. His father was an employee of the state energy company, and his mother worked as a teacher at the school where the future actor studied with his older sister.

Also, Jai studied at the Higher School of Technology, graduated from the Australian Academy of Performing Arts, which he attended with Viva Bianca. This actress played Ilithia, the wife of the Roman commander Gaius Claudius Glabra, in the historical series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Revenge. At the moment, Jai can not boast of a large number of roles. His filmography includes no more than 20 projects, not counting those where he played himself. So let's pay attention to each of them.

Career start

HisJai Courtney's first role was in Dean Francis's short drama The High School Boys, which explores the problem of hazing at an Australian private boys' school for eight minutes. And three years later he played Harry Aventa in Bevan Lee's medical drama "All Saints" (1998 - …).

Jai's next meeting with Bevan Lee turned into another episodic role for him in the serial comedy-drama "Meet the Rafters" (2008 - …). A year later, the actor played Eric, a supporting character in Richard Frankland's comedy film Stone Bros (2009).

In 2010, Jay Courtney actively participated in the filming of the historical series of the Starz channel "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" (2010 - 2013). He played Varro, a Roman citizen and Spartacus' only friend at the Ludus gladiator school. He also played a minor character in Christopher McQuarrie's thriller Jack Reacher (2012).

Unbroken Nut

One of the main roles the actor got in the fifth part of the American action movie "Die Hard" (2013). He was lucky to play Jack McClain, the son of John McClain, who, on a CIA assignment, becomes a prisoner in a Russian prison. In 2013, Jai Courtney as a young police officer Jim Melik appears in the crime thriller Matthew Saville "Especially serious crime".

In 2014, the actor played the role of Gideon, the leader of the gargoyle army and the best warrior of Queen Leonora, in the American-Australian fantasy thriller Stuart Beatty "I,Frankenstein". Then he played Hugh Cappernel in Angelina Jolie's military drama Unbroken (2014). Appeared as Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Hughes in Russell Crowe's historical drama The Water Seeker (2014).

Fearless Squad

In 2014 and 2015, the actor worked on the set of two films based on the novels by American writer Veronica Roth: Divergent and Divergent 2: Insurgent. He got the role of Eric Coulter, the cruel and ruthless leader of the Dauntless. Also in 2015, he played Kyle Reese, resistance leader and future father of John Connor, in Alan Taylor's sci-fi action film Terminator Genisys.

In the same year, Jai Courtney appeared in Dito Montiel's military drama "War", where he played the role of Devin Roberts, fellow Marine Gabriel Drummer. He played the talkative and unpredictable George Harkness (Captain Boomerang) in David Eyre's superhero action film Suicide Squad (2016). He acted as Captain Stefan Brandt in David Levo's drama The Exception (2016). He played Garth McAnthur in four episodes of David Vine and Michael Show alter's satirical comedy Hot American Summer: 10 Years On (2017).

For those who are waiting

Over the next two years, there will be several more projects starring Jai Courtney. The filmography of the actor in 2018 will be replenished with Sean Sita's family drama Storm Boy. In addition, preparations are underway for the filming of John Stalberg's thriller Beef, Todd Komarnika's drama The Good Four, and Luke Jurevicius' animated film Arkie. All of them are likely to be released in 2019.