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Sam Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an English-born Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Jake Sully in the 2009 film Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation(终结者), and most recently as Perseus in the feature film remake of Clash of the Titans（诸神之战）.
Early life
Worthington was born in England, and moved to Australia during his childhood. His father was a power plant employee while his mother, a homemaker, raised him and his sister. He attended John Curtin College of the Arts, dropped out of school at 17, and worked construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney. He was nineteen and working as a bricklayer when he auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was accepted, with scholarship.
Career
After graduating from NIDA in 1998, Worthington performed in a production of play and went on to act in a series of Australian movies and TV series. Worthington was nominated in 2000 for Best Lead Actor by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) for his work in Bootmen （踢到铁板）and eventually won the 2004 AFI Award for Best Lead Actor。Worthington‘s international film career began with a series of small roles in Hollywood productions such as Hart’s War (哈特的战争) and The Great Raid (大偷袭 ), which was filmed in Australia. He was one of several actors who was under consideration to take over the role of James Bond from Pierce Brosnan for the 2006 film Casino Royale.
Terminator Salvation
In Terminator Salvation, Worthington plays cyborg Marcus Wright who assists the humans despite their suspicions of him.
Avatar
In the science-fiction film Avatar (2009), Worthington stars as Jake Sully, a paraplegic U.S. 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.
Clash of the Titans
Worthington played Perseus in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans.
