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Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Golden Globe
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
-nominated Canadian
Canada

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 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. He appeared in Canadian television programs
Canadian content

Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television Broadcasting must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada....
 when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House
Life as a House

Life as a House is a 2001 in film drama film directed by Irwin Winkler. The film follows a man diagnosed with terminal cancer , who tries to repair his relationship with his Drug addiction son ....
. He gained international fame playing the young adult Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker is the protagonist in the Star Wars fictional universe. The Original trilogy and Prequel trilogy follow Anakin's rise as a vessel of The Force , his fall to the dark side, and his ultimate Redemption ....
 (Darth Vader
Darth Vader

Darth Vader is the central antagonist in George Lucas's first three Star Wars original trilogy films and Revenge of the Sith, voiced by James Earl Jones and portrayed physically by David Prowse in the Original trilogy and by Canadian actor Hayden Christensen in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith....
) in the Star Wars
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
 films.

stensen was born in Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
, British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
, Canada, the son of Alie, a speechwriter for the heads of large companies, and David Christensen, a software program writer and communications executive.






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Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Golden Globe
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
-nominated Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. He appeared in Canadian television programs
Canadian content

Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television Broadcasting must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada....
 when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House
Life as a House

Life as a House is a 2001 in film drama film directed by Irwin Winkler. The film follows a man diagnosed with terminal cancer , who tries to repair his relationship with his Drug addiction son ....
. He gained international fame playing the young adult Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker is the protagonist in the Star Wars fictional universe. The Original trilogy and Prequel trilogy follow Anakin's rise as a vessel of The Force , his fall to the dark side, and his ultimate Redemption ....
 (Darth Vader
Darth Vader

Darth Vader is the central antagonist in George Lucas's first three Star Wars original trilogy films and Revenge of the Sith, voiced by James Earl Jones and portrayed physically by David Prowse in the Original trilogy and by Canadian actor Hayden Christensen in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith....
) in the Star Wars
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
 films.

Biography


Early life

Christensen was born in Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
, British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
, Canada, the son of Alie, a speechwriter for the heads of large companies, and David Christensen, a software program writer and communications executive. His father is of Danish
Danish people

The term Dane may refer to:* People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity, whether living in Denmark, emigrants, or the descendants of emigrants....
 descent and his mother has Italian
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
 and Swedish
Swedish people

Swedes are people from Sweden or of Swedish decent. Unlike the United States, United Kingdom, and Australian Censuses, Statistics Sweden does not classify the Swedish population by race or ethnicity....
 ancestry. Christensen has an elder brother and sister, Tove and Hejsa, and a younger sister, Kaylen. Raised outside Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
 in Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill, Ontario

Richmond Hill is a town located in central Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, located just north of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. It is the third most populous municipality in York Region and the 28th most populous municipality in Canada....
, Christensen attended E.J. Sand Public School, Baythorn Public School and Unionville High School in Unionville, Ontario
Unionville, Ontario

Unionville is a suburban community in Markham, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is located 33 km northeast of downtown Toronto and 4 km east of southern Richmond Hill, Ontario....
, Canada. He was an athlete in high school, playing hockey at a competitive level and tennis on a provincial
Provincial

Provincial has two basic meanings.It can refer to someone who has a limited, restricted, or non-sophisticated mentality or habits, stereotypical of an inhabitant of "the provinces" ....
 level. He spent summers in Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
 with his maternal grandmother, Rose Schwartz, and attended the Actors Studio
Actors Studio

The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre direction and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in the Hells Kitchen, Manhattan neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City....
 in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 as well as the Arts York
Arts York

Arts York is a four year program specializing in Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts. The program is currently located at Unionville High School . The high school takes students from all over the Greater Toronto Area....
 program for drama at his high school. He was "discovered" when his older sister Hejsa, a former trampoline
Trampoline

A trampoline is a gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled spring to provide a rebounding force which propels the jumper high into the air....
 champion, was shopping around for an agent after he landed a role in a Pringles
Pringles

Pringles are a brand of potato crisps produced by Procter & Gamble. Pringles are sold in over 30 countries and have yearly sales of over $1 billion....
 potato chips commercial.

1993–2000

Christensen's first acting role was on the television series Family Passions
Family Passions

Family Passions was the first hour long television serial produced in Canada and Germany. It was produced and distributed by Baton Broadcasting System and ZDF between 1993 and 1994....
, which aired on Canadian television in September 1993, when he was 12. The following year he acquired a minor role in John Carpenter
John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter is an United States film director, screenwriter, Film producer, composer and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, his name is most commonly associated with horror film and science fiction film....
's In the Mouth of Madness
In the Mouth of Madness

In the Mouth of Madness is a 1995 in film horror film directed by John Carpenter and written by Michael de Luca, who was at the time in charge of New Line Cinema....
. From 1995 through 1999, he appeared in several movies and television shows, including Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron (film)

Harrison Bergeron is a 1995 cable television movie film loosely adapted from Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 short story of the Harrison Bergeron. It was produced for Showtime, and first screened on August 13, 1995....
, Forever Knight
Forever Knight

Forever Knight is a Canada-Germany-United States television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a detective in modern day Toronto....
, Goosebumps
Goosebumps

Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novellas created and authored by R. L. Stine. List of Goosebumps books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella title from 1992 to 1997, the first being Welcome to Dead House, and the last being Monster Blood IV....
, The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides (film)

The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 in film United States film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, starring James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett....
, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Are You Afraid of the Dark? can refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a television series.* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a novel by Sidney Sheldon....
.

He acquired wider notice while starring in Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
's Family Network television series, Higher Ground
Higher Ground (TV series)

Higher Ground was an United States/Canada television program shot outside Vancouver, British Columbia, that aired in 2000 in television. It starred Joe Lando , A.J....
 in 2000, portraying a teen who was sexually molested
Sexual abuse

Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person upon another. The offender is referred to as a molester/molestor/ abuser/sexual abuser....
 by his stepmother
Stepfamily

Traditionally, a stepfamily is the family one acquires when a parent enters a new marriage, whether the parent was widowed or divorced. For example, if one's mother/father death and one's father/mother marries another woman/man, the new woman is one's stepmother and vice versa....
, and then turned to drugs
Drug abuse

Drug abuse has a huge range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect....
 in his despair.

2001–2005

While Christensen's critically acclaimed portrayal of a misunderstood teenager in Life as a House
Life as a House

Life as a House is a 2001 in film drama film directed by Irwin Winkler. The film follows a man diagnosed with terminal cancer , who tries to repair his relationship with his Drug addiction son ....
 (2001) earned him Golden Globe and SAG
Screen Actors Guild

The Screen Actors Guild is an American trade union representing over 120,000 film and television actor and extra worldwide. According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild seeks to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; col...
 Award nominations as well as the National Board of Review
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of film, to protest New York City Mayor George B....
's award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year, the performance didn't receive widespread public notice. For his part in the movie, Christensen lost 25 pounds through a special diet. He eventually gained the weight back during the filming for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 science fiction film written and directed by George Lucas. It was the sixth film released in the Star Wars wiktionary:saga and the third in terms of the series' Dates in Star Wars....
.

His role as Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker is the protagonist in the Star Wars fictional universe. The Original trilogy and Prequel trilogy follow Anakin's rise as a vessel of The Force , his fall to the dark side, and his ultimate Redemption ....
 (who was previously played by Sebastian Shaw
Sebastian Shaw (actor)

Sebastian Shaw was an English actor, theatre director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, Shaw appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions....
 and Jake Lloyd
Jake Lloyd

Jacob Christopher "Jake" Lloyd is an United States actor, who gained worldwide fame when he was chosen by George Lucas to play the young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the first film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy....
) in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 in film space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales....
 (2002) made him a star. Although his performance was met with mixed reviews by critics (even earning him the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor in both Episodes II and III), he became very popular among audiences, being named in both People Magazine
People (magazine)

People is a weekly United States magazine of celebrity and human interest story, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion....
's 50 Most Beautiful People and Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars under 25. He went on to receive good reviews for 2003's Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass is a 2003 in film United States drama film written and directed by Billy Ray . The screenplay is based on a September 1998 Vanity Fair article by Buzz Bissinger....
, which tells the true story of journalist Stephen Glass, who was discovered fabricating stories as a writer for The New Republic
The New Republic

The New Republic is an United States magazine of politics and the arts. It is published semimonthly and has a circulation of approximately 60,000....
. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 writes "Hayden Christensen is sensational as Glass, finding the wonder boy and the weasel in a disturbed kid flying high on a fame he hasn't earned."

Stock footage of Christensen was used in the controversial 2004 DVD release of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi is a 1983 in film space opera film directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan....
, where he was inserted in place of the actor Sebastian Shaw. This version is now considered the canonical version in the Star Wars universe. Christensen insists this was done without his knowledge, an act that is confirmed by Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Limited is an United States film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman, and Micheline Chau is the president and Chief operating officer....
 itself in the featurette "Return of the Jedi: What has changed?" as seen on the official website to commemorate the 2006 DVDs.

2006–present

Between 2006 and 2007, he starred in Awake
Awake (film)

Awake is a 2007 suspense thriller written and directed by Joby Harold. It stars Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Lena Olin, and Terrence Howard....
, with Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba

Jessica Marie Alba is an United States television and film actor. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack ....
, which tells the story of a man who remains awake but paralyzed during heart surgery, and in Factory Girl
Factory Girl

Factory Girl is an United States Biographical film based on the life of socialite and 1960s underground film star Edie Sedgwick. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 29, 2006....
 — as a character loosely based upon Bob Dylan — opposite Sienna Miller
Sienna Miller

Sienna Rose Miller is an American-born English people actress, model , and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Alfie , Factory Girl, and The Edge of Love....
 and Guy Pearce
Guy Pearce

Guy Edward Pearce is an English-born Australian Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated actor and musician, perhaps best known for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Anterograde amnesia victim Leonard Shelby in Christopher Nolan's Memento , and for his role as Mike Young in the popular Australian television series Neighbours....
. Christensen next starred with Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson is an United States film and television actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s, after a series of well-reviewed performances, and has since become a major film star and cultural icon, having appeared in a large number of high-grossing films....
, Jamie Bell
Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell is a BAFTA-winning English actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title character in the film Billy Elliot , for which he won the 2001 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role....
 and Rachel Bilson
Rachel Bilson

Rachel Sarah Bilson is an United States actress. After growing up in a California show business family, she made her television debut in 2003 and subsequently became well-known for playing Summer Roberts on the prime time drama series The O.C. Bilson made her film debut in the 2006 film The Last Kiss, appeared as Lou on the NBC sho...
 in the film Jumper
Jumper (film)

Jumper is a 2008 in film science fiction film from 20th Century Fox and New Regency Productions. It is loosely based on the 1992 in literature science fiction novel Jumper by Steven Gould....
, the story of a young man who discovers he has the ability to teleport
Teleport

Teleport may refer to:*the act of teleportation, or a portal for same*an earth station for a communications satellite *Telewest Broadband's video on demand...
; the film was released on February 14, 2008. Bilson and Christensen co-starred again in the same segment of the film New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You is a 2009 romance film that will see a limited release in the United States in April 2009. From the producers of Paris, je t'aime, it stars an ensemble cast, among them Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci, Hayden Christensen, Andre Benjamin, Shia LaBeouf, Sonny Sandoval, Raphael Saadiq,...
. Christensen also appeared opposite Mischa Barton
Mischa Barton

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton, is an English people film, television, and stage actress, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the United States television series The O.C....
 in Virgin Territory
Virgin Territory

Virgin Territory is a 2007 romantic comedy film based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. It has also been known under the working titles "The Decameron," "Angels and Virgins", "Guilty Pleasures" and "Chasing Temptation"....
, which was released directly-to-DVD in North America in August of 2008. The film, based on The Decameron
The Decameron

The Decameron is a collection of 100 novellas by Italy author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a Medieval allegory work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic....
, is about a group of people who escape the Black Plague epidemic by hiding out in a Tuscan
Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
 Villa in Italy.

Christensen was slated to appear in an adaptation of William Gibson
William Gibson

William Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:*William Gibson , English Catholic martyr...
's seminal cyberpunk
Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low-life". The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk subculture and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983, It features advanced science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coup...
 novel, Neuromancer
Neuromancer

Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, notable for being the most famous early cyberpunk novel and winner of the science-fiction "triple crown"?the Nebula Award, the Philip K....
, set for a 2009 release, but has since been removed from the IMDB cast list. In September of 2008 it was announced that Christensen and Paul Walker
Paul Walker

Paul William Walker IV is an United States actor. He became well known in 2001 after starring in the surprise summer hit The Fast and the Furious and has since gone on to star in movies such as Joy Ride , Running Scared , and the critically-acclaimed Eight Below....
 signed onto the crime drama Takers
Takers

Takers is an upcoming crime thriller film directed by John Luessenhop and written by Luessenhop, Gabriel Casseus, Peter Allen, and Avery Duff....
 set for a 2010 release. He will play a young detective alongside Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon

Matthew Raymond Dillon is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe Award-, and BAFTA Award-nominated United States actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as a mature actor in the decades following, culminating in an Academy Awards nomination for his performance in th...
. Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey is a 2009 in film animated educational sci-fi adventure film written by Harry Kloor and directed by Kloor and Daniel St....
 will be the fourth film in which Christensen will co-star again with Samuel L Jackson. On February 18th, People.com announced that Christensen is engaged to his Jumper co-star Rachel Bilson
Rachel Bilson

Rachel Sarah Bilson is an United States actress. After growing up in a California show business family, she made her television debut in 2003 and subsequently became well-known for playing Summer Roberts on the prime time drama series The O.C. Bilson made her film debut in the 2006 film The Last Kiss, appeared as Lou on the NBC sho...
.

Filmography


Guest Starred on Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson

Awards

Year Group Award Result Film
2001 National Board of Review Awards
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of film, to protest New York City Mayor George B....
 
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor Won Life as a House
Life as a House

Life as a House is a 2001 in film drama film directed by Irwin Winkler. The film follows a man diagnosed with terminal cancer , who tries to repair his relationship with his Drug addiction son ....
Young Hollywood Awards One to Watch - Male Won  
2002Saturn AwardsCinescape Genre Face of the Future Award NominatedStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival , founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival....
Chopard Trophy - Male Revelation Won 
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsMost Promising Performer Nominated  
Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
 
Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor ? Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 in film for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year....
 
Nominated Life as a House
Life as a House

Life as a House is a 2001 in film drama film directed by Irwin Winkler. The film follows a man diagnosed with terminal cancer , who tries to repair his relationship with his Drug addiction son ....
Online Film Critics Society
Online Film Critics Society

The Online Film Critics Society is a professional association for film critics as well as film journalists, scholars, and historians who publish their reviews, interviews and essays on the Internet....
Best Breakthrough Performance
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best breakthrough performance of the year....
 
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by members.SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995....
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards

The Teen Choice Awards is an awards show presented annually by Fox Broadcasting Company. The program honors the year's biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, and television, as voted on by teenagers aged 10-20....
Film - Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure Nominated Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Film - Choice Chemistry Nominated Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Shared with:Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is an Israeli United Statesn actor. Portman began her career in the early 1990s, turning down the opportunity to become a child model in favor of acting....
 )
2003Saturn Award
Saturn Award

The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and Horror fiction in film, television, and home video....
Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor

The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Performance by a Younger Actor:...
 
Nominated Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2004Las Palmas Film FestivalBest Actor Won Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass is a 2003 in film United States drama film written and directed by Billy Ray . The screenplay is based on a September 1998 Vanity Fair article by Buzz Bissinger....
  (Tied with Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard

John Peter Sarsgaard is an American film and stage actor. He landed his first feature role in the movie Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue ....
 for Shattered Glass)
Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
Best Actor - Drama
Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

The Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama is an annual award given by the International Press Academy as one of its Satellite Awards....
 
Nominated Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass is a 2003 in film United States drama film written and directed by Billy Ray . The screenplay is based on a September 1998 Vanity Fair article by Buzz Bissinger....


Personal Life

Christenson recently got engaged with Jumper
Jumper (film)

Jumper is a 2008 in film science fiction film from 20th Century Fox and New Regency Productions. It is loosely based on the 1992 in literature science fiction novel Jumper by Steven Gould....
 co-star Rachel Bilson
Rachel Bilson

Rachel Sarah Bilson is an United States actress. After growing up in a California show business family, she made her television debut in 2003 and subsequently became well-known for playing Summer Roberts on the prime time drama series The O.C. Bilson made her film debut in the 2006 film The Last Kiss, appeared as Lou on the NBC sho...
 over the holidays.

External links

  • , Hayden Christensen talks about his role as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones