Justin Chatwin (born October 31, 1982) is a Canadian film
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, best known for playing the son of Tom Cruise's character in the
Steven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern...
-directed
War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds is a live action science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It stars Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier, a dock worker estranged from his wife and children and living separately from them...
, for his leading role in the 2007 Mystery/Thriller
The Invisible-Music:*The Invisible , a Mercury Prize-nominated British band*The Invisible , aforementioned band's debut album...
and his role as Goku/Oozaru in
Dragonball Evolution.
Chatwin was born in Nanaimo,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
, the son of an artist/
documentary filmDocumentary film is a broad category of visual expressions that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can...
maker mother and an engineer father.
As well as
War of the Worlds and
The Invisible, his other film roles include the
independent filmAn independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of any major film studio. Originally, this term denoted independence from Paramount Pictures, MGM, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., RKO, Universal Pictures, United Artists, and Columbia Pictures, the 8 major studio entities...
The ChumscrubberThe Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford, starring an Ensemble cast. The film focuses on the lack of communication between teenagers and their parents, and the prevalence of prescription drugs in American society...
,
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 is a 2004 comedy film, and the last to be directed by Bob Clark. It is a sequel to the 1999 film Baby Geniuses. It received universal negative reviews from film critics, earning a 0% positive rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes...
and
Taking LivesTaking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. The film was marketed with the tagline "He would kill to be you."...
.
In addition, Chatwin has had several
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
roles, including the miniseries,
TakenTaken, also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken is a science fiction miniseries which first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002 and won an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries...
& the hit TV show
LostLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
.
Justin Chatwin (born October 31, 1982) is a Canadian film
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, best known for playing the son of Tom Cruise's character in the
Steven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern...
-directed
War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds is a live action science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It stars Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier, a dock worker estranged from his wife and children and living separately from them...
, for his leading role in the 2007 Mystery/Thriller
The Invisible-Music:*The Invisible , a Mercury Prize-nominated British band*The Invisible , aforementioned band's debut album...
and his role as Goku/Oozaru in
Dragonball Evolution.
Early life
Chatwin was born in Nanaimo,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
, the son of an artist/
documentary filmDocumentary film is a broad category of visual expressions that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can...
maker mother and an engineer father.
Career
As well as
War of the Worlds and
The Invisible, his other film roles include the
independent filmAn independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of any major film studio. Originally, this term denoted independence from Paramount Pictures, MGM, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., RKO, Universal Pictures, United Artists, and Columbia Pictures, the 8 major studio entities...
The ChumscrubberThe Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford, starring an Ensemble cast. The film focuses on the lack of communication between teenagers and their parents, and the prevalence of prescription drugs in American society...
,
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 is a 2004 comedy film, and the last to be directed by Bob Clark. It is a sequel to the 1999 film Baby Geniuses. It received universal negative reviews from film critics, earning a 0% positive rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes...
and
Taking LivesTaking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. The film was marketed with the tagline "He would kill to be you."...
.
In addition, Chatwin has had several
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
roles, including the miniseries,
TakenTaken, also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken is a science fiction miniseries which first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002 and won an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries...
& the hit TV show
LostLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
. He also played the son of
Kevin NealonKevin Nealon is an American comedian and actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995, and his role as Doug Wilson on the series Weeds.-Early life:...
's character on the
ShowtimeShowtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States...
comedyComedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece...
series
Weeds pilot. More recently, he appeared as
Gokuis a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball universe created by Akira Toriyama. He first appears in the first chapter first published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on December 3, 1984. He is loosely based on Sun Wukong, a central character in Journey to the West, however,...
in 20th Century Fox's live action movie
Dragonball Evolution.
Chatwin will portray songwriter and musician
Emitt RhodesEmitt Lynn Rhodes is an American singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer born February 25, 1950 in Decatur, Illinois. When he was five his family moved to Hawthorne, California. Considered by many as "the one man Beatles," his solo recordings of the early 1970s show a clear...
in an upcoming film of the same name.
Filmography
| Year |
Titles |
Role |
| 2010 |
Riding The Pine |
Augie(post production) |
| 2009 |
Dragonball Evolution |
Goku |
| 2008 |
Middle Of Nowhere Middle of Nowhere is a comedy-drama film directed by John Stockwell, written by Michelle Morgan, and starring Susan Sarandon and her real-life daughter Eva Amurri...
|
Ben Pretzler |
| 2007 |
The Invisible -Music:*The Invisible , a Mercury Prize-nominated British band*The Invisible , aforementioned band's debut album...
|
Nick Powell |
| 2006 |
LostLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
(TV series) |
Eddie |
| 2005 |
WeedsWeeds is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan, produced by Lionsgate Television for the Showtime network.The plot revolves around a widowed housewife from an affluent California suburb who becomes her neighborhood's marijuana dealer to make ends meet...
(TV series) |
Josh Wilson |
| 2005 |
War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds is a live action science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It stars Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier, a dock worker estranged from his wife and children and living separately from them...
|
Robbie |
| 2005 |
The Chumscrubber The Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford, starring an Ensemble cast. The film focuses on the lack of communication between teenagers and their parents, and the prevalence of prescription drugs in American society...
|
Billy |
| 2004 |
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 is a 2004 comedy film, and the last to be directed by Bob Clark. It is a sequel to the 1999 film Baby Geniuses. It received universal negative reviews from film critics, earning a 0% positive rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes...
|
Zack |
| 2004 |
Taking Lives Taking Lives is a 1999 thriller novel by Michael Pye about an FBI profiler in search of a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims.-Film adaption:...
|
Matt Soulsby |
| 2004 |
Traffic |
Tyler Mckay |
| 2004 |
Prodigy The Prodigy was a proposed American reality TV show that promised $1 million in cash and prizes to the ultimate winner. The show staged casting events at college campuses throughout the country. Many of the students cast in the show now claim it was all an elaborate scam by Utah-based security...
(TV series) |
Luke |
| 2003 |
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (TV) |
Lawrence |
| 2003 |
TakenTaken, also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken is a science fiction miniseries which first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002 and won an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries...
(TV series) |
Clauson |
| 2002 |
Just Cause (TV series) |
Shaun Martin |
| 2002 |
Night VisionNight vision is the ability to see in a dark environment. Whether by biological or technological means, night vision is made possible by a combination of two approaches: sufficient spectral range, and sufficient intensity range...
(TV series) |
Pete |
| 2002 |
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? is an American anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the FOX network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were allegedly based...
(TV series) |
Vennt Rose |
| 2002 |
Glory Days Glory Days is an American horror/mystery-based television series broadcast during the first half of 2002 on The WB Television Network. It involved a novelist returning to his hometown, where various odd and unpleasant occurrences began happening. It starred Eddie Cahill, Erin Karpluk, and Emily...
(TV series) |
Barry |
| 2002 |
Mysterious Ways (TV series) |
Stanislaw |
| 2001 |
Christy Choices of the Heart, Part II: A New Beginning |
John |
| 2001 |
Josie and the Pussycats Josie and the Pussycats is a 2001 comedy film released by Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan. The film is loosely based upon the Archie comic of the same name.-Plot:...
|
Teenage fan |
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