Harrison Gilbertson

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Harrison Sloan Gilbertson
Born (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

Harrison Sloan Gilbertson (born 29 June 1993) is an Australian actor.

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Early life

Harrison Sloan Gilbertson was born in Adelaide, South Australia. [1]

Career

Gilbertson began acting at the age of six when he played the character of Sorrow in a local production of Madama Butterfly . He made his screen debut in 2002 playing the role of the protagonists younger brother Greggy in Australian Rules . [2] His big break came in 2009 when he landed the lead role of Billy Conway in Accidents Happen starring alongside Academy Award Winner Geena Davis. Reviewers commended his performance and acting abilities. [3] [4]

He won the 2010 AFI Young Actor Award for his performance as underage WW1 soldier Frank Tiffin in Beneath Hill 60.

That same year Gilbertson made his US acting debut starring in the lead role of Emmett opposite Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Walter Hauser and Emma Roberts in Virginia , directed by Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.[ citation needed ]

In 2014 he starred as Charlie Boyd opposite Emmanulle Beart in My Mistress, as well as playing Little Pete alongside Aaron Paul, Rami Malek, Kid Cudi, and Imogen Poots in DreamWork Pictures Need For Speed.

Gilbertson is also known for his work in The Turning (2013), Fallen (2016), Hounds Of Love (2016), Upgrade (2018), Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018), In The Tall Grass (2019), The Peripheral (2022), and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023) which was the recipient of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Australian Rules Greggy
2009 Accidents Happen Billy Conway
2009 Blessed Daniel
2010 Beneath Hill 60 Frank Tiffin
2010 Virginia Emmett
2011Bush BasherWeed
2013 Haunt Evan Asher
2013 The Turning Vic Lang
2014 My Mistress Charlie Boyd
2014 Need for Speed Pete Coleman
2016 Fallen Cameron Briel
2016 Hounds of Love Jason
2018 Upgrade Eron
2018 Look Away Sean
2019 Measure For Measure Claudio
2019 In the Tall Grass Travis McKean
2022 Freedom's Path Lewis
2023 Oppenheimer Philip Morrison
2023 Where All Light Tends to Go Bull
2025 Deliver Me from Nowhere TBAFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Conspiracy 365 Callum Ormond [5] [6]
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Michael Fitzhubert
2021 Harrow James Reed [7]
2022 The Peripheral Atticus

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2010 Australian Film Institute Awards Young Actor Award Beneath Hill 60 Won

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