Justin Chatwin is a Canadian actor of film and television. After making his film debut in the musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats (2001), [1] Chatwin guest-starred in several television series and had minor appearances in two unsuccessful films, Taking Lives and Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (both 2004). That same year, Newsweek magazine singled him out as an "Actor to watch" based on his work in the three-part miniseries Traffic . [2]
Chatwin had his breakthrough performance as Tom Cruise's rebellious son in the blockbuster War of the Worlds (2005), directed by Steven Spielberg. He followed that up by portraying a teenage drug dealer in The Chumscrubber , a black comedy which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Chatwin later headlined the 2007 supernatural thriller The Invisible , and starred as Goku in Dragonball Evolution (2009), an action-adventure film directed by James Wong based on the Japanese manga Dragon Ball .
Throughout the 2010s, Chatwin has found more success on television, starring as a lovesick car thief on the Showtime dramedy Shameless between 2011 and 2015. After a recurring role in the third season of BBC's Orphan Black , Chatwin played a cartoonist in the CBS murder mystery drama American Gothic (2016). That same year, he portrayed superhero Grant Gordon / The Ghost in "The Return of Doctor Mysterio", the 2016 Christmas Special of the science fiction series Doctor Who . Chatwin has also starred as scientist Erik Wallace in the two season Netflix series Another Life . [3]
Simultaneously, Chatwin worked on a number of independent films, playing a diverse spectrum of characters in a variety of genres. He portrayed an Italian dancer in Daniel Roby's disco drama Funkytown (2011), a rock star in Jeffrey St. Jules' sci-fi musical Bang Bang Baby (2014), which earned him a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor, [4] a cat-turned-human in Finn Taylor's romantic comedy Unleashed (2016), a modern-day cowboy in Blake Robbins' western The Scent of Rain and Lightning (2017), a rookie detective in the crime thriller The Assassin's Code (2018), and a free-spirited bartender in the coming-of-age dramedy Summer Night (2019) directed by Joseph Cross.
Chatwin's long-time passion for extreme sports, travelling and motorcycles, [5] led to the documentary series No Good Reason (2020), which follows his journey from Vancouver to Patagonia on motorcycle.
† | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | Teenage Fan | [6] | |
2004 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Zack | [7] | |
Taking Lives | Matt Soulsby | [8] | ||
2005 | War of the Worlds | Robbie Ferrier | [9] | |
The Chumscrubber | Billy Peck | [10] | ||
2007 | The Invisible | Nick Powell | [11] | |
2008 | Middle of Nowhere | Ben Pretzler | [12] | |
2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Son Goku | [13] | |
2011 | Brink | Jeremy | Short film | [14] |
Funkytown | Santo "Tino" DeiFiori | [15] | ||
2014 | Bang Bang Baby | Bobby Shore | Nominated - Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | [16] |
2015 | The Cycle | Robbie | Short film | [17] |
No Stranger Than Love | Rydell Whyte | [18] | ||
2016 | Poor Boy | Jackie Clean | [19] | |
Urge | Jason Brettner | [20] | ||
Unleashed | Diego / Ajax | [21] | ||
One Night | Drew McFarland | aka 1 Night | [22] | |
2017 | CHiPs | Raymond Reed Kurtz Jr. | [23] | |
The Scent of Rain and Lightning | Hugh Jay Linder | [24] | ||
We Don't Belong Here | Tomas | aka The Greens Are Gone | [25] | |
2018 | In the Cloud | Halid "Hale" Begovic | [26] | |
The Assassin's Code | Michael Connelly | aka Legacy | [27] | |
2019 | Summer Night | Andy | [28] | |
2021 | Die in a Gunfight | Terrence Uberahl | [29] | |
2022 | The Walk | Bill Coughlin | [30] | |
2024 | Reagan | Jack Reagan | [31] | |
TBA | The Panic † | Herbert Satterlee | Post-production | [32] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2001 | Christy, Choices of the Heart | John Spencer | 2 episodes | [33] |
Smallville | Teen Jostled by Whitney | Episode: "Pilot" | [34] | |
Mysterious Ways | J.T Stanislaw | Episode: "Doctor in the House" | [35] | |
2002 | Just Cause | Shaun Martin | Episode: "Code of Silence" | [36] |
Night Visions | Pete Hartford | Episode: "The Maze/Harmony" | [37] | |
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Vinny Rose | Episode: "The News Stand" | [38] | |
Glory Days | Barry Bowers | Episode: "Grim Ferrytale" | [39] | |
Taken | Clauson | 2 episodes | [40] | |
2003 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Lawrence | TV film | [41] |
2004 | Prodigy | Dempsey | TV pilot | [42] |
Traffic | Tyler McKay | 3 episodes | [43] | |
2005–2012 | Weeds | Josh Wilson | 3 episodes | [44] |
2006 | Lost | Eddie Colburn | Episode: "Further Instructions" | [45] |
2011–2015 | Shameless | Jimmy Lishman / Steve Wilton | Main role (season 1–3) Guest (season 4) | [46] |
2013 | The Listener | Rudy Best | Episode: "Blast from the Past" | [47] |
2015 | Breed | Cooper Wells | TV pilot | [48] |
Orphan Black | Jason Kellerman | 4 episodes | [49] | |
2016 | American Gothic | Cameron Hawthorne | 13 episodes | [50] |
Doctor Who | Grant Gordon / The Ghost | Episode: "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" | [51] | |
2017 | The Doomsday Project | Chris Wyatt | TV pilot | [52] |
2019–2021 | Another Life | Erik Wallace | 19 episodes | [53] |
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref(s) |
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2006 | Dark Matters | Jeremy Cleary | Rattlestick Playwrights Theater | [54] |
2007 | The Mistakes Madeline Made | Wilson | Dairy Arts Center | [55] |
2009 | Red Light Winter | Davis | Dairy Arts Center | [56] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2013 | Isolated | Himself | Documentary film | [57] |
2016 | Behind the Storm: The Making of the Scent of Rain and Lightning | Himself | Short documentary film | [58] |
2020 | No Good Reason | Himself | 7 episodes; also executive producer | [59] |
Year | Title | Artist | Role | Ref(s) |
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2011 | "Learn to Run" | David Vertesi | The Boyfriend | [60] |
2016 | "Doin' Wrong with You" | Brad Carter | Hugh Jay Linder | [61] |
2019 | "Slow Motion" | Hayley Taylor | Love Interest | [62] |
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