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Date of Birth

31 October 1982, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Justin Chatwin was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, and is an actor best-known for playing Tom Cruise's son in War of the Worlds (2005). Successfully starred in his first American miniseries, "Traffic" (2004), followed by the movies Taking Lives (2004), The Invisible (2007), and The Chumscrubber (2005). He also had appearances in the episodic series "Smallville" (2001) , "Lost" (2004), and "Weeds" (2005). The son of a documentary filmmaker mother and engineer father, Justin also has two sisters, Brieanne and Claire. His hobbies are camping and sports, and listening to Arcade Fire. He was once an avid snowboarder and was living in Vancouver to practice and attend university. He studied commerce at the University of British Columbia and, until 2009, lived in a small apartment in Los Angeles.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Jimmy Parker

Trivia

He does not smoke.

Friend of Camilla Belle.

Justin's father (Brian) is a civil engineer and his mother (Suzanne) is a documentary filmmaker.

Justin has a sister named Brianna.

Justin worked with Dakota Fanning in "Taken" (2002) before they were in War of the Worlds (2005).

As of 2005, Justin resides in Los Angeles.

Justin studied commerce at the University of British Columbia.

Justin's big break was the movie War of the Worlds (2005).

Personal Quotes

She's so amazing. I couldn't ask for someone better to play my sister in a movie. And she's such a great actress. Literally, I would be standing off to the side watching her prepare and thinking like: how does she do it? I just don't understand. - about actress Dakota Fanning.

When I got the part in 'War Of The Worlds', I got a call at Canadian Tire from my manager and she was like, 'Are you having fun fishing?' and I was like, 'What? I'm shooting duck' and she started crying. She's like, 'You just got a great movie.' I felt so good and it gave me a confidence almost that I must be doing something semi-right.

My whole goal is just to live my life for story and experience.

[on going to film school] There were good days, there were bad days. It was literally seven months of film school. Listening to the stories these guys had to tell over 30 or 40 years in this business, that's stuff you can't read in a book.

Acting is acting. That's what I love to do. But you know, I'm going to take it moment by moment and whatever happens, happens.

Where Are They Now

(2006) Starred in the play, "Dark Matters"