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Jai Courtney

  • Actor
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Jai Courtney at an event for Divergent (2014)
When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
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Jai Courtney is an Australian actor. He started his career with small roles in films and television series before being cast as Charlie in the action film Jack Reacher (2012). He has gone on to star in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), I, Frankenstein (2014) and The Exception (2016).

Courtney had a recurring role as Varro in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010). He played Eric in the science fiction action film Divergent (2014), and in 2015, he reprises the role in the sequel, Insurgent. He portrayed Kyle Reese in Terminator Genisys (2015) and DC Comics villain Captain Boomerang in Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021).
BornMarch 15, 1986
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BornMarch 15, 1986
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000308
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, and Emilia Clarke in Terminator Genisys (2015)
    Terminator Genisys
    6.3
    • Kyle Reese
    • 2015
    Shailene Woodley and Theo James in Divergent (2014)
    Divergent
    6.6
    • Eric
    • 2014
    Will Smith, Jared Leto, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Viola Davis, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, and Karen Fukuhara in Suicide Squad (2016)
    Suicide Squad
    5.9
    • Boomerang
    • 2016
    Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
    A Good Day to Die Hard
    5.2
    • Jack McClane
    • 2013

    Credits

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    • Dangerous Animals
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Beef
      • Post-production
    • The Very Best People
      • Pre-production
    • War Machine
      • Post-production
    • The Fox
      • Nick
      • Post-production



    • American Primeval (2025)
      American Primeval
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Virgil Cutter
      • 2025
    • Matt Day, Deborah Mailman, Jack Thompson, Lily LaTorre, Celeste Barber, and Jai Courtney in Runt (2024)
      Runt
      6.4
      • Bryan Shearer
      • 2024
    • For the Love of Pets (2023)
      For the Love of Pets
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Narrator
      • 2023
    • Ryan Corr, Jai Courtney, Erin Moriarty, and Dina Shihabi in Catching Dust (2023)
      Catching Dust
      5.8
      • Clyde
      • 2023
    • Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Jai Courtney, Rosaline Elbay, Peter Mark Kendall, and Tati Gabrielle in Kaleidoscope (2023)
      Kaleidoscope
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Bob Goodwin
      • 2023
    • Chris Pratt in The Terminal List (2022)
      The Terminal List
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Steve Horn
      • 2022
    • Love, Death & Robots (2019)
      Love, Death & Robots
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Spencer (voice)
      • 2022
    • Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, and Jai Courtney in Black Site (2022)
      Black Site
      4.4
      • Raymond Miller
      • 2022
    • Sylvester Stallone, Steve Agee, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Margot Robbie, and Daniela Melchior in The Suicide Squad (2021)
      The Suicide Squad
      7.2
      • Captain Boomerang
      • 2021
    • Susan Sarandon, Kate Beckinsale, Stanley Tucci, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, and Jai Courtney in Jolt (2021)
      Jolt
      5.6
      • Justin
      • 2021
    • Liam Neeson in Honest Thief (2020)
      Honest Thief
      6.0
      • Special Agent John Nivens
      • 2020
    • Yvonne Strahovski in Stateless (2020)
      Stateless
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Cam Sandford
      • 2020
    • Rupert Degas, Jane Lynch, Loren Gray, Jai Courtney, Samara Weaving, and Ilai Swindells in 100% Wolf (2020)
      100% Wolf
      5.6
      • Flasheart (voice)
      • 2020
    • Nat Wolff and Jai Courtney in Semper Fi (2019)
      Semper Fi
      6.2
      • Callahan
      • 2019
    • Zoey Deutch in Buffaloed (2019)
      Buffaloed
      6.2
      • Wizz
      • 2019

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    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
    • Born
      • March 15, 1986
      • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Parents
        Chris Courtney
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      • 1 Interview
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      After being cast in Spartacus (2010), he and Andy Whitfield became inseparable and remained so until Whitfield's death in 2011. Courtney remains close to Whitfield's wife and children.
    • Quotes
      I've always played sport. I played rugby, I was involved in athletics, I played cricket... I'm an outdoors kind of guy.

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