- Born
- Birth nameJai Stephen Courtney
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- 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).- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- ParentsChris CourtneyKaren Courtney
- 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.
- Jai was a guest at Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) on June 25, 2015 and revealed that his parents named him after the character Jai from Tarzan (1966).
- Featured in Inside Film Magazine's 2012 Rising Talent issue. The special feature profiled 25 rising young Australian actors including Margot Robbie, Alex Russell, Adelaide Clemens, and David Ludlow.
- Attended drama school at WAAPA with future Spartacus (2010) co-star Viva Bianca.
- I've always played sport. I played rugby, I was involved in athletics, I played cricket... I'm an outdoors kind of guy.
- I'm not someone who has a lengthy attention span, and that applies to my exercise routine as well.
- I was always realistic about the fact I wanted to be involved with big films.
- I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older.
- I started coming to L.A. as often as I could, for three months on and three months off, because immigration kicks you out after 90 days.
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