Born in Surrey, England, Sam Worthington was raised in Australia from the age of six months. He attended high school at John Curtin College of the Arts, leaving before graduating and worked construction jobs while traveling across Australia. At 19 he auditioned for, and was accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1998. His first professional work was on stage, in a production of Judas Kiss. He hit the screen in 2000 with guest appearances in Jag, Water Rats, Blue Heelers and the Australian dance film Bootmen.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Hot Ones Versus (2024)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 2025-12-09: Zoe Saldaña vs. Sam Worthington (Dec 9, 2025)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 1x65: Sam Worthington, Kendrick Sampson, Sheléa (Dec 14, 2022)
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
Starring as Ron Lafferty
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Blood Atonement (Jun 2, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Revelation (May 26, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: One Mighty and Strong (May 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Church and State (May 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Surrender (May 5, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Rightful Place (Apr 28, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: When God Was Love (Apr 28, 2022)
GMA3 (2020)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x54: Jessie J, Elizabeth Reid, Bill Reid, James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver (Dec 5, 2025)
- Episode 3x57: Sam Worthington (Nov 30, 2022)
ABC Prime with Linsey Davis (2020)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 2025-12-15: Cast of "Avatar: Fire and Ash" (Dec 15, 2025)
Manhunt (2017)
Starring as FBI Special Agent Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: USA vs. Theodore J. Kaczynski (Sep 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Lincoln (Sep 5, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Abri (Aug 22, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Publish or Perish (Aug 15, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (Aug 8, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Pure Wudder (Aug 1, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Unabom (Aug 1, 2017)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 2022-11-29: Whoopi Goldberg; Sam Worthington; Gabe LaBelle; Manuel Turizo (Nov 29, 2022)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 18x17: M3GAN; Women Talking; Avatar: The Way of Water (Jan 7, 2023)
JAG (1995)
Guest starring as Dunsmore
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x17: People v. Gunny (Feb 22, 2000) [Uncredited]
- Episode 5x15: Boomerang (1) (Feb 8, 2000)
Good Morning America: Weekend Edition (1993)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 2025-12-06: Straight No Chaser (Dec 6, 2025)
20/20 (1978)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 2025 Special: Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 (Dec 12, 2025)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-12-05: Jessie J, Chef Tom Colicchio, Christy Carlson Romano, James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver (Dec 5, 2025)
- Episode 2025-12-04: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, James Cameron, Emily Mortimer (Dec 4, 2025)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Sam Worthington
- Episode 2010-03-07: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (Mar 7, 2010)
Crew Credits
Cleaners (2013)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: There's Been a Complication (Aug 19, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: It's a Classic (Oct 3, 2013)