Harrison Gilbertson

Harrison Sloan Gilbertson was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Gilbertson began acting at the age of six when he played the character of Sorrow in a local production of Madama Butterfly. He made his screen debut in 2002 playing the role of the protagonists younger brother Greggy in Australian Rules. His big break came in 2009 when he landed the lead role of Billy Conway in Accidents Happen starring alongside Academy Award Winner Geena Davis. Reviewers commended his performance and acting abilities. He won the 2010 AFI Young Actor Award for his performance as underage WW1 soldier Frank Tiffin in Beneath Hill 60. That same year Gilbertson made his US acting debut starring in the lead role of Emmett opposite Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Walter Hauser and Emma Roberts inVirginia, directed by Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. In 2014 he starred as Charlie Boyd opposite Emmanulle Beart in My Mistress, as well as playing Little Pete alongside Aaron Paul, Rami Malek, Kid Cudi, and Imogen Poots in DreamWork Pictures Need For Speed. Gilbertson is also known for his work in The Turning (2013), Fallen (2016), Hounds Of Love (2016), Upgrade (2018), Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018), In The Tall Grass (2019), The Peripheral (2022), and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023) which was the recipient of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards .