Known For: Canadian film and television actor
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, film actor, television actor
Country: Canada
Date of Birth: Sunday, 31 October 1982
Justin Chatwin is a Canadian actor. He began his career in 2001 with a brief appearance in the musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats. Following his breakthrough role as Robbie Ferrier in the blockbuster War of the Worlds (2005), Chatwin headlined studio films such as The Invisible (2007) and Dragonball Evolution (2009), an action-adventure feature based on the manga series Dragon Ball. In the 2010s, Chatwin acted in small independent films. He starred as rock star idol Bobby Shore in the sci-fi musical Bang Bang Baby (2014), which earned him a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and appeared in the romantic comedy Unleashed (2016), and drama Summer Night (2019).
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Chatwin was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He is the son of Suzanne (née Halsall), a freelance mixed-media artist, and Brian, an engineer who founded in 1982 Chatwin Engineering, a construction and civil engineering company based in British Columbia, where he served as President and CEO. Chatwin's parents divorced in 2010. His late grandfather was of French-Canadian ancestry. Chatwin has a younger sister, Brianna, who works as a tattoo artist. They were raised Catholic. After graduating from high school, Chatwin followed in his father's footsteps and began to study engineering at the University of British Columbia, but after one week he switched to commerce. A few weeks later, Chatwin was dared by a friend to audition for a TV show that was shooting in Vancouver: "I took the dare, not knowing what I was getting into. I was called back and hired..." Chatwin eventually dropped out of university after one semester in order to pursue his acting career full time. In the early 2000s, Chatwin moved to Los Angeles, where he rented an apartment with fellow actor Noel Fisher. Prior to this, he lived for a month in a travel trailer with a friend, stating, "We didn't have girlfriends; we were reading Kerouac and Ginsberg, driving up to the desert, walking in the dunes, and showering at 24 Hour Fitness. It was an exciting time, but would I do it again? No."
