Justin Chatwin - Overview

Date of Birth: Oct 31, 1982

Place of Birth: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Nationality: Canadian

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As the rebellious and aloof Robbie, the son of Tom Cruise’s Ray in 2005’s “War of the Worlds,” Justin Chatwin managed to hold his own with the Hollywood big leagues: the aforementioned Cruise as well as director Steve Spielberg (that’s not to mention scene stealer Dakota Fanning, who played his sister). Estranged from his father, and then driven to a near-suicidal decision to join the fight against deadly alien forces, Chatwin conveyed a personal story amid the special effects and thunderous roar of one of that summer’s biggest films. He followed the high profile movie that year with the part of Billy in the quirky and memorable “Chumscrubber.”

Chatwin, born and raised on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, did not originally plan to go into acting. When he was 18, he took up a friend on a dare to accompany him on an audition. The bug bit him, and Chatwin never looked back. His first part was a small one in the television miniseries, “Christy, Choices of the Heart,” followed by a small role as a rock fan in “Josie & The Pussycats” in 2001. He follow... Read More

Filmography (9)

Dragonball (2009)

The Invisible (2007)

The Chumscrubber (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)

SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)

Taking Lives (2004)

Photos (8)

Milestones (17)

2009
Cast as Goku in the live-action film adaptation of "Dragonball Evolution"

2008
Co-starred with Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri in the independent film, "Middle of Nowhere"

2007
Had a leading role in the thriller, "The Invisible"

2005
Co-starred in Arie Posin's ensemble "The Chumscrubber," a darkly satiric story about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia

2005
Appeared in the pilot episode of the Showtime drama "Weeds," starring Mary Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins

2005
Breakthrough role, playing Tom Cruise's son in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds"

2005
Appeared in the pilot episode of the Showtime drama, "Weeds"

Photos From Last Movie (18)