Sam Worthington won a 2004 AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in Somersault.

Sam Worthington is one of Australia's most exciting young actors.

A graduate from Australia's National Drama Institute in 1998 (NIDA), Sam made his feature film debut in the acclaimed Australian film Bootmen (1999), a performance which earned him an Australian Film Institute award nomination.

Sam has worked with some of Australia's most successful actors and directors including Bryan Brown, Toni Collette and Sam Neill in the David Caesar directed black comedy Dirty Deeds (2001), with David Wenham and Timothy Spall in the AFI award winning box office hit Gettin' Square (2002).

Other film credits include the American feature Hart's War (2000) with Bruce Willis and the Australian feature New Skin (2000). His stage credits include Belvoir's Company B critically praised tour of The Judas Kiss (1999).

Sam's upcoming film projects include Thunderstruck which is due for release mid 2004 as well the epic U.S. production The Great Raid which was filmed in Australia and also stars Benjamin Bratt and Joseph Fiennes.

An all round talent, Sam has recently directed a comic short film Enzo which was selected as a finalist in Tropfest 2004.