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Xavier Samuel (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian film and theatre actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films Adore, September,[1] Further We Search,[2] Newcastle,[3] The Loved Ones,[4] Frankenstein, A Few Best Men, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and Billy in Spin Out. He also starred as Cass Chaplin in Blonde.

Xavier Samuel
Samuel in 2012
Born	(1983-12-10) 10 December 1983 (age 38) Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Relatives	Benedict Samuel (brother)

Early life and education

Samuel was born in Hamilton, Victoria, the son of Maree and Clifford Samuel.[5] He grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, and graduated from Rostrevor College in 2001 where he boarded.[6][7] His family spent a year in Darwin when Samuel was 13 due to his parents' teaching jobs.[8]

He has a younger brother, Benedict, a writer, producer and actor,[9] as well as an older sister, Bridget, a stage manager.[7]

Despite completing his senior secondary years at Rostrevor College, Samuel undertook final year drama at Christian Brothers College, where he played the part of Tom Snout (the wall) in Rostrevor College's production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as playing Belvile in CBC's production of Aphra Behn's The Rover (The Banished Cavaliers).[6]

Samuel later attended Flinders University Drama Centre and graduated in 2006.[10]

Career

Samuel made his debut on the Australian TV show McLeod's Daughters in 2003. He starred in the Australian horror movie Road Train as Marcus, and also acted in the Australian movie Drowning with Elephant Princess star Miles Szanto, directed by Craig Boreham.[11]

Alongside Mia Wasikowska, Samuel was in 2007 the Australian film September, set in 1968 where two young boys who share a passion for boxing are friends.[12]

In 2008, Samuel starred in the Australian surfing movie Newcastle, opposite Reshad Strik.

In 2009, Samuel was cast as Brent in the Australian horror/thriller movie The Loved Ones in the lead role opposite Robin McLeavy.

In early 2010, Samuel was cast as Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The film gave Samuel his first blockbuster film worldwide. Samuel received his first award nomination and win at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. In an interview with GQ Australia in November 2010, Samuel described the process of his shock Twilight casting. "I sent off the audition tape from Sydney, which landed in a big pile on someone's desk. So then to actually hear something back was kind of unusual. I guess I was a bit of a gamble, but it's bizarre and wonderful."[13]

Samuel appeared in the 2011 film Anonymous.

In 2012 Samuel played a lead role in A Few Best Men with other notable stars, Rebel Wilson and Olivia Newton-John. The film is about a wedding.[14]

Eventually forming a relationship with co-star Phoebe Tonkin, Samuel was cast in 3D feature Bait, released in September 2012.[15][16]

In 2013 he played Ian in Adore beside Robin Wright and Naomi Watts, which is based on Doris Lessing's book and directed by Anne Fontaine.[17] The film is about two middle-aged mothers who become the lovers of each other's sons.[7] Anne Fontaine coaxed Samuel through rehearsals of the love scenes in a hotel room using a paid actress who stood in for Wright.[7] The film was shot in Seal Rocks in New South Wales and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival under its original name of Two Mothers.[7][18]

Alongside Hugo Weaving and an owl, Samuel was cast in the movie Healing in 2014. The film is about a prison program where the inmates rehabilitate birds. When speaking about Doris the owl, Samuel stated that he grew rather fond of her as she was easy to play with and was a real diva.[7]

In 2014, Samuel was cast alongside Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf in the $80 million blockbuster Fury, about a group of Americans in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II.[7]

In 2016, Samuel played the titular character in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, with Rachel Ward and her daughter, Matilda Brown.[19]

In the same year, Samuel performed alongside Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Stephen Fry, and James Fleet in the critically-acclaimed film Love and Friendship, adapted from Jane Austin novel Lady Susan.[8]

Starring alongside Hugo Weaving yet again, Samuel played the role of Simon Heywood in the Australian TV series, Seven Types of Ambiguity in 2017. The series was based on Seven Types of Ambiguity, a 2003 novel by Australian writer Elliot Perlman.[20]

Samuel played Kit Parker in the Amazon thriller series Tell Me Your Secrets in 2021.[21]

In 2022, he starred in the Marilyn Monroe bio-pic Blonde, written and directed by Andrew Dominik and adapted from the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. It stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, and Evan Williams. The film is produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner. It premieres on Netflix in September 2022.

Personal life

As a child, Samuel wanted to be an Australian rules football star like his hero Tony Modra, and is a supporter of the Adelaide Football Club.[7]

Samuel regularly moves between America and Australia to take on roles.[6]

From 2010 to 2011 Samuel dated German model Shermine Shahrivar. In 2012, Samuel dated his Bait 3D co-star, Phoebe Tonkin.[16] From 2012 to 2015, Samuel dated his Plush co-star Emily Browning.[22][23] Model Jessica Gomes was in a relationship for two years with Samuel that started in 2016.[24] In 2018, Samuel and actress Marianna Palka started dating.[25]

Acting work

Theatre

Year	Play	Role	Notes
2006	Two Weeks with the Queen	Colin	Windmill Performing Arts
	Osama the Hero	Unknown	The Old Fitzroy Theatre
2007	Mercury Fur	Unknown	Griffin Theatre
2014	The Seagull	Konstantin	South Australian State Theatre

Filmography

Year	Film Title	Role	Notes
2006	2:37	Theo
	Angela's Decision	Will Turner
2007	September	Ed Anderson
2008	Newcastle	Fergus
2009	Drowning	Dan	Short film
	The Loved Ones	Brent
	Further We Search	Age
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Riley Biers	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Robert Pattinson and Bryce Dallas Howard) Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated – Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Male Breakout Nominated – Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Star Nominated – Scream Awards for Best Breakthrough Performance Male
	Road Train (a.k.a. Road Kill)	Marcus
2011	Anonymous	Henry Wriothesley
	A Few Best Men	David
2012	Bait 3D	Josh
2013	Adore	Ian
	Drift	Jimmy Kelly
	Plush	Enzo
2014	Healing	Paul
	Fury	Lt. Parker
2015	Frankenstein	Monster/Adam
2016	Love & Friendship	Reginald DeCourcy
	Mr. Church	Owen
	Spin Out	Billy
	The Death and Life of Otto Bloom	Otto Bloom
2017	Bad Blood	Vincent
	A Few Less Men	David
	Seven Types of Ambiguity	Simon Heywood	TV series
2018	Riot	Jim Walker
	Della Mortika	Lt Pasha Dimitrikov	Short film
2021	Tell Me Your Secrets	Kit Parker	Main role, Amazon Original Series[26]
2022	Elvis	Scotty Moore
	Blonde	Charles Chaplin Jr.
TBA	The Clearing		TV series; In production

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite movie actor	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Nominated
2010	Scream Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance Male	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Nominated
2011	MTV Movie Awards	"Best Fight"	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (with Robert Pattinson and Bryce Dallas Howard)	Won
		"Best Breakout Star"	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Nominated
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Breakout: Male	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Nominated

References

External links

• Xavier Samuel at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel (* 10. Dezember 1983 in Hamilton, Victoria) ist ein australischer Film- und Fernsehschauspieler.

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- [en] Xavier Samuel

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[es] Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel (Victoria, Australia; 10 de diciembre de 1988) es un actor australiano conocido por su interpretación del vampiro Riley Biers en la película The Twilight Saga: Eclipse y por sus interpretaciones en las películas australianas September y Newcastle.

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[ru] Сэмюел, Завьер

Завьер Сэмюел (англ. Xavier Samuel; род. 10 декабря 1983, Гамильтон, Австралия) — австралийский актёр. Снялся в таких фильмах, как «Сентябрь»[1][2][3], «Ньюкасл»[4], «Любимые»[5], «Франкенштейн» и «Свадебный разгром». Наиболее известен по роли Райли Бирса в фильме «Сумерки. Сага. Затмение» и роли Джоша в фильме «Цунами 3D».

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