Justin Chatwin

In his most recent role, he stars opposite Katee Sackhoff and Tyler Hoechlin in the new Netflix original show Another Life, which premiered worldwide in 2019.

Since 2019, Chatwin has starred as Erik Wallace in the ongoing television series Another Life.

More recently, Chatwin starred in Crackle’s original movie In the Cloud alongside Gabriel Byrne, and in the dramatic thriller The Assassin's Code with Peter Stormare, as well in the coming-of-age drama Summer Night, directed by Joseph Cross in his directorial debut. In 2020, he will appear in the romantic crime film Die in a Gunfight, co-starring opposite Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario and Travis Fimmel. In addition, Chatwin is attached to star in the upcoming In the Lost Lands, a fantasy-adventure film based on three short stories by A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin.

The following year, Chatwin acted in Elizabeth Meriwether’s The Mistakes Madeline Made at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado. Directed by Jamie Wollrab, the cast includes Johnny Lewis, Zach Shields and Greta Seacat. The story is about a young woman, Edna (Shannon Woodward), who works as a personal assistant. After the death of her brother, she begins to develop ablutophobia, a fear of bathing. He plays Wilson, Edna’s co-worker, "with lots of nervous energy, and generates laughs along the way."

Having a passion for extreme sports, he used to snowboard when he lived in Canada, during the high school years. One of Chatwin's favourite activities is spearfishing, stating, "For me spearfishing is two things: it’s hunting - which is a basic necessity that we’ve always done - and then it’s diving, which is a baptism in the water. You’re forced to be present and you’re in the elements, you’re underwater." He is also a traveller and film photography lover.

In 2017, Chatwin signed on for an ABC pilot entitled The Doomsday Project, about a group of brilliant people who are asked to dream up man-made disaster scenarios and their possible solutions. The pilot, directed by Joachim Rønning, was not picked up, but shortly after, it was announced that Sony Pictures Television was considering a series order for the project. Couple of months later, VJ Boyd, the co-writer of the screenplay, confirmed the idea was dropped too.

In 2017, he portrayed Hugh Jay Linder in the film adaptation of Nancy Pickard's novel The Scent of Rain and Lightning, and played a supporting role in indie drama We Don’t Belong Here, sharing the screen with Riley Keough, and again with Anton Yelchin. He also had a cameo role in the action-comedy CHiPs.

In 2017, Chatwin was invited at the inaugural edition of Moto Beach Classic Festival in Southern California. The one-day event was established to promote the moto culture, bringing together artists, bike builders and fans. He took part at the BMX Boxer Cup challenge against former professional freestyle motocross racer Andy Bell, custom builder Maxwell Hazan and seasoned photographer Preston Burroughs.

In 2017, Chatwin teamed up for a special ride with Vancouver-based motorcycle company "Lords of Gastown", and charitable organization "Waves for Water", which is dedicated to provide clean water for everyone who needs it. Riding across Central America, the goal was raising money in order to purchase and install clean water filters for the communities living in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. He is also one of the Canadian ambassadors for Operation Smile.

Chatwin is also a TV actor, best known for his work in the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless. He starred in the CBS mystery series American Gothic and was the principal guest-star in the 2016 Christmas special of the BBC One series Doctor Who in "The Return of Doctor Mysterio".

In 2016, Chatwin had appearances in four indie films: the drug thriller Urge, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Ashley Greene, the comedy Unleashed, who won the Audience Award at the Mill Valley Film Festival, the romantic drama One Night, and Poor Boy, Robert Scott Wildes' western, in which he teamed up again with Lou Taylor Pucci, after they worked on The Chumscrubber.

In order to learn more and improve his skills, in november 2016, over the course of one weekend, Chatwin attended the Keith Code's California Superbike School, alongside actor Nicholas Hoult, motorcycle journalist Sean MacDonald, singer and music producer Albert Hammond Jr. and entrepreneur Jesse Waits. From there, he was invited to test the new AGV Corsa R helmets at Buttonwillow Raceway Park.

Chatwin is an advocate of the nomadic lifestyle. When not working on a film or a television show, he is always on the road, stating, "The anatomy of restlessness is what my fascination is. The nomadic instinct I will call it. And the need of constant movement." In these trips, he is joined usually by Ombú, a uruguayan street dog which he adopted in 2016.

In 2015, he was cast as the lead in the TNT pilot Breed, about a young detective who hunts down a rare breed of flesh eating criminals. The pilot did not get picked up to series. After that, he secured a recurring role in the third season of Orphan Black, opposite Tatiana Maslany and Kristian Bruun. Next year, Chatwin landed the role of Cameron Hawthorne in the CBS summer series American Gothic, starring alongside Antony Starr, Virginia Madsen and Megan Ketch. By the end of the year, he was seen in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who in 2016 Christmas special "The Return of Doctor Mysterio".

In 2015, he recorded alongside Jake Abel and Alexandra Daddario, the audio version of Celeritas, a screenplay who featured on 2014 Black List.

Chatwin subsequently appeared in the sci-fi musical Bang Bang Baby (2014), opposite Peter Stormare and Jane Levy. His performance in the movie earned him a nomination for Best actor in a supporting role at the Canadian Screen Awards. The romantic comedy No Stranger Than Love (2015), with Alison Brie and Colin Hanks, closed the 16th annual Newport Beach Film Festival. Next, he played a troubled man in searching for his bike in The Cycle. Written and directed by Joey Indrieri, the short film has Addison Timlin playing the female lead.

Chatwin has been in many trips with his former Shameless co-stars, William H. Macy and Steve Howey. They have been riding from Los Angeles to Colorado, San Francisco and Aspen, sponsored by Harley-Davidson. In 2014, he embarked on a trip across Europe with producer Ford Smith and actor Martin Henderson, testing the new Ducati motorcycles.

Chatwin featured in the 2013 documentary Isolated, written and directed by Justin Le Pera, about a group of surfers in search of untouched waves. Ryan Phillippe served as narrator and executive producer. He will appear in the upcoming docuseries Freedom is a Full Tank, which is currently in post-production. Directed by Drew Burbridge, the project recounts his journey from Vancouver to South America on motorcycle.

In 2013, Chatwin joined Beau Garrett, Mark Foster and Kenna on the new edition of Summit on the Summit project, climbing Kilimanjaro. The purpose was to bring attention on the global water crisis and raise money for the people in need. Regarding the cause, he said, "We just need government will to change these things. It’s something I really responded to... everyone in the world should have access to water."

For three years beginning in 2011, Chatwin played Jimmy Lishman in the Showtime series Shameless, opposite William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum (with whom he also starred in 2009's Dragonball Evolution). He returned for a cameo in the fourth season finale, and appeared in the fifth season as a special guest star in the 6th and 7th episodes. In 2013, Chatwin had a guest appearance in the third season of The Listener opposite Craig Olejnik.

In 2011, Chatwin starred in the canadian film Funkytown, alongside Patrick Huard and Paul Doucet. He also made a short film, Brink, written and directed by Shawn Christensen, who was accepted at the Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2011, Chatwin took part on a charitable motorcycle ride for amfAR, an american foundation for AIDS research, and was one of the celebrities who attended at "Stand Up To Cancer", a special event and auction established in order to raise money in the fight against cancer, hosted by Jaime King and Nicky Hilton Rothschild.

Chatwin dated Fallen actress Addison Timlin in 2010.

In 2009, Chatwin teamed up again with Jamie Wollrab to star in Adam Rapp's three-person play Red Light Winter at the Dairy Arts Center, during Boulder International Fringe Festival. John Markland directed the story about two friends, Matt (Wollrab) and Davis (Chatwin), who are caught in a strange love triangle with Christina (Anna Rose Hopkins), a young prostitute they encounter in Amsterdam.

Chatwin said many times that his biggest passion are motorcycles. He owns a Harley-Davidson Night Train which he named it Charlie Crowe. Talking about the beginnings, he said: "I had bought my first motorcycle after riding a scooter on the Amalfi Coast in 2009. Five years later, and a full blown obsession under my belt, I’m back in Italy standing at the epic Ducati factory, the size of a football field, in Bologna, Italy." He adds, "A perfect day for me is when I wake up and know that all I have to do is ride my motorcycle for the next ten hours in a particular direction."

In 2007, The Invisible was released, a remake of the Swedish film Den Osynlige, which marked his first lead role. Then he played a supporting role in Middle of Nowhere, a coming-of-age drama directed by John Stockwell, also starring Anton Yelchin, Eva Amurri and Susan Sarandon. In 2009, Chatwin portrayed Goku in Dragonball Evolution, a big screen adaptation based on the Japanese Dragon Ball manga by Akira Toriyama. He was set to reprise his role in a sequel, but due to the film's poor critical and financial performance, it was canceled.

Chatwin's off-Broadway debut occurred in 2006 in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's play Dark Matters at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Directed by Trip Cullman, the story centers on the dysfunctional Cleary family, whose limits are pushed even further when the mother goes missing and suddenly reappears, talking about strange visions and extraterrestrial life. He starred as Jeremy, the eccentric, but intelligent 16-year-old son of Michael (Reed Birney) and Bridget (Elizabeth Marvel). The play ran from November 10 to December 22.

Chatwin moved to Los Angeles in 2005, renting an apartment with Noel Fisher. Briefly before 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."

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. He dropped out after one semester. In 2001, he made the first step for breaking into the movie business, auditioning for a Canadian TV show on a dare, ultimately being called back and hired: "I was dared by a friend to go on an audition for a TV show in Canada. I took the dare, not knowing what I was getting into."

Chatwin began his career in 2001, at the age of 19, his film debut being in the musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats. After that, he had guest appearances in television series such as Smallville, Just Cause, Glory Days, and Mysterious Ways. He had supporting roles in the films Taking Lives and Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2. Chatwin gained recognition in 2004 for his role as Tyler McKay in the miniseries Traffic. Next, he portrayed Tom Cruise's son in the blockbuster War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg. His performance in the film earned him a 'Breakthrough Award' from Hollywood Life Magazine. In 2005 he was seen also in the independent black comedy The Chumscrubber, alongside Camilla Belle, Jamie Bell and Carrie-Anne Moss. Additionally, he played the son of Kevin Nealon's character in the Showtime series Weeds, appearing only in the pilot episode and the series finale. The following year he had a guest appearance in the ABC drama series Lost.

Justin Chatwin (born October 31, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He appeared in both studio feature films like War of the Worlds (2005), The Invisible (2007), and Dragonball Evolution (2009), as well in independent films such as Bang Bang Baby (2014), for which he received a nomination at the Canadian Screen Awards for Best actor in a supporting role, Unleashed (2016), and Summer Night (2019).

Chatwin was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia. His mother, Suzanne (née Halsall), is an artist, and his father, Brian, is an engineer who started in 1982 Chatwin Engineering in Canada, activating as President and CEO. His late grandfather was of French-Canadian ancestry. Chatwin's parents divorced in 2010. He has a younger sister named Brianna, who works as a professional tattoo artist. They were raised Catholic.