What is Sam Worthington’s Net Worth and Salary?
Sam Worthington is an Australian actor who is worth his net worth at $30 million. The actor is known best for his performances in the movies “Avatar”, “Terminator Salvation” and “Clash of the Titans”.
Early Life
Samuel Henry John Worthington was born in Godalming, Surrey, England on the 2nd of August 1976. Though he was born in England but he and his family relocated into Perth, Western Australia, in the age of just 6 months old. In Australia his family lived in Warnbro which is a suburb in Perth as well as their sister Lucinda. The mother of his father, Jeanne J. (nee Martyn), was an homemaker. His father, Ronald W. Worthington was an employee at a power plant.
Worthington was one of the students in the John Curtin College of the Arts situated which is located in Fremantle, Western Australia. The school is specialized in drama arts. The school was where he studied the drama discipline, but he did not really graduate. When he graduated and began working a variety of odd jobs including working in the construction industry, before settling in Sydney. In Sydney being a bricklayer was awarded a scholarship by NIDA. National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
Early Career
One of his initial roles in acting was as Adam Garcia in the Australian dance movie “Bootmen” (2000). In 2003, Worthington was a part of the budget Australian comedy movie “Gettin’ Square”. “Getting’ Square” was even nominated for prizes at Australian events, like The AFI Awards, Inside Film Awards, Australian Comedy Awards as well as the Critics Circle Awards. It was followed up in 2004 with the feature film “Somersault”, for which He actually received an AFI Award for Best Lead actor. Then, he gained more recognition in Australia because of his performance in the well-known television show “Love My Way” (2004) in the role of Howard as the protagonist’s lover.
Worthington began his international professional acting in Hollywood by playing a part in the movie “The Great Raid” (2005). Then, he appeared in two films “Rogue” (2007) and “Terminator Salvation” (2009). “Terminator Salvation” is the fourth film in the “Terminator” film series, which also features Christian Bale, Anton Yelchin as well as Bryce Dallas Howard, among others.
Avatar
His biggest break that brought him to international recognition came in 2009 as he appeared in James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar”. “Avatar” broke records as the most successful film in terms of grossing the past, earning over $2.73 billion in the world ($3.3 billion after accounting to inflation). It was the record-holder in the top-grossing films for nearly about a decade, up to the point that “Avengers: Endgame” broke it in the year 2019. Prior to when getting his breakthrough role as “Avatar “Avatar”, Worthington had traded in his entire possessions to a buyer for around $2,000, and was living in his vehicle.
More Success
In the year 2010, Worthington starred in the action-fantasy movie “Clash of the Titans”. It was an American-Australian joint film that also starred Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes as well as Alexa Davalos. The actor reprised his character in the role of Perseus for the follow-up film “Wrath of the Titans” in 2012. The other films he’s appeared in are “Dirty Deeds” (2002), “The Great Raid” (2005), “Macbeth” (2006), “Last Night” (2010), “Texas Killing Fields” (2011), “Man on a Ledge” (2012), “Drift” (2013), “Sabotage” (2014), “Cake” (2014), “The Keeping Room” (2014), “Paper Planes” (2015), “Kidnapping Freddy Heineken” (2015), “Everest” (2015), “Hacksaw Ridge” (2016), “The Shack” (2017), “The Titan” (2018)”The Titan” (2018), as well as “Fractured” (2019).
Alongside his screen acting work, Worthington has provided voice work in a variety of video games. He played the role of captain Alex Mason, the main protagonist in “Call of Duty: Black Ops” (2010). Then, he reprised his character in the role of Mason in the subsequent titles “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” (2012) as well as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” (2018).
Personal Life
Worthington began to be linked with Australian actor Lara Bingle in October 2013. The couple got married in December of 2014 They have two sons in the same relationship: Rocket Zot (born in 2015) and Racer (born in the year 2016). Worthington has had an encounter with the law back in February of 2014 after being arrested within New York City for punching the pampered Sheng Li. The fight started with Li was accused of kicking Worthington’s partner, Bingle, in the shin. Worthington managed to stay out of being imprisoned by signing an offer of a conditional discharge. Li then filed an $3.7 million civil suit against Worthington However, both parties agreed to settle out of court, and never went to trial.
Real Estate
In May of 2018, Worthington and his wife Lara Bingle paid 8 million dollars to purchase an estate located in Los Angeles. The person who sold the property came from famous actor Simon Kinberg. Sam and Lara advertised the property to be sold in February 2020 at $9.25 million. In May of 2021, Sam and Lara agreed to accept $8.2 million. This is a tour video of their previous home:
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