Biography
The powerfully-built graduate of the Western Australia Academy for the Performing Arts had bristled at being buried in the cast list of the Tom Cruise vehicle "Mission: Impossible II" (2000), which had filmed in his adopted hometown of Sydney, and strove to better his chances within the entertainment industry by relocating to Los Angeles. Though "John Doe" (Fox, 2002-03) attracted a loyal fan following, the series was cancelled after its first …
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Career Milestones
| Raised in Australia | ||
1997 | Landed first acting role, playing a hip radio DJ on the Australian TV series "RAW F.M." | |
1998 | Received international recognition portraying Bulkington in the Hallmark production Of "Moby Dick" | |
1999 | Played the lead role of 'Troy' in TNT's "First Daughter" opposite Mariel Hemingway | |
2000 | Made feature debut in John Woo's "Mission Impossible 2" starring Tom Cruise | |
2000 | Won a green card lottery enabling him to live and work in the U.S. | |
2002 | Played a futuristic freedom fighter in "Equilibrium" with Christian Bale | |
2002 | Portrayed the title character of an amnesiac in the Fox series "John Doe" | |
2004 | Co-starred in the indie feature "3-Way" alongside Desmond Harrington and Joy Bryant | |
2005 | Cast in breakthrough role as Lincoln Burrows, a death-row inmate in the Fox drama "Prison Break" | |
2007 | Co-starred in the thriller "Primeval" | |
2009 | Starred in the horror film "Blood Creek," directed by Joel Schumacher | |
2011 | Cast opposite Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, and Jason Statham in the action feature "Killer Elite" | |
2011 | Co-starred in Rod Lurie's remake of "Straw Dogs" | |