Justin Chatwin Biography: Net Worth, Age, Movies, Parents, Wife, Kids, Height, TV Shows

Justin Chatwin is a Canadian actor best known for his breakout role opposite Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds.

Born October 31, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Justin Chatwin built a career spanning film and television over the following two decades.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, he played Robbie Ferrier in War of the Worlds (2005), took the lead role of Goku in Dragonball Evolution (2009), and starred in The Invisible (2007).

On television, he is widely recognized for his recurring role as Simon Glass in the Showtime series Shameless, appearing across multiple seasons alongside the show’s ensemble cast.

Justin Chatwin
Wiki Facts & About Data
Name:	Justin Chatwin
Born:	October 31, 1982 (age 43 years old)
Place of Birth:	Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality:	Canadian
Ethnicity:	White
Education:	University of British Columbia
Height:	6 feet (183 cm)
Religion:	Catholic
Parents:	Brian Chatwin, Suzanne Halsall
Siblings:	Brianna Chatwin, Claire Chatwin
Relationship:	Molly Sims, Addison Timlin
Occupation:	Actor
Net Worth:	$2 million

Early Life & Education

Justin Chatwin was born on October 31, 1982, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

As a Scorpio, the actor carries the intensity and independent streak often associated with the sign, traits reflected in his draw toward physically demanding roles and his long-standing passion for motorcycle travel and extreme sports.

His ethnicity is predominantly white, with documented Canadian, English, Scottish, and Hungarian roots on his father’s side, as well as French-Canadian ancestry traced through his late paternal grandfather. Justin Chatwin was raised in a Catholic household.

Justin Chatwin is the son of Brian Chatwin, an engineer who founded and served as president and CEO of Chatwin Engineering, and Suzanne Halsall, a mixed-media artist and documentary filmmaker.

Brian Chatwin and Suzanne Halsall divorced in 2010. Justin Chatwin has two younger sisters, including Brianna Chatwin, a tattoo artist. At the same time, sources differ on the identity of his other sister, with some citing Claire Chatwin as the third sibling.

Justin Chatwin attended the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he initially pursued engineering, following his father’s footsteps, before switching his focus to commerce. He eventually left school to pursue acting full-time, relocating to Los Angeles to build his career.

Career

Justin Chatwin began his acting career in 2001 with a brief appearance in the musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats.

He followed this with guest roles on several television series, including Glory Days, Just Cause, Smallville, and Mysterious Ways, alongside supporting roles in the films Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 and Taking Lives.

His early breakthrough came in 2004 with the miniseries Traffic, in which he played Tyler McKay, a performance that earned him recognition as an actor to watch.

In 2005, Justin Chatwin landed his career-defining role as Robbie Ferrier, the rebellious teenage son of Tom Cruise‘s character, in Steven Spielberg‘s blockbuster War of the Worlds.

The film grossed over $603 million worldwide and earned Justin Chatwin the “Breakthrough of the Year” award from Hollywood Life Magazine. That same year, he starred as a teenage drug dealer in the black comedy The Chumscrubber alongside Camilla Belle and Jamie Bell.

Justin Chatwin went on to headline studio films including The Invisible (2007) and Dragonball Evolution (2009), in which he played Goku, the lead character based on the manga series Dragon Ball. Throughout the 2000s, he made guest appearances on shows such as Weeds and Lost.

In the 2010s, Justin Chatwin shifted toward independent film and television. He played Tino DeiFiori in Daniel Roby‘s disco-era drama set in Montreal, and starred as rock and roll idol Bobby Shore in the sci-fi musical Bang Bang Baby (2014), a role inspired by Vanilla Ice, Justin Bieber, and Elvis Presley.

The performance earned him a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His first regular television role came on the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless, where he portrayed Jimmy Lishman from 2011 to 2015 alongside William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum.

Justin Chatwin continued working steadily through the late 2010s, appearing in the western noir The Scent of Rain and Lightning alongside Maika Monroe and Maggie Grace, the action-comedy CHiPs (2017), and the ABC pilot The Doomsday Project.

In 2016, he starred as a cartoonist in the CBS murder mystery drama American Gothic and appeared as Grant Gordon, also known as The Ghost, in the Doctor Who Christmas special The Return of Doctor Mysterio.

From 2019 to 2021, Justin Chatwin played scientist Erik Wallace in Netflix’s science fiction series Another Life.

Beyond acting, he has pursued a long-standing passion for motorcycles and extreme sports, depicted in the documentary series No Good Reason (2020), which followed his motorcycle journey from Vancouver to Patagonia and which he also executive produced.

Social Media

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Personal Life

Justin Chatwin is currently 43 years old, having been born on October 31, 1982.

Justin Chatwin is not married and has no confirmed children. His dating history includes a relationship with American model and actress Molly Sims, reportedly from 2005 to 2009, and a later relationship with actress Addison Timlin, known for her roles in Derailed and StartUp.

Justin Chatwin has largely kept his personal life out of the public eye, and he is currently believed to be single, with no confirmed wife or marriage on record.

Justin Chatwin stands at 6 feet (183 cm) tall.

Net Worth

Justin Chatwin‘s net worth sits at an estimated $2 million, accumulated primarily through his decades-long acting career spanning film and television.

His income stems from leading and supporting roles in major studio productions like War of the Worlds and Dragonball Evolution, recurring television work on series such as Shameless and Another Life, and additional earnings from commercials and brand endorsements over the years.

Filmography

Movies

• Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
• Christy: Return to Cutter Gap (2001)
• Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
• Taking Lives (2004)
• War of the Worlds (2005) — Robbie Ferrier
• The Chumscrubber (2005)
• The Invisible (2007)
• Dragonball Evolution (2009) — Goku
• Bang Bang Baby (2014) — Bobby Shore
• No Stranger Than Love (2015) — Rydell Whyte
• Unleashed (2016)
• CHiPs (2017)
• Legacy (2018) — Michael Connelly
• In the Cloud (2018) — Hale
• Code of a Killer (2018)
• The Scent of Rain and Lightning (2018) — Hugh Jay Linder
• Summer Night (2019) — Andy
• Die in a Gunfight

TV Shows

• Night Visions (2001)
• Smallville (guest, as Jeremy Creek)
• Glory Days
• Just Cause
• Mysterious Ways
• Traffic (2004) — Tyler McKay
• Weeds (guest)
• Lost (guest)
• The Listener (2013, guest)
• Shameless (2011–2015) — Jimmy Lishman
• American Gothic (2016)
• Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016) — Grant Gordon / The Ghost
• The Doomsday Project (2017, pilot) — Chris Wyatt
• Orphan Black
• Another Life (2019–2021) — Erik Wallace

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