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name: "Jai Courtney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jai-courtney"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 38
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T17:00:17.566084+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jai Courtney

Actor. Born 15 March 1986 in Cherrybrook, Sydney, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1986, Cherrybrook, Sydney, Australia
- **Active:** 2013–2015
- **Also known as:** Jai Stephen Courtney
- **Average Fi1m score:** 38, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_Courtney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604849, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2541974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224181

## Coming up

- *The Fox* (2026-11-26), as Nick

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Terminator Genisys*](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md) (45)
- **HBO Max:** [*A Good Day to Die Hard*](https://film.one/film/a-good-day-to-die-hard.md) (32)

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## Biography

Jai Courtney is an Australian actor. He trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and began his career with small roles in Australian film and television, including a recurring part as Varro in the series *Spartacus: Blood and Sand* (2010).

He gained wider recognition for his role as Charlie in *Jack Reacher* (2012) and as Jack McClane in *A Good Day to Die Hard* (2013). Courtney is known for playing Eric Coulter in the *Divergent* films (2014–2015), Kyle Reese in *Terminator Genisys* (2015), and Captain Boomerang in *Suicide Squad* (2016) and *The Suicide Squad* (2021). Other credits include *Unbroken* (2014), *The Exception* (2016) and Australian productions such as *Felony* (2014) and *The Water Diviner* (2014). He has also appeared on stage, including as Macbeth for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Terminator Genisys* (2015), Fi1m 45, as Kyle Reese — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md)
- *A Good Day to Die Hard* (2013), Fi1m 32, as Jack McClane — [page](https://film.one/film/a-good-day-to-die-hard.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fox* (2026), as Nick
- *Dutton Ranch* (2026), series, as Rob-Will
- *War Machine* (2026), as Squad Leader
- *Dangerous Animals* (2025), as Bruce Tucker
- *American Primeval* (2025), series, as Virgil Cutter
- *Runt* (2024), as Bryan Shearer
- *Catching Dust* (2024), as Clyde
- *Kaleidoscope* (2023), series, as Bob Goodwin
- *The Terminal List* (2022), series, as Steve Horn
- *Black Site* (2022), as Miller
- *The Suicide Squad* (2021), as Captain Boomerang
- *Jolt* (2021), as Justin
- *Honest Thief* (2020), as John Nivens
- *100% Wolf* (2020), as Flasheart (voice)
- *Stateless* (2020), series, as Cam Sandford
- *Buffaloed* (2020), as Wizz
- *Semper Fi* (2019), as Callahan
- *Love, Death & Robots* (2019), series, as Spencer (voice)
- *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), as Jashugan (uncredited)
- *Storm Boy* (2019), as Hideaway Tom
- *Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later* (2017), series, as Garth MacArthur
- *The Exception* (2017), as Capt Stefan Brandt
- *Man Down* (2016), as Devin Roberts
- *Suicide Squad* (2016), as Boomerang
- *Terminator Genisys* (2015), as Kyle Reese — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-genisys.md)
- *Insurgent* (2015), as Eric Coulter
- *Unbroken* (2014), as Hugh 'Cup' Cuppernell
- *The Water Diviner* (2014), as Lt. Colonel Hughes
- *Felony* (2014), as Detective Jim Melic
- *Divergent* (2014), as Eric
- *I, Frankenstein* (2014), as Gideon
- *A Good Day to Die Hard* (2013), as Jack McClane — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/a-good-day-to-die-hard.md)
- *Jack Reacher* (2012), as Charlie
- *Spartacus* (2010), series, as Varro
- *Stone Bros.* (2009), as Eric
- *Boys Grammar* (2005), as Alex
- *The Very Best People*, Actor
- *Protecting Jared*, Actor
- *Callback*, Actor
- *Blood on the Promontory*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jai Courtney](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-b3797d6d9286.jpg) Jai Courtney — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jai_Courtney_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Jai_Courtney_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-c789ce48c33d.jpg) Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Jai_Courtney%2C_Christopher_McQuarrie_%288236678049%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-ed43041a498b.jpg) Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Jai_Courtney%2C_Christopher_McQuarrie_%288236678429%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-db6e6f2c1693.jpg) Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Jai_Courtney%2C_Christopher_McQuarrie_%288237746372%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jai Courtney](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-aa04fc04c7df.jpg) Jai Courtney — Image via TMDB
- ![Jai Courtney](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-78e66056339d.jpg) Jai Courtney — Image via TMDB
- ![Jai Courtney](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-f3756ee781aa.jpg) Jai Courtney — Image via TMDB
- ![Star of Jack Reacher, Divergent, Terminator Genisys, Suicide Squad, Storm Boy and much more. 4/8/16 (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-b8b2c4ef2cd7.jpg) Star of Jack Reacher, Divergent, Terminator Genisys, Suicide Squad, Storm Boy and much more. 4/8/16 (2016) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Jai_Courtney_%2826267054531%29.jpg/1280px-Jai_Courtney_%2826267054531%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-3825ac484290.jpg) Jack Reacher movie premiere at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia... 'Jack Reacher' enjoyed its Sydney, Australia movie premiere at Bondi Junction  (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jai_Courtney_%288236677273%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jai Courtney](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-abc739a78c95.jpg) Jai Courtney — Image via TMDB
- ![Jai Courtney](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-7d1ddeee1d8b.jpg) Jai Courtney — Image via TMDB
- ![Jai Courtney](https://film.one/media/person/1083041/gallery-2879e5c4ac90.jpg) Jai Courtney — Image via TMDB

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