---
name: "Xavier Samuel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/xavier-samuel"
fi1m_id: "xavier-samuel"
imdb_id: "nm1882152"
tmdb_id: 109438
wikidata_id: "Q350732"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 December 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T11:42:24.423797+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."
---

# Xavier Samuel

## Identity

Xavier Samuel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/xavier-samuel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** xavier-samuel
- **IMDb ID:** nm1882152
- **TMDB ID:** 109438
- **Wikidata ID:** Q350732
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Samuel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1882152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109438

Actor. Born 10 December 1983 in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 December 1983, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 61 (2), 2020s 60 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,293m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Samuel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1882152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109438

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Send Help*](https://film.one/film/send-help.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Blonde*](https://film.one/film/blonde.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Xavier Samuel is an Australian actor. Born on 10 December 1983 in Hamilton, Victoria, he trained at the Flinders University Drama Centre.

He made his screen debut in the television series *McLeod's Daughters* (2003). Early film roles include *The Loved Ones* (2010) and *Adoration* (2013). He has also appeared in theatre.

Samuel is known for *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010) as Riley, *Fury* (2014) as Lieutenant Parker, *Elvis* (2022) as Scotty Moore, *Blonde* (2022) as Cass Chaplin, and *Send Help* (2026) as Donovan.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Send Help* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Donovan — [page](https://film.one/film/send-help.md)
- *Blonde* (2022), Fi1m 40, as Cass Chaplin — [page](https://film.one/film/blonde.md)
- *Elvis* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Scotty Moore — [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *Fury* (2014), Fi1m 67, as Lieutenant Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/fury-2014.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), Fi1m 55, as Riley — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-eclipse.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *The Killings at Parrish Station* (2026), series, as Younger Michael Thorne
- *Send Help* (2026), as Donovan — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/send-help.md)
- *Champagne Problems* (2025), as Ryan Garner
- *The Great Departure* (2025), as Marc
- *The Stolen Girl* (2025), series, as Marcus Turner
- *The Last Anniversary* (2025), series, as Zeke
- *The Clearing* (2023), series, as Colin Garrison
- *Blonde* (2022), as Cass Chaplin — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/blonde.md)
- *Elvis* (2022), as Scotty Moore — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *Tell Me Your Secrets* (2021), series, as Kit Parker
- *Riot* (2018), as Jim Walker
- *Bad Blood* (2017), as Vincent & Gilroy
- *Seven Types of Ambiguity* (2017), series, as Simon Haywood
- *The Death and Life of Otto Bloom* (2017), as Otto Bloom
- *A Few Less Men* (2017), as David
- *Mr. Church* (2016), as Owen
- *Spin Out* (2016), as Billy
- *Love & Friendship* (2016), as Reginald DeCourcy
- *Frankenstein* (2015), as Adam "The Monster"
- *Fury* (2014), as Lieutenant Parker — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/fury-2014.md)
- *Healing* (2014), as Paul Atherton
- *Plush* (2013), as Enzo
- *Drift* (2013), as Jimmy Kelly
- *Adoration* (2013), as Ian
- *Bait* (2012), as Josh
- *A Few Best Men* (2012), as David Locking
- *Anonymous* (2011), as Earl of Southampton
- *Boys On Film 6: Pacific Rim* (2011), as Dan (segment "Drowning")
- *The Loved Ones* (2010), as Brent Mitchell
- *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), as Riley — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-eclipse.md)
- *Road Train* (2010), as Marcus
- *Further We Search* (2009), Actor
- *Drowning* (2009), as Dan
- *Newcastle* (2008), as Fergus
- *September* (2007), as Ed Anderson
- *Angela's Decision* (2006), as Will Turner
- *2:37* (2006), as Theo
- *McLeod's Daughters* (2001), series, as Jason
- *Bishop*, series, as Anthony 'Ant' Graves

## Gallery

- ![A Few Best Men Red Carpet Movie Premiere In Sydney, Australia A Few Best Men enjoyed its Sydney red carpet premiere earlier this evening at Bondi Junction's Eve (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/7197/gallery-0ba3972f2d04.jpg) A Few Best Men Red Carpet Movie Premiere In Sydney, Australia A Few Best Men enjoyed its Sydney red carpet premiere earlier this evening at Bondi Junction's Eve (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Tim_Draxl%2C_Kris_Marshall%2C_Xavier_Samuel%2C_Kevin_Bishop_%286707641575%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Xavier Samuel](https://film.one/media/person/7197/gallery-cafe24744077.jpg) Xavier Samuel — Image via TMDB
- ![Xavier Samuel](https://film.one/media/person/7197/gallery-0a01fb735072.jpg) Xavier Samuel — Image via TMDB
- ![Xavier Samuel](https://film.one/media/person/7197/gallery-d1b769456b5e.jpg) Xavier Samuel — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance 2011: MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (nominated), for *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse*
- MTV Movie Award for Best Fight 2011: MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (won), for *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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