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| 3 | Jai Stephen Courtney (born 15 March 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actor. |
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| 5 | He is best known for his many roles in action films like Jack [=McClane=] Jr. in ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'', Kyle Reese in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', and Eric Coulter in ''The Film/{{Divergent}} Series''. He also plays Captain Boomerang in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. |
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| 7 | Also something of a RunningGag on ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' and ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' due to [[HollywoodHypeMachine continually being cast in major blockbusters]] despite a lack of critical or audience support and DullSurprise acting abilities. The website ''Birth.Movies.Death'' joked about him for similar reasons, coining the phrase "[=#JaiBless=]," although the ironic support has turned into real support. Indeed, Courtney's reputation improved when people started to get a hint of him as a character actor rather than a leading man, causing some to claim the problem was his talents were being misused. Also helping to downplay backlash is he's been acting more in less mainstream projects as of late. |
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| 10 | !! Selected filmography: |
| 11 | * ''Packed To The Rafters'' (series, 2008 -- 2009) as Damian |
| 12 | * ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' (2010) as Varro |
| 13 | * ''Film/JackReacher'' (2012) as Charlie |
| 14 | * ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'' (2013) as John "Jack" [=McClane=], Jr. |
| 15 | * ''Film/IFrankenstein'' (2014) as Gideon |
| 16 | * The ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' film series as Eric Coulter |
| 17 | ** ''Divergent'' (2014) |
| 18 | ** ''Insurgent'' (2015) |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' (2014) as Hugh "Cup" Cuppernell |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheWaterDiviner'' (2014) as Lt. Col. Cecil Hilton |
| 21 | * ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' (2015) as Kyle Reese |
| 22 | * Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse as George "Digger" Harkness / Captain Boomerang |
| 23 | ** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' (2016) |
| 24 | ** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' (2021) |
| 25 | * ''Series/WetHotAmericanSummerTenYearsLater'' (2017) as Garth |
| 26 | * ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' (2019) as Jashugan (cameo, uncredited) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Buffaloed}}'' (2020) as Josh "Wizz" Wisenewski |
| 28 | * ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredPercentWolf'' (2020) as Flasheart |
| 29 | * ''Film/HonestThief'' (2020) as Agent Nivens |
| 30 | * ''Series/{{Stateless}}'' (2020) as Cam Sandford |
| 31 | * ''Series/{{Kaleidoscope|2023}}'' (2023) as Bob Goodwin |
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