Brenton Thwaites is an Australian actor who rose to international prominence after portraying Luke in the Fox8 adolescent drama ‘Slide.’ He was most recently seen in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,’ which was his longest acting role to date. His acting career began in college in Australia, where he studied acting, and he made his feature film debut in 2010 with the independent film ‘Charge over You.’ It gave him the much-needed confidence and drive, and he moved to Sydney to pursue his acting career professionally. After years of appearing in TV series and independent films, he landed a role in the horror picture ‘Oculus,’ which gave him the Hollywood recognition he needed. His performance was well-received, and he went on to star opposite Angelina Jolie and Jeff Bridges in big-budget studio pictures like “Maleficent” and “The Giver,” and his Hollywood career was on the proper track. He has been nominated for numerous awards and has won a number of them during the course of his career. Although he has yet to win a major honor, the GQ Men of the Year title does not come easily to anyone.
Childhood and Adolescence
Brenton Thwaites was born in Queensland, Australia, on August 10, 1989, to Fiona and Peter Thwaites. He completed his early education at Cairns State High School, graduating in 2006, and at this period, he had no interest in pursuing a career as an actor.
He did, however, appreciate the notion of appearing on screen in the future, although being a cop or a firefighter was at the top of his priority list. His movie collection was dominated by films about firefighters.
He, on the other hand, being the adventurous type, wanted to attempt new things with his profession, and, at the age of 16, he played Romeo in a theater production of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ He was instantly bitten by the acting bug, and he enrolled at Queensland University of Technology to study acting before graduating in 2010.
He idolized Chris Hemsworth and Heath Ledger, both Australians who went on to establish a great reputation for themselves in Hollywood, the world’s most dazzling film business.
Career of Brenton
Brenton Thwaites, like many others, began his career in Sydney with soap operas and low-budget independent films. He had already worked in a low-budget independent film named ‘Charge Over You’, which was released in 2010, before graduating from college.
Following graduation, he shifted his attention to television series and auditioned for several of them, eventually landing a starring role in ‘Sea Patrol,’ and a short film titled ‘Headsmen’ was also released during his early struggles.
In late 2010, he starred in the Australian adolescent drama series ‘Slide,’ about five teenage lads, and this coming-of-age drama series became a rage among Australian teenagers. Brenton is one of the new faces to watch in the future, thanks to the success of the series.
The show, however, had a brief run and was not renewed for a second season. Brenton, on the other hand, got just what he needed: high-level exposure, and landed a job in ‘Home and Away.’
‘Home and Away’ was one of the longest-running television series in Australian history, and Brenton was cast in the 24th season of the show in 2011, playing the recurring part of Stu, a tough young guy.
His performance was met with mixed reviews from critics, with the majority of them claiming that he was miscast and “too handsome to portray the character of a roughneck.” Brenton had planned to relocate to Los Angeles about that time, in mid-2011. However, before departing, he acted in the television film ‘Blue Lagoon,’ in which his performance was praised by many and derided by a few.
His transfer to America proved to be fortunate for him, as his first feature in Hollywood, ‘Oculus,’ was released to good acclaim in 2013. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, and it was highly welcomed by both crowds and reviewers upon its broad cinema distribution.
He began to receive attractive offers in Hollywood, but he returned to Australia for a few weeks in between to film the thriller ‘Son of a Gun,’ which was released to critical acclaim in Australia in 2014. Brenton’s performance was hailed by American critics, who kept a watch on him.
When he returned to America, he was cast in several major roles, one of which was alongside Angelina Jolie in Disney’s big-screen adaptation of ‘Maleficent,’ and with that, Brenton roared into the big leagues of American franchise films. His other effort was the film ‘The Signal,’ which earned him a spot at the Sundance Film Festival, one of the most famous film festivals in the United States.
Another significant achievement in his career came in the form of a role in the film ‘The Giver,’ in which he appeared among Hollywood heavyweights like Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep.
The film received mixed reviews, with some critics praising Brenton’s acting more than others, although the film received worldwide acclaim among cinema fans and critics. The film was shot in South Africa, and Brenton still considers it to be one of the most challenging and rewarding performances of his career up to that point.
He co-starred alongside Gerard Butler in the 2016 historical fantasy picture ‘Gods of Egypt,’ in which he played a human robber. The picture, which was shot in Sydney, garnered a lot of negative press, and Brenton’s acting was panned as well.
The fifth installment of the massively successful ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise, titled ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,’ was released in 2017, and he starred alongside Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, and Javier Bardem. The film was a smash hit, and it became his highest-grossing film. He was cast as the lead in the film ‘The Interview with God’ in mid-2017.
Brenton’s Personal Experiences
While filming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ in Australia in 2015, Brenton Thwaites began dating Chloe Pacey. Since then, the two have been together for a long time, and Chloe gave birth to his daughter in 2016.
Prior to Pacey, his relationship with singer Taylor Swift was widely publicized, as the two were frequently spotted hanging out in Los Angeles clubs.
Brenton has stated that he is bisexual and that he has dated a few males in the past. He also aroused a lot of rumors when he said that when he first arrived in Los Angeles, he looked for work as a bartender in gay bars.
Estimated Net worth
Brenton Thwaites is one of the wealthiest and most well-known actors in Hollywood. Brenton Thwaites net worth is estimated to be $8 million, according to Wikipedia, Forbes, and Business Insider.