Portrait of Jai Courtney

Jai Courtney

Acting

Biography

Jai Stephen Courtney (born March 15, 1986) is an Australian actor. He started his career with small roles in films and television series before being cast as Charlie in the action film Jack Reacher (2012). He has gone on to star in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), I, Frankenstein (2014), and The Exception (2016). He has also played Kyle Reese in Terminator Genisys (2015) and supervillain Captain Boomerang in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) films Suicide Squad (2016), The Suicide Squad (2021), and The Flash (2023).

Born: March 15, 1986

Place of Birth: Cherrybrook, Sydney, Australia

Filmography

2025
Dangerous Animals

as Bruce Tucker

2025
American Primeval

as Virgil Cutter

2024
Runt

as Bryan Shearer

2024
2023
The Summit

as Self - Host

2023
Kaleidoscope

as Bob Goodwin

2022
The Terminal List

as Steve Horn

2022
Black Site

as Miller

2021
The Suicide Squad

as Captain Boomerang

2021
Jolt

as Justin

2020
Honest Thief

as John Nivens

2020
100% Wolf

as Flasheart (voice)

2020
Stateless

as Cam Sandford

2020
Buffaloed

as Wizz

2019
Semper Fi

as Callahan

2019
Love, Death & Robots

as Spencer (voice)

2019
Alita: Battle Angel

as Jashugan (uncredited)

2019
Storm Boy

as Hideaway Tom

2017
The Exception

as Capt Stefan Brandt

2016
Suicide Squad

as George 'Digger' Harkness / Boomerang

2015
Man Down

as Devin Roberts

2015
Terminator Genisys

as Kyle Reese

2015
Be Here Now

as Himself

2015
Insurgent

as Eric Coulter

2014
Unbroken

as Hugh 'Cup' Cuppernell

2014
The Water Diviner

as Lt. Colonel Hughes

2014
Felony

as Detective Jim Melic

2014
Divergent

as Eric Coulter

2014
2013
A Good Day to Die Hard

as Jack McClane

2012
Jack Reacher

as Charlie

2010
Spartacus

as Varro

2009
2005
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The Fox

as Nick