Taylor Kitsch

Kitsch starred in the title role of Disney's 2012 live-action film John Carter, a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and directed by two-time Academy Award® winner Andrew Stanton (WALL-E, Finding Nemo).

In 2010, Kitsch was seen on the big screen in Steven Silver's The Bang Bang Club. Starring as Kevin Carter, Kitsch played one of four young photojournalists whose graphic images drew the world's attention to the last stages of apartheid in South Africa. Based on a true story, this gripping drama portrays the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme conflict. In 2012, Kitsch received a Genie Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his work on the film.

Kitsch, who grew up in British Columbia, Canada, began his career in 2002, when he moved to New York to study with renowned acting coach Sheila Grey. He landed his first major feature film back on familiar ground (Vancouver) the very next year in David R. Ellis' cult classic Snakes on a Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson.

His additional feature film credits include Renny Harlin's horror flick The Covenant; Betty Thomas' comedy John Tucker Must Die; and Gavin Hood's 2009 sci-fi action-adventure, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which he starred as Gambit alongside Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds and his John Carter co-star, Lynn Collins.

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