Actor / Director Profile

Justin Chatwin was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, and is an actor best-known for playing Tom Cruise's son in War of the Worlds (2005). Successfully starred in his first American miniseries, "Traffic" (2004), followed by the movies Taking Lives (2004), The Invisible (2007), and The Chumscrubber (2005). He also had appearances in the episodic series "Smallville" (2001) , "Lost" (2004), and "Weeds" (2005). The son of a documentary filmmaker mother and engineer father, Justin also has two sisters, Brieanne and Claire. His hobbies are camping and sports, and listening to Arcade Fire. He was once an avid snowboarder and was living in Vancouver to practice and attend university. He studied commerce at the University of British Columbia and, until 2009, lived in a small apartment in Los Angeles.