Biography

Harrison Sloan Gilbertson is an actor from Adelaide, South Australia. He began acting at the age of six when he played the character of Sorrow in the State Opera of South Australia's production of Madame Butterfly. He made his screen acting debut in 2002, playing the role of the protagonists younger brother Greggy in the film Australian Rules. His big break came in 2008 when he landed the lead role of Billy Conway in Accidents Happen, starring opposite Academy Award-winner Geena Davis. International reviewers commended his performance and acting abilities. His US acting debut was starring in the lead role of Emmett in Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black's directional debut Virginia (2010), alongside Academy Award-winner Jennifer Connelly and Academy Award-nominee Ed Harris. The film was produced by Academy Award-nominee Gus Van Sant and Christine Vachon of Killer Films.

Gilbertson was awarded the 2010 AFI Young Actor Award for his performance as Frank Tiffin in Beneath Hill 60.

In 2014 Gilbertson played the supporting role of Little Pete, in the DreamWorks picture Need For Speed, starring alongside Aaron Paul, Rami Malek, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi, and Dominic Cooper. The film grossed $203.3 million at the box office.

He has also starred in the acclaimed Australian films Blessed (2009), The Turning (2013), Hounds Of Love (2016), and My Mistress (2014) alongside eight time Cesar Award-nominee Emmanuelle Beart.

His other American credits include Haunt (2013), Fallen (2016), and Look Away (2018) alongside Jason Isaacs, India Eisley, and Mira Sorvino.

He was also seen as Michael Fitzhubert in Amazon Studios' Picnic At Hanging Rock (2018) alongside Natalie Dormer and Samara Weaving, and BlumHouse Productions' sleeper hit Upgrade (2018) as the eccentric Eron Keen.

Gilbertson then starred in the lead role of Travis in the Stephen King/Netflix horror film In The Tall Grass (2019), as well as starring alongside Hugo Weaving as Claudio in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Measure For Measure (2020).

He later appeared in Amazon Prime's movie The Peripheral (2022) from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy in the role of Atticus, as well as Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023).
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