Early life

Courtney was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in Cherrybrook, a suburb of Sydney. His father, Chris, worked for a state-owned electricity company, and his mother, Karen, was a teacher at Galston Public School, where Courtney and his older sister were students. He then attended Cherrybrook Technology High School and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Career

Courtney's first role was in a 2005 controversial short film titled Boys Grammar which also starred Daniel Feuerriegel and Adam J. Yeend. In 2008, Courtney had a role in the Australian series Packed to the Rafters, then a guest lead in the popular All Saints, the comedy feature To Hell & Bourke and several short films. In 2010, he played Varro in Spartacus: Blood and Sand for 10 episodes, before starring in Jack Reacher in 2012 with Tom Cruise and in A Good Day to Die Hard with Bruce Willis as John McClane's son, Jack.

In 2014, he appeared in the film I, Frankenstein as Gideon, leader of the gargoyle army and in Felony as Jim Melic.

Courtney played Eric, one of the leaders of the faction Dauntless, in the film Divergent (2014). Later, he starred in Unbroken, where he played Hugh "Cup" Cuppernell and The Water Diviner as Lt. Col. Cecil Hilton. He reprised his role of Eric in the sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), which began filming May 2014 and was released 20 March 2015.

Courtney played one of the leads, Kyle Reese, in the science fiction action film Terminator Genisys. Filming on Terminator Genisys began in April/May 2014, and the film was released on 1 July 2015. Courtney worked on Terminator and Insurgent concurrently.

Courtney provided backing vocals on the Pinch Hitter song "All of a Sudden" from their debut album, When Friends Die in Accidents.

In March 2015, Courtney signed on to play Captain Boomerang in the upcoming DC Comics film Suicide Squad, alongside Will Smith, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie. Filming began in April 2015 and will have a release date of August 2016.

Personal life

As of November 2012, Courtney lives in Los Angeles, California. He was in a relationship with actress Gemma Pranita from 2006 to 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Boys Grammar	Alex	Short film
2009	Stone Bros.	Eric
2012	Jack Reacher	Charlie
2013	Good Day to Die Hard, AA Good Day to Die Hard	John "Jack" McClane, Jr.
2013	Felony	Jim Melic
2014	I, Frankenstein	Gideon
2014	Divergent	Eric Coulter
2014	Unbroken	Hugh "Cup" Cuppernell
2014	Water Diviner, TheThe Water Diviner	Lt. Col. Cecil Hilton
2015	Divergent Series: Insurgent, TheThe Divergent Series: Insurgent	Eric Coulter
2015	Terminator Genisys	Kyle Reese
2015	Man Down	Devin Roberts
2016	Suicide Squad	George "Digger" Harkness / Boomerang	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	All Saints	Harry Avent	2 episodes
2008-09	Packed to the Rafters	Damian	2 episodes
2010	Spartacus: Blood and Sand	Varro	Main role, 10 episodes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]