EARLY
LIFE
Born August
2, 1976, in Godalming, Surrey, England; Samuel
Henry J. "Sam" Worthington was born of his parents –
his father, Ronald a power plant employee and his mother, a homemaker cared for
him and his sister – in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham near Perth, Australia.
He attended
John Curtin College of the Arts, but school was never a priority for him as he
dropped out at 17, though he did show his first inkling of interest in the arts
while in high school. He worked construction and odd jobs, eventually settling
in Sydney. He was 19 and
working as a bricklayer when he auditioned for the National Institute of
Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was accepted, with scholarship; where he gained
valuable training from the Institute, graduating in 1998 at the age of 22.
