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John Wesley Chatham , Уэс Чэтэм
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Wes Chatham was born October 11, 1978 and grew up in North Georgia. Wes's parents divorced when he was two and he spent most of his childhood with his Mom, sister and brother. On a whim, Wes's mother took his sister to a audition for a Tide commercial in Savannah, Georgia and brought Wes along. While waiting for his sister in the lobby, the casting director discovered Wes and at the age of five, he was offered a national campaign for Tide. At the age of thirteen, Wes moved in with his father and without a lot of supervision and as a restless and rebellious teen, he was kicked out of high school and sent to the Gift Center in Lawrencville, GA to finish school. The Gift Center was a second chance school for troubled youth, offering very small classes and a higher standard of education than public school. While attending classes, a professional theater company out of Atlanta started a mentoring program with the school and Wes was chosen to write a play that was later performed by his classmates. It was from this experience that Wes found his passion for the arts. After graduating high school, Wes joined the military. He worked as an aviation firefighter on the flight deck of the USS Essex, working in crash and salvage for four years. Wes' break into acting came just three months before his tour was finished when Denzel Washington chose his ship to shoot the movie Antwone Fisher. While searching for some authentic military guys for the movie, Wes was discovered by casting director Robi Reed and given his first movie making experience. That's when he decided he wanted to pursue his life long dream of acting. Following Antwone Fisher, Robi convinced Wes to make the move to Hollywood and shortly thereafter cast him in his first series regular role on Showtime's Barbershop. Wes really started to get attention when Paul Haggis cast him along side Tommy Lee Jones as Corporal Steve Penning in In the Valley of Elah. Tommy Lee Jones was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role. In 2009, Wes would go on to work with Oliver Stone in W. as Frank Benedict, George W's Fraternity brother. The following year, Wes landed another series regular role on CBS' hit TV show The Unit as new Unit team member Staff Sergeant Sam McBride aka Whiplash, working with David Mamet and Shawn Ryan. Wes also starred as Brian Danielson in Brett Simmons' Husk. In 2011, Wes's was a part of the SAG Award Winning Ensemble Cast in DreamWork's The Help starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Mike Vogel and Sissy Spacek. Cast in the role of Carleton Phelan, Wes played Emma Stone's brother in the film. In February 2012, the film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress for Viola Davis, Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Chastain and a win for Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer. In 2012, Wes landed his first title role in Joel Silver's The Philly Kid. A fan of mixed martial arts, Wes really dived into the character of Dillion McGwire, performing all of his own stunts. The film debuted in theaters May of 2012. Following The Philly Kid, Wes starred in This Thing With Sarah, which was recently accepted to the San Diego Film Festival. In 2013 Wes wrapped two studio films, Broken Horses and The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Both are due in theaters late 2013 early 2014.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1978-10-11
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.6
- info Birth Place Georgia, USA
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6.3
W.
2008-10-17
6.8
In the Valley of Elah
2007-09-14
5.8
Husk
2011-01-28
5.5
The Philly Kid
2012-05-11
7.2
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015-03-06
7.2
Tenet
2020-08-22
6.9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014-11-19
6.9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015-11-18
5.2
This Thing with Sarah
2013-06-01
5.9
Squealer
2023-11-03
5.8
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014-10-16
6
Broken Horses
2015-03-15
5.2
All I See Is You
2017-08-10
8.3
The Help
2011-08-09
5.2
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018-06-05
5.8
The Fighting Temptations
2003-09-19
7.3
Barbershop
2005-08-14
7.2
Political Animals
2012-07-15
8.1
The Expanse
2015-12-14
8.4
The Mentalist
2008-09-23
7.6
Ahsoka
2023-08-22
6.6
The Expanse: One Ship
2021-12-10
7.3
The Unit
2006-03-07
8
NCIS: Hawai'i
2021-09-20
7.6
The Night Shift
2014-05-27