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Xavier Samuel is an Australian film and theatre actor whose career stretches from homegrown independent cinema to major Hollywood productions. He debuted on the Australian series McLeod's Daughters in 2003, then starred in the horror film Road Train and the short Drowning. He appeared opposite Mia Wasikowska in September (2007), a story of two boys bonded by boxing in 1968, led the surf drama Newcastle (2008) and played Brent in the cult horror hit The Loved Ones. His international breakthrough came as the newborn vampire Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), which won him the 2011 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight and a nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance. He went on to play Henry Wriothesley in Anonymous (2011), headline the wedding comedy A Few Best Men alongside Rebel Wilson and Olivia Newton-John and return for A Few Less Men (2017). His credits also include Adore, Further We Search, Frankenstein, Fury (2014), Healing (2014), Spin Out, Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022) and Blonde (2022), in which he played Cass Chaplin. Samuel brings versatility and a striking screen presence across horror, comedy and drama.