Wes Chatham
Biography
Wes Chatham is an American actor who started as a child in Tide commercials and broke into film while serving in the U.S. Navy, when Denzel Washington selected his ship as a location for Antwone Fisher and casting director Robi Reed chose him from the military personnel aboard. Reed urged him to move to Hollywood and soon gave him his first regular series part, on Showtime's Barbershop. Paul Haggis cast him opposite Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah (2007), and he worked with Oliver Stone on W. (2008). He was a series regular on the CBS drama The Unit and appeared in The Help (2011), whose ensemble took a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2012. He took the title role in The Philly Kid (2012) and played Castor in Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 (2015), then starred as Amos Burton in The Expanse from 2015 to 2022.
48years old
Turns 49 on October 11in 358 days
- Born Atlanta
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- John Wesley Chatham (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 19 years2007 to 2026
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Big break
Chatham got his break into acting three months before his tour was finished. Denzel Washington picked his ship for the movie Antwone Fisher, and casting director Robi Reed selected Chatham while looking for military personnel.
A change of course
Before acting, Wes Chatham served in the U.S. Navy as an aviation firefighter doing crash and salvage on a flight deck for four years, reaching Petty Officer Third Class.
Own stunts
A mixed martial arts fan, Wes Chatham performed all of his own stunts for his first title role as Dillion McGwire in Joel Silver's The Philly Kid.
Wes Chatham movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Francis Lawrence directed two of these films. Jeffrey Wright appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jeffrey Wright's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Woody Harrelson's page
Stanley Tucci's page
Julianne Moore's page
Josh Brolin's page
All films by Francis Lawrence
Also two films together16 more actors
- Elizabeth BanksThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Philip Seymour HoffmanThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Jena MaloneThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Josh HutchersonThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Jennifer LawrenceThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Sam ClaflinThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Elden HensonThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Ahna O'ReillyAll I See Is You (2017) and The Help (2011)
- Liam HemsworthThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Mahershala AliThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Titus WelliverThe Fix (2026) and Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
- Natalie DormerThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Paula MalcomsonThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Greg SeranoBroken Horses (2015) and In the Valley of Elah (2007)
- Willow ShieldsThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- Patina MillerThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Wes Chatham's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.1 billion
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 6 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$755M36.5% of the total
- 2$653M31.6% of the total
- 3$365M17.7% of the total
- 4$217M10.5% of the total
- 5$30M1.4% of the total
- 6$30M1.4% of the total
- 7$18M0.9% of the total
- 8$647K0.0% of the total
