Josh Helman


Joshua Helman is an Australian television and film actor. Helman is perhaps best known for his role as William Stryker in ', and its sequel, '. He has also appeared in the 2015 installment of the Mad Max franchise, , as Slit. Helman has also appeared on a number of television series and mini-series, including recurring roles in Home and Away, The Pacific, Flesh and Bone and Wayward Pines.

Early life

Helman was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Career

Helman started acting when he got a recurring role on the Australian television show Home and Away in 2007, playing Denni Maitland. He then got a small role in a short film Aidan's View where he played the role of an intruder trying to break into the house of the protagonist. A few years later, he was cast as Cpl. Lew "Chuckler" Juergens in the American television show, The Pacific. He appeared in 6 episodes. He was then signed on by American talent agency The Gersh Agency. He made his major studio motion picture debut in 2012 when he was cast as Jeb Oliver in Jack Reacher. He returned to Australia and was cast in Blinder, a film based on Australian rules football drama. In 2011, Helman acted in the original production of Small Engine Repair at Theatre Theater in Los Angeles; he will also take part in its film adaption, filmed Winter 2019.
He co-starred in the ensemble Marvel Comics film, ', as William Stryker—shown, through footage, to be the younger/1973 version of the Stryker played by Brian Cox in X2. He later played Slit, alongside two-time fellow X-Men actor Nicholas Hoult, in the Mad Max sequel '. In 2016, he had a main role in season two of the television series Wayward Pines, a psychological thriller by M. Night Shyamalan.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Home and AwayDenni Maitland5 episodes
2009McLeod's DaughtersGrown Up Xander1 episode
2010The PacificPFC Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens6 episodes
2015Flesh and BoneBryan8 episodes
2016Wayward PinesXander Beck10 episodes
2019The Loudest VoiceJames Murdoch2 episodes