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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-05-12 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

Gavin Hood

Biography:

Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for writing and directing the Academy Award-winning Foreign Language Film Tsotsi (2005). He is the director of the 20th Century Fox film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released on 1 May 2009. He is currently working on a film about the 1925 serum run to Nome of Alaska and Balto, the sled dog that became a celebrity because of the run. Called Kings of the Trail. Film released in 2012.

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Known For

Acting

2015

Eye in the Sky as Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh

2013

Ender's Game as Giant

2012

2009

2004

In Enemy Hands as Achilles Captain
King Solomon's Mines as Bruce McNabb

1999

A Reasonable Man as Sean Raine
Traitor's Heart as Roberts

1998

1997

Stargate SG-1 as Colonel Alexi Vaselov

1996

1994

1991

Directing

2019

Official Secrets as Director

2015

Eye in the Sky as Director

2013

Ender's Game as Director

2009

2007

Rendition as Director

2005

Tsotsi as Director

2001

1999

A Reasonable Man as Director

1998

The Storekeeper as Director

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The Test as Director

Writing

2019

Official Secrets as Screenplay

2013

Ender's Game as Screenplay

2005

Tsotsi as Writer

1999

1998

The Storekeeper as Writer

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The Test as Screenplay

Production

2019

Official Secrets as Executive Producer

1998

The Storekeeper as Producer