Callan McAuliffe

Callan McAuliffe

Callan McAuliffe (born Callan Ryan Claude McAuliffe, on 24 January 1995) is an Australian actor. He starred in the American feature films Flipped and I Am Number Four.

Callan McAuliffe is a native of the Sydney suburb of Clontarf,and attends an all-boy day and boarding school.He was head chorister at the school and topped the London Trinity musical theatre exams.[4] McAuliffe started acting at the age of 8, appeared in the local Australian TV series Comedy Inc. and Blue Water High, and had a recurring role on Packed to the Rafters. He starred in the Australian independent coming-of-age short film, "Franswa Sharl", in 2009, and had a role in Resistance, a U.S./Australian feature film, that year.

McAuliffe made his American feature debut in the Warner Bros. film, Flipped, directed by Rob Reiner. He auditioned for the film while on vacation in the United States and won the role of Bryce, the romantic lead.The film is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Wendelin Van Draanen.

In May 2010, McAuliffe was cast in a lead role in the science fiction film I Am Number Four, produced by Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay. He played Sam, the best friend of Alex Pettyfer's title character, Number Four. The D.J. Caruso-directed film began production in Pittsburgh in May 2010 and was released in the United States on 18 February 2011. He has been cast as the archangel Uriel in the film version of Paradise Lost.

McAuliffe filmed the Australian TV miniseries, Cloudstreet, based on the book of the same name by Tim Winton. McAuliffe plays the lead, Quick Lamb, a young teenager.

Filmography Year 15 Title Role Notes

Film and television 2007 Comedy Inc. Callan McAuliffe TV Series, 4 episodes

2008 Blue Water High Ben TV Series, 1 episode

2009 Franswa Sharl Jacob Logan Short film

2009 Packed to the Rafters Rhys TV Series, 2 episodes

2010 Flipped Bryce Loski Sharing lead credit with Madeline Carroll

2010 Resistance Terrence Green

2011 Cloudstreet Young Quick TV miniseries

2011 I Am Number Four Sam Goode

2012 The Great Gatsby Young Jay Gatsby

2013 Paradise Lost Uriel

'Disney's Prom' Premiere Interview

Young Callan

Leaving "the Help" Premiere

Live chat on Ustream

video montage

cute J-14 interview

Hilarious Jimmy Kimmel interview.. speaks with an American accent