Jason Clarke

Clarke built a substantial career in Australian and international television and film through the 2000s, developing a reputation as a versatile, dependable character actor before landing one of the franchise's most demanding dual roles.

He played the franchise's darkest twist on John Connor yet in Genisys — a role that asked him to be both messiah and monster in the same performance. An Australian actor with a long list of credits in prestige television and film, he took on the role fully aware it required an unusual mid-film turn few franchise leads are ever asked to perform.

The reveal remains one of the more divisive plot twists in the franchise's later sequels, and Clarke has continued a prolific career across major studio and prestige productions since.