Callan McAuliffe

Callan Ryan Claude McAuliffe{{cn|date=December 2024}} is a native of the Sydney suburb of Clontarf.{{cite web|first=Caroline|last=Marcus|title=Starry potential shines|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 May 2009|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/film/the-next-zac-efron/2009/05/02/1240982460143.html|access-date=24 June 2010}} Born in {{birth based on age as of date|16|2011|11|08|noage=yes}}, he is the son of Keech Claudia,{{cite web|first=Christine|last=Sams|title=Hollywood flips out over Callan|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 October 2009|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/10/24/1256147923198.html|access-date=24 June 2010}} and author and journalist Roger McAuliffe.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/wa-actor-callan-mcauliffe-eyes-off-hollywood/story-e6frfkp9-1225863978572|website=The Sunday Times|title=WA actor Callan McAuliffe eyes off Hollywood|date=8 May 2010|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014015925/http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/wa-actor-callan-mcauliffe-eyes-off-hollywood/story-e6frfkp9-1225863978572|url-status=dead}} His cousin is actress Jacinta John.{{cite web|first=Wendy|last=Caccetta|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/all-in-the-family/story-fn6o0xxk-1226367012720|title=All in the family|website=Perth Now|date=26 May 2012}} Two of his grandparents were Irish.{{cite web|first=Luke|last=Slattery|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/wish/boy-wonder-people-to-watch/news-story/47330b6e7aca0eb366173a4d0542aafa|website=The Australian|title=Boy wonder|date=4 May 2012}}

McAuliffe attended Scots College,{{cite web|url=http://www.tsc.nsw.edu.au/view/news-archive-2010/scots-boys-on-the-silver-screen/|title=Scots boys on the silver screen|website=The Scots College, Sydney|date=2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410022830/http://www.tsc.nsw.edu.au/view/news-archive-2010/scots-boys-on-the-silver-screen/|archive-date=10 April 2013}} an all-boys school in Bellevue Hill. He was the head chorister at the school and topped the London Trinity musical theatre exams, scoring a high distinction in 2008.{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Bodey|title=Aussie Callan McAuliffe joins the Hollywood rush|website=The Australian|date=19 July 2010|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/aussie-callan-mcauliffe-joins-the-hollywood-rush/story-e6frg6nf-1225893670300|access-date=19 July 2010}} He was a track athlete until he was injured, leading to a stronger focus on the performing arts.

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McAuliffe began acting at age eight, appearing in the Australian television series Comedy Inc. and Blue Water High. He then had a recurring role on Packed to the Rafters. He also starred in the Australian independent coming-of-age short film "Franswa Sharl" in 2009, and also had a role in Resistance (2009).

McAuliffe made his American feature debut in Flipped, directed by Rob Reiner. He auditioned for the film while on vacation in the United States and won the role of Bryce, the lead. The film is based on the 2001 novel of the same title by Wendelin Van Draanen.{{cite web|first=Jay A.|last=Fernandez|title=Callan McAuliffe joins 'Flipped' cast|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 June 2009|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i0bc78baf8235f8b41fca0a39ec8af5e5|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127011403/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i0bc78baf8235f8b41fca0a39ec8af5e5|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=24 June 2010}}

In May 2010, McAuliffe was cast in a lead role in the science fiction film I Am Number Four based on the novel of the same title by Pittacus Lore, the film is produced by Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay. He played Sam, the best friend of Alex Pettyfer's title character.{{cite web|title=Callan McAuliffe cast in U.S. action flick|website=UPI.com|date=21 May 2010|url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2010/05/21/Callan-McAuliffe-cast-in-US-action-flick/UPI-98621274478051/|access-date=24 June 2010}} He then appeared in the Australian miniseries Cloudstreet, based on the novel of the same title by Tim Winton, playing young Quick Lamb. McAuliffe appeared as young Jay Gatsby in the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann. McAuliffe subsequently starred in Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013).{{cite web|title=McAuliffe digs up 'Blue Potato'|last=McNary|first=Dave|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR111805700/|website=Variety|date=31 July 2012|access-date=21 January 2011}}

McAuliffe was cast as the archangel Uriel alongside Djimon Hounsou in Alex Proyas' action film, Paradise Lost, before the project was suspended.{{cite web|first=Degen|last=Pener|date=3 November 2011|title=Q&A: Callan McAuliffe on His Mission to Save Wolfdogs|website=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/great-gatsby-callan-mcauliffe-wolves-257197|access-date=20 November 2011}} In 2012, he starred in the Australian television film Underground: The Julian Assange Story, as one of the teenage Assange's friends involved in the International Subversives. On 3 February 2013, it was announced that McAuliffe would star alongside Samuel L. Jackson and India Eisley in the live-action film remake of the 1998 Japanese anime Kite.{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118065580|website=Variety|title=Callan McAuliffe, India Eisley to co-star in 'Kite'|date=3 February 2013 |access-date=15 March 2015}} In 2015, McAuliffe joined the cast of The Legend of Ben Hall, an Australian historical epic based on the true story of bushranger Ben Hall, where he portrays real-life gang member Daniel Ryan. In 2018, McAuliffe released his first novel, The Hill Ghost.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43161144-the-hill-ghost|title=The Hill Ghost|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2019-01-29}}

In November 2011, McAuliffe was a presenter at the final edition of the IF Awards, held at Luna Park Sydney. He was described as IF Magazine as having "already been tipped as the actor to watch", aged just 16.{{cite web |title=One week left until the 2011 Jameson IF Awards Sydney |website=IF Magazine |date=8 November 2011 |url=https://if.com.au/one-week-left-until-the-2011-jameson-if-awards-sydney/ |access-date=13 December 2024| quote=At just sixteen years old, Callan McAuliffe has already been tipped as the actor to watch with the young Australian having already made his way onto the US screens in the film I am Number Four}}

He was announced as a national ambassador for UNICEF Australia in November 2013.{{cite web|title=Aussie actor Callan McAuliffe joins UNICEF Australia ambassador family|url=http://www.unicef.org.au/Media/Media-Releases/November-2013/Aussie-actor-Callan-McAuliffe-joins-UNICEF-Austral.aspx|website=UNICEF Australia|access-date=25 November 2013}}

{{As of|2013}} McAuliffe was the youth ambassador of Wolf Connection, a non-profit organisation based in California which rescues wolves and wolf-dogs, and also has a youth education and empowerment program.{{cite web|title=Wolf Connection Youth Ambassador|url=http://www.wolfconnection.org/page/youth-ambassador|website=WolfConnection.org|access-date=19 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123181632/http://www.wolfconnection.org/page/youth-ambassador|archive-date=23 November 2012}}

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