Biography

With his breakthrough performance as "The Kid" alongside Keanu Reeves in Lana Wachowski's sci-fi epics Matrix Reloaded & Matrix Revolutions, Australian actor Clayton Watson has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. Clayton's humble beginnings from the Australian outback have seen this versatile actor return home from shooting film and television roles around the world to raising his young family in the quiet countryside. His lifelong dream of directing and producing bought him back to the business in 2021 with the lead role in Kane and two films to quickly follow - losing and gaining over 33 pounds to portray separate characters.

Awarded an AFI and numerous others by his peers, Clayton's role as iconic Australian cricket Captain Ian Chappell in Howzat! Kerry Packer's War proved his exceptional ability as a character actor with roles alongside Guy Pearce and Hermoine Corfield following.

Clayton Scott Watson was born on the 23rd of March, 1977 in Glenelg, Adelaide and began acting on stage at the age of 7. He studied at the Australian Film & TV Academy for 3 years where he was poached by a talent agent which led to his first roles in TV & stage including his first lead role in High Flyers. He landed the coveted roles of Mickey Steele in Always Greener and The Kid in Matrix Reloaded & Matrix Revolutions in the same year and shot the two feature films and a television show simultaneously.

He is set to produce and debut solo direct Starting Blocks about Australia's most historical and famous footrace in 2023. Clayton continues to choose and produce projects that are close to his heart and has just completed feature film Michael Wardeath - a story about PTSD in war veterans and suicide - as writer, lead, producer and co-director in New York.

- IMDb mini biography by: Phillipe Mora