Joshua Helman (born 22 February 1986) is an Australian television and film actor. Helman played

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in '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'', and its sequel, '' X-Men: Apocalypse''. He has also appeared in the 2015 installment of the ''

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'' franchise, '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', as Slit. Helman has also appeared on a number of television series and mini-series, including recurring roles in '' Home and Away'', '' The Pacific'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Helman was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Career

Helman started acting when he got a recurring role on the Australian television show '' Home and Away'' in 2007, playing Denni Maitland. He then got a small role in a short film ''Aidan's View'' where he played the role of an intruder trying to break into the house of the protagonist. A few years later, he was cast as ''Cpl. Lew "Chuckler" Juergens'' in the American television show, '' The Pacific''. He appeared in 6 episodes. He was then signed on by American talent agency

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. He made his major studio motion picture debut in 2012 when he was cast as Jeb Oliver in ''

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''. He returned to Australia and was cast in '' Blinder'', a film based on Australian rules football drama. In 2011, Helman acted in the original production of ''

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'' at Theatre Theater in Los Angeles; he will also take part in its film adaption, filmed Winter 2019. He co-starred in the ensemble

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film, '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'', as

—shown, through footage, to be the younger/1973 version of the Stryker played by Brian Cox in '' X2'' (2003). He later played Slit, alongside two-time fellow ''X-Men'' actor

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, in the Mad Max sequel '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015).Trumbore, Dave (13 August 2012)
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. In 2016, he had a main role in season two of the television series ''

''.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Helman, Josh 1986 births Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Living people Male actors from Adelaide 21st-century Australian male actors