Jake Sully
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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully in a promotional image for Avatar (2009). | |
| First appearance | Avatar (2009) |
| Created by | James Cameron |
| Portrayed by | Sam Worthington |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Family | Tom Sully (twin brother; deceased) |
| Spouse | Neytiri |
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Jake Sully, or Tsyeyk te Suli in the Naʼvi language, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American epic science fiction film franchise Avatar, created by James Cameron. Portrayed by Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009) and its sequels, including Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash, and the currently untitled Avatar 4 and Avatar 5.
Born a human on Earth, Jake Sully served with the U.S. Marine Corps 1st Reconnaissance Battalion but was discharged after an injury left him paralyzed from the waist down. After his identical twin brother Tom dies, Jake agrees to replace him in the RDA's Avatar Program on Pandora, where humans remotely control human/Na'vi hybrids to safely navigate the planet. Jake turns against the RDA after sympathizing with the Na'vi and mating with a Na'vi woman, Neytiri. After leading the Na'vi in a successful battle to drive the RDA off Pandora, his consciousness is permanently transferred into his avatar via the Tree of Souls. Over the following fifteen years, Jake has three children with Neytiri––Neteyam, Lo'ak, and Tuk––and adopts one other, Kiri.