During his stint in “Shameless”, Justin worked on other parts, including the lead role in the drama film “Funky Town” and in 2014 starred as Bobby Shore in the film “Bang Bang Baby”, which earned him a Canadian Screen Award in the category for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.
He was rather busy in 2015, as he appeared as Jason Kellerman in the TV series “Orphan Black”, then he was Rydell Whyte in the romantic comedy film “No Stranger Than Love”, and the same year co-starred in the television thriller-drama film “Breed”, next to Callie Thorne and Nadia Hilker.
Now a proper acting star, it became rather easy for him to obtain new roles, and in 2016 featured in several films, including “Poor Boy” as Jackie Clean, then he was Jason Brettner in the thriller film “Urge”, starring Pierce Brosnan, Danny Masterson and directed by Aaron Kaufman.
Moreover, Justin portrayed Cam Hawthorne in the TV mystery crime-drama series “American Gothic”, appearing in all but one episode of the popular series, and starred with Anna Camp and Isabelle Fuhrman in the romantic drama film “One Night”.
He focused on film roles in the second half of the 2010s, as he portrayed Raymond Reed Kurtz Jr., drug-addicted son of Vincent D’Onofrio’s character in the action-comedy “CHiPs”, based on the award-winning television series from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.
Over the years he got used to portraying a variety of characters, from drug addicts to lovers, villains and good guys, then in 2017 he was chosen to portray modern cowboy Hugh Jay Linder in the film “The Scent of Rain and Lightning”, based on the 2010 novel of the same name, written by Nancy Pickard. The year didn’t end there for him as he featured in the mystery drama film “We Don’t Belong Here”, and appeared in the television drama movie “Doomsday”.
Continuing with film roles, Justin featured in the thriller “In the Cloud” in 2018, which starred Gabriel Bryne, Daniel Portman and Laura Fraser. The same year, Justin starred as rookie detective Michael Connolly in the thriller-drama “The Assassin’s Code”, co-starring Peter Stormare and Mark Thompson, and the next year the directing debut of Joseph Cross’s “Summer Night” (2019) saw him in the role of Andy, joining the two main stars, Victoria Justice and Lio Tipton. The same year, Justin started portraying Erik Wallace, the husband of Niko Wallace and a scientist who works at the United States Interstellar Command, focused on finding extraterrestrial intelligent life in the sci-fi drama series “Another Life” (2019-present), appearing in 16 episodes so far. Most recently, Justin joined Alexandra Daddario and Diego Boneta to complete the main cast of the action comedy-crime film “Die in a Gunfight” (2021).
Moreover, Justin is working on several projects, including the drama film “The Walk”, currently in post-production and scheduled for release in 2022, in which he will star next to Malcolm McDowell and Katie Douglas. He is set to portray Jack Reagan, Ronald Reagan’s father in the biopic about the life of Ronald Reagan from childhood to his years as the president, simply entitled “Reagan”.
