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David Wenham
Highest Rated: 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Lowest Rated: 20% Dust (2001)
Birthday: Sep 21, 1965
Birthplace: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Largely unknown outside of his native Australia, actor David Wenham was a busily working television and film actor until his international breakout playing Faramir in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002) and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (2003). Wenham earned a reputation as an "actor's actor" in Australia, where his charismatic screen presence and his ability to disappear into wildly different roles had made him a sought-after talent for local dramas and comedies including "Cosi" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge" (2001). After proving his capable dramatic chops in two of cinematic history's biggest blockbusters, Wenham was welcomed into the big budget Hollywood folds with high profile roles in further bombastic productions like "Van Helsing" (2004) and "300" (2007), where he arrived as an international star and scored points with both female fans for his handsome looks and male moviegoers for his prowess in battle.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back | Lenny (Voice) | - | 2023 |
| 80% | 87% | Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind | Kano (Voice) | - | 2022 |
| 77% | 94% | Elvis | Hank Snow (Character) | $151.0M | 2022 |
| 90% | 83% | The Furnace | Mal (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 27% | 47% | Dirt Music | Jim (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 48% | 80% | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Christian Travers (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 86% | 71% | Ellipsis |
Director, Producer |
- | 2017 |
| 30% | 60% | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Scarfield (Character) | $172.5M | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond the Known World | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 76% | 71% | Goldstone | Johnny (Character) | $78.8K | 2016 |
| 84% | 91% | Lion | John Brierley (Character) | $51.7M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holding On: The Skid Kids Story | Narrator | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Believe | Robert (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose | Red Rose (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 73% | 44% | Blinky Bill the Movie | Jacko (Voice) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Force Of Destiny | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 85% | 63% | Paper Planes | Patrick (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 45% | 51% | 300: Rise of an Empire | Dilios (Character) | $106.6M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Aussie Rules The World | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dripping in Chocolate | Detective Bennett O'Mara (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Cautionary Tail | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glenn Owen Dodds | Glenn Owen Dodds (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 71% | 70% | Oranges and Sunshine | Len (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 52% | 64% | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Digger (Voice) | $55.7M | 2010 |
| 68% | 59% | Public Enemies | Harry "Pete" Pierpont (Character) | $97.0M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Pope Joan | Gerold (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 54% | 65% | Australia | Neil Fletcher (Character) | $49.6M | 2008 |
| 31% | 66% | The Children of Huang Shi | Barnes (Character) | $110.8K | 2008 |
| 55% | 36% | Married Life | John O'Brien (Character) | $1.5M | 2007 |
| 61% | 89% | 300 | Dilios (Character) | $210.6M | 2006 |
| 85% | 85% | The Proposition | Eden Fletcher (Character) | $1.9M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Three Dollars | Eddie (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Van Helsing: The London Assignment | Carl (Voice) | - | 2004 |
| 24% | 57% | Van Helsing | Carl (Character) | $120.0M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Brush-Off | Murray Whelan (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Stiff | Murray Whelan (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Gettin' Square | Johnny Francis "Spit" Spitieri (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 94% | 86% | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Faramir (Character) | $377.8M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Pure | Lenny (Character) | $102.0K | 2002 |
| 95% | 95% | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Faramir (Character) | $342.6M | 2002 |
| 53% | 44% | The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | Sam Flynn (Character) | $28.4M | 2002 |
| 61% | 71% | The Bank | Jim Doyle (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 20% | 62% | Dust | Luke (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 48% | 47% | Russian Doll | Ethan (Character) | $127.1K | 2001 |
| 74% | 89% | Moulin Rouge | Audrey (Character) | $57.4M | 2001 |
| 47% | 69% | Better Than Sex | Josh (Character) | $94.9K | 2000 |
| 63% | 77% | Molokai | Father Damien (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | A Little Bit of Soul | Richard Shorkinghorn (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 88% | 81% | The Boys | Sprague (Character) | $2.9K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Cosi | Doug (Character) | $33.8K | 1996 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56% | 82% | Australia : Faraway Downs | Neil Fletcher (Character) | 2023 |
| 51% | 34% | Pieces of Her | Jasper (Character) | 2022 |
| 55% | 49% | The Letter for the King | Sir Tiuri The Valiant (Character) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Les Norton | Price Galese (Character) | 2019 |
| 37% | 67% | Marvel's Iron Fist | Harold Meachum (Character) | 2017-2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wake in Fright | Sergeant Jock Crawford (Character) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Banished | Governor Phillip (Character) | 2015 |
| 83% | 61% | Top of the Lake | Al Parker (Character) | 2013 |