Actor

David Wenham

David Wenham’s screen credits include Faramir in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, John Brierley in Lion, and Dillios in 300: Rise of an Empire.

Born September 21, 1965 Marrickville, Sydney, Australia7 movies on MoviHero

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 · 3h 21m · Action · Adventure

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Lion

2016 · 1h 58m · Drama

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300: Rise of an Empire

2014 · 1h 42m · Action · Drama

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About David Wenham

David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Friar Carl in Van Helsing and Van Helsing: The London Assignment, Dilios in 300 and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire, Al Parker in Top of the Lake, Lieutenant John Scarfield in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Hank Snow in Elvis. He is known in his native Australia for his role as Johnny Spitieri in Gettin' Square, Diver Dan in SeaChange and Price Galese in Les Norton. Description above from the Wikipedia David Wenham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2027
The Dog Show
Trent HardyUpcoming
2025
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
Self
2025
Spit
Producer · Johnny 'Spit' Spitieri
2024
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Lenny Glick (voice)
2022
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
Kano (voice)
2022
Elvis
Hank Snow
2021
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
2020
The Furnace
Producer · Mal
2020
Dirt Music
Jim
2019
Believe
Robert
2018
Nekrotronic
Luther
2018
In Like Flynn
Travers
2018
Ellipsis
Producer · Director · Writer
2018
Peter Rabbit
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
2017
Beyond the Known World
Carl Hansen
2017
The Wall
Narrator
2016
Goldstone
Johnny
2016
Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation
Self (Narrator)
2015
Blinky Bill the Movie
Jacko (voice)
2015
Force of Destiny
Robert
2015
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Red Rose
2014
Paper Planes
Patrick (Jason's Father)
2014
Aussie Rules the World
Narrator
2013
The Turning
Director · Writer
2012
Dripping in Chocolate
Detective Bennett O'Mara
2012
A Cautionary Tail
Narrator
2011
On Borrowed Time
Self / Narrator (voice)
2010
True Guardians of the Earth
Himself
2010
Oranges and Sunshine
Len
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Digger (voice)
2010
Glenn Owen Dodds
Glenn Owen Dodds
2009
Pope Joan
Gerold
2009
Public Enemies
Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
2008
Australia
Neil Fletcher
2008
The Children of Huang Shi
Barnes
2008
Married Life
John O'Brien
2006
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
2006
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
2006
Answered by Fire
Mark Waldman
2006
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2005
The Proposition
Eden Fletcher
2005
Three Dollars
Eddie Harnovey
2005
Basilisk Stare
Dave
2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
2004
The Brush-Off
Producer · Murray Whelan
2004
Stiff
Producer · Murray Whelan
2004
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Carl (voice)
2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Self
2003
From Book to Script: Finding the Story
Self
2003
Gettin' Square
Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri
2003
After the Deluge
Alex
2003
Shot down over the Soviet Union
Actor
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Faramir
2002
Pure
Lenny
2002
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
Sam Flynn
2001
The Bank
Jim Doyle
2001
Dust
Luke
2001
Russian Doll
Ethan
2001
Moulin Rouge!
Audrey
2000
Better Than Sex
Josh
1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Damien
1998
The Boys
Producer · Brett Sprague
1998
A Little Bit of Soul
Dr. Richard Shorkinghorn
1998
Dark City
Schreber's Assistant
1997
Idiot Box
Bank Teller with a History
1996
Cosi
Doug
1994
No Escape
Hotel Guard
1992
Greenkeeping
Trevor
1992
Seeing Red
Frank No. 2
Fog City
Actor
Subversion
Actor
Tran the Man
Raymond "Tran" Moss

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Lion

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David Wenham

David Wenham’s screen credits include Faramir in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, John Brierley in Lion, and Dillios in 300: Rise of an Empire.

Born September 21, 1965 Marrickville, Sydney, Australia7 movies on MoviHero

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