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David Wenham is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Carl in Van Helsing, Dilios in 300 and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire, Al Parker in Top of the Lake, and Lieutenant John Scarfield in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. He is known in his native Australia for his role as Diver Dan in SeaChange.
Born
Tuesday, 21 September 1965
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back | Lenny | 2024 |
| Faraway Downs | Neil Fletcher | 2023 |
| Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind | Kano | 2023 |
| The ABC Of | Self - Host | 2022 |
| Elvis | Hank Snow | 2022 |
| Pieces of Her | Jasper Queller | 2022 |
| Joe vs. Carole | Don Lewis | 2022 |
| The Moth Effect | Simon | 2021 |
| Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) / Johnny Town-Mouse | 2021 |
| The Furnace | Mal | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back | Lenny | 2024 |
| Faraway Downs | Neil Fletcher | 2023 |
| Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind | Kano | 2023 |
| The ABC Of | Self - Host | 2022 |
| Elvis | Hank Snow | 2022 |
| Pieces of Her | Jasper Queller | 2022 |
| Joe vs. Carole | Don Lewis | 2022 |
| The Moth Effect | Simon | 2021 |
| Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) / Johnny Town-Mouse | 2021 |
| The Furnace | Mal | 2020 |
| The Letter for the King | Sir Tiuri The Valiant | 2020 |
| Dirt Music | Jim | 2019 |
| Les Norton | Price Galese | 2019 |
| Believe | Robert | 2019 |
| Nekrotronic | Luther | 2018 |
| In Like Flynn | Christian Travers / Travers | 2018 |
| Peter Rabbit | Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) / Johnny Town-Mouse | 2018 |
| Romper Stomper | Jago Zoric | 2018 |
| Wake in Fright | Jock Crawford | 2017 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Scarfield | 2017 |
| Beyond the Known World | Carl Hansen | 2017 |
| Iron Fist | Harold Meachum | 2017 |
| Lion | John Brierley | 2016 |
| Anh's Brush with Fame | Self | 2016 |
| Goldstone | Johnny | 2016 |
| Blinky Bill the Movie | Jacko (voice) / Jacko | 2015 |
| Force of Destiny | Robert | 2015 |
| Banished | Governor Arthur Phillip / Governor Phillip | 2015 |
| The Code | Ian Bradley | 2014 |
| Paper Planes | Patrick | 2014 |
| Aussie Rules the World | Self - Narrator | 2014 |
| 300: Rise of an Empire | Dilios / Dillios | 2014 |
| Better Man | Julian McMahon | 2013 |
| Making Couples Happy | Himself - Narrator | 2013 |
| Top of the Lake | Al Parker | 2013 |
| From the Mouths of Babes | Self | 2012 |
| Dripping in Chocolate | Detective Bennett O'Mara | 2012 |
| On Borrowed Time | (voice) | 2011 |
| Killing Time | Andrew Fraser | 2011 |
| Oranges and Sunshine | Len | 2010 |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Digger / Digger (voice) | 2010 |
| Glenn Owen Dodds | Glenn Owen Dodds | 2010 |
| Pope Joan | Gerold | 2009 |
| Public Enemies | Harry 'Pete' Pierpont | 2009 |
| Deadliest Warrior | Narrator | 2009 |
| Australia | Neil Fletcher | 2008 |
| The Children of Huang Shi | Barnes | 2008 |
| Married Life | John O'Brien | 2008 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2008 |
| 300 | Dilios | 2007 |
| Answered by Fire | Mark Waldman | 2006 |
| The Proposition | Eden Fletcher | 2005 |
| Three Dollars | Eddie Harnovey | 2005 |
| The Brush-Off | Murray Whelan | 2004 |
| Stiff | Murray Whelan | 2004 |
| Van Helsing: The London Assignment | Carl (voice) / Carl | 2004 |
| Van Helsing | Carl | 2004 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Faramir | 2003 |
| National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King | Self | 2003 |
| Gettin' Square | Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri | 2003 |
| Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | Self | 2003 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Faramir | 2002 |
| Pure | Lenny | 2002 |
| The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | Sam Flynn | 2002 |
| HypaSpace | Self | 2002 |
| The Bank | Jim / Jim Doyle | 2001 |
| Dust | Luke | 2001 |
| Moulin Rouge! | Audrey | 2001 |
| Russian Doll | Ethan | 2001 |
| Better Than Sex | Josh | 2000 |
| Molokai | Father Damien / Damien | 1999 |
| SeaChange | Dan Della Bosca | 1998 |
| The Boys | Brett Sprague | 1998 |
| A Little Bit of Soul | Dr. Richard Shorkinghorn | 1998 |
| Dark City | Schreber's Assistant | 1998 |
| Return to Jupiter | Dr. Ghrobak | 1997 |
| Australian Story | Self | 1996 |
| Cosi | Doug | 1996 |
| Idiot Box | Bank Teller with a History | 1996 |
| Twisted Tales | George | 1996 |
| Gino | Trevor | 1994 |
| Heartland | Warwick Bone | 1994 |
| No Escape | Hotel Guard / Hotel Guard # 2 | 1994 |
| Blue Heelers | William Cassidy / Robbie Doyle | 1994 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Greenkeeping | Trevor | 1992 |
| Police Rescue | Ferret | 1989 |
| Poor Man's Orange | Party Youth | 1987 |
| Sons and Daughters | Debt Collector | 1982 |
| A Country Practice | David Cornish / Scott Galbraith / Ambulanceman 1 | 1981 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Ellipsis | 2018 |
| The Turning | 2013 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Furnace | 2020 |
| Ellipsis | 2018 |
| The Brush-Off | 2004 |
| Stiff | 2004 |
| The Boys | 1998 |
