Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

100

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-09-21 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Marrickville, Sydney, Australia

Also Known As

Ντέιβιντ Γουένχαμ
Daisy
Дэвид Уэнэм
大卫·文翰
Девід Венем

David Wenham

Biography

David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) 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 and Dilios in 300. He is also known in his native Australia for his role as Diver Dan in SeaChange.

Description above from the Wikipedia David Wenham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

8.5%

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Dec 17, 2003

8.4%

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Dec 18, 2002

7.2%

300

Mar 7, 2007

6.7%

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

May 23, 2017

8.0%

Lion

Nov 24, 2016

6.1%

300: Rise of an Empire

Mar 5, 2014

6.4%

Van Helsing

May 3, 2004

7.5%

Moulin Rouge!

May 18, 2001

6.7%

Public Enemies

Jul 1, 2009

7.5%

Elvis

Jun 22, 2022

7.3%

Dark City

Feb 27, 1998

6.5%

Marvel's Iron Fist

Mar 17, 2017

- View by:
- Media type:
- Department:

Acting

—

Tran the Man as Raymond "Tran" Moss

2025

Spit as Johnny 'Spit' Spitieri

2024		Fake as Joe Burt
2024		Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back as Lenny Glick (voice)

2023

Faraway Downs as Neil Fletcher

2022		Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind as Kano (voice)
2022		The ABC Of as Self - Host
2022		Elvis as Hank Snow
2022		PIECES OF HER as Jasper Queller
2022		Joe vs Carole as Don Lewis

2021		The Moth Effect as Simon
2021		The Moth Effect
2021		Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)

2020		The Furnace as Mal
2020		Dirt Music as Jim

2019		Les Norton as Price Galese
2019		Believe as Robert

2018		Nekrotronic as Luther
2018		In Like Flynn as Travers
2018		Peter Rabbit as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
2018		Romper Stomper as Jago Zoric

2017		Wake in Fright as Jock Crawford
2017		Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Scarfield
2017		Beyond the Known World as Carl Hansen
2017		Marvel's Iron Fist as Harold Meachum
2017		The Wall as Narrator

2016		Lion as John Brierley
2016		Anh's Brush with Fame as Himself
2016		Goldstone as Johnny
2016		Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation as Self (Narrator)

2015		Blinky Bill the Movie as Jacko (voice)
2015		Force of Destiny as Robert
2015		Banished as Governor Arthur Phillip
2015		Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose as Red Rose

2014		The Code as Ian Bradley
2014		Paper Planes as Patrick (Jason's Father)
2014		Aussie Rules the World as Narrator
2014		300: Rise of an Empire as Dillios

2013		Better Man as Julian McMahon
2013		Top of the Lake as Det. Al Parker
2013		Making Couples Happy as Narrator (voice)

2012		Dripping in Chocolate as Detective Bennett O'Mara
2012		A Cautionary Tail as Narrator

2011		On Borrowed Time as Self / Narrator (voice)
2011		Killing Time as Andrew Fraser

2010		True Guardians of the Earth as Himself
2010		Oranges and Sunshine as Len
2010		Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Digger (voice)
2010		Glenn Owen Dodds as Glenn Owen Dodds

2009		Pope Joan as Gerold
2009		Public Enemies as Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
2009		Deadliest Warrior as Narrator

2008		Australia as Neil Fletcher
2008		The Children of Huang Shi as Barnes
2008		Married Life as John O'Brien

2007

300 as Dilios

2006		Answered by Fire as Mark Waldman
2006		Answered by Fire as Mark Waldman
2006		Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World as Self

2005		The Proposition as Eden Fletcher
2005		Three Dollars as Eddie Harnovey
2005		Basilisk Stare as Dave

2004		A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2004		The Brush-Off as Murray Whelan
2004		Stiff as Murray Whelan
2004		Van Helsing: The London Assignment as Carl (voice)
2004		Van Helsing as Carl
2004		The Making of the Return of the King as Self

2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Faramir
2003		Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
2003		Gettin' Square as Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri
2003		After the Deluge as Alex Kirby
2003		After the Deluge as Alex
2003		The Making of The Two Towers
2003		Shot down over the Soviet Union

2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Faramir
2002		Pure as Lenny
2002		The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course as Sam Flynn

2001		The Bank as Jim Doyle
2001		Dust as Luke
2001		Russian Doll as Ethan
2001		Moulin Rouge! as Audrey

2000

Better Than Sex as Josh

1999		Rove as Self
1999		Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Damien

1998		SeaChange as Daniel Della Bosca
1998		The Boys as Brett Sprague
1998		A Little Bit of Soul as Dr. Richard Shorkinghorn
1998		Dark City as Schreber's Assistant

1997		Return to Jupiter as Dr. Ghrobak
1997		Idiot Box as Bank Teller with a History
1997		Simone de Beauvoir's Babies

1996

Cosi as Doug

1994

No Escape as Hotel Guard

1993

Blue Heelers as William Cassidy

1992		Greenkeeping as Trevor
1992		Seeing Red as Frank No. 2

1991

Police Rescue as Ferret

1987		Rafferty's Rules as Daniel Matthieson
1987		Rafferty's Rules as Thug 1

Directing

2018

Ellipsis as Director

2013

The Turning as Director

Production

2025		Spit as Producer
2025		Spit as Executive Producer

2020

The Furnace as Executive Producer

2018

Ellipsis as Producer

2004		The Brush-Off as Associate Producer
2004		Stiff as Associate Producer

1998

The Boys as Producer

Writing

2018

Ellipsis as Writer

2013

The Turning as Writer