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
Complete Filmography

Spit
2025
as Johnny 'Spit' Spitieri
Spitteri finds himself locked up in an immigration detention centre upon his return to Australia. With old enemies on his tail and a target on his bac...

Spit
2025
Producer, Executive Producer
Spitteri finds himself locked up in an immigration detention centre upon his return to Australia. With old enemies on his tail and a target on his bac...

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
2024
as Lenny Glick (voice)
When the promise of living in a perfect digital world traps the citizens of Sanctuary City online, Combat Wombat and Sweetie must return to save the d...

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
2022
as Kano (voice)
Hellbent on taking over Earthrealm, Kano viciously attacks town after town with the aid of three cold-blooded Black Dragon mercenaries. Those who don’...

Elvis
2022
as Hank Snow
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an...

The Furnace
2020
as Mal
To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.

The Furnace
2020
Executive Producer
To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.

Dirt Music
2020
as Jim
Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement ...

Believe
2019
as Robert
A journey of love and finding ones true self in a time of crisis.

Nekrotronic
2018
as Luther
A man discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet.

In Like Flynn
2018
as Travers
A mostly true account of future Hollywood star Errol Flynn's sea adventures in the early thirties, sailing from Australia to Papua in search of gold, ...

Ellipsis
2018
Producer, Writer, Director
In the middle of a crowded city the paths of two strangers, a man and a woman, collide. This accidental, chance occurrence sets in motion a chain of e...

Peter Rabbit
2018
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover ...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Scarfield
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sa...

Beyond the Known World
2017
as Carl Hansen
Recently divorced Carl and Julie are not on good terms. When their 19-year-old daughter goes missing in India, they must journey into the Himalayas in...

The Wall
2017
as Narrator
Life as they knew it was all soon to end, when the darkness arrived and began to descend.

Lion
2016
as John Brierley
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted b...

Goldstone
2016
as Johnny
Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths ...

Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation
2016
as Self (Narrator)
In this ground-breaking expose, industry insiders go on the record to explain how carefully Pokies are programmed for addiction. They’re joined by wor...

Blinky Bill the Movie
2015
as Jacko (voice)
Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his...

Force of Destiny
2015
as Robert
A journey of love and hope, of courage and sacrifice, and one man's miraculous salvation through a life-saving liver transplant. FORCE OF DESTINY is a...

Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015
as Red Rose
A nightingale bird discovers a true lover when she witnesses a young university student talk with great passion about his beloved. The Nightingale goe...

Paper Planes
2014
as Patrick (Jason's Father)
Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-d...

Aussie Rules the World
2014
as Narrator
Australia’s national game is under threat from all world sports. Now the AFL must find new ways to survive in this global market. AUSSIE RULES THE WOR...

300: Rise of an Empire
2014
as Dillios
Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massiv...

The Turning
2013
Writer, Director
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni...

Dripping in Chocolate
2012
as Detective Bennett O'Mara
When Detective Bennett O'Mara finds a chocolate wrapper on a strangled girl, it leads him to enigmatic chocolatier Juliana Lovece. Just as this percep...

A Cautionary Tail
2012
as Narrator
A little girl is born with a tail that expresses her emotions. As a child, her parents celebrate their daughter's uniqueness and her tail inspires mag...

On Borrowed Time
2011
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver transplant.

True Guardians of the Earth
2010
as Himself
Rico Rodríguez from "Modern Family" and David Wenham from "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" explore the lives, biology, and secrets of o...

Oranges and Sunshine
2010
as Len
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the force...

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Digger (voice)
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

Glenn Owen Dodds
2010
as Glenn Owen Dodds
Michael Radcliffe was catching the bus this morning, like he does every day of his everyday life. He didn't expect to have a five-minute sit-down with...

Pope Joan
2009
as Gerold
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

Public Enemies
2009
as Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side o...

Australia
2008
as Neil Fletcher
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to pro...

The Children of Huang Shi
2008
as Barnes
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the J...

Married Life
2008
as John O'Brien
A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too mu...

300
2007
as Dilios
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against t...

Answered by Fire
2006
as Mark Waldman
Mark Waldman (David Wenham) is an Australian policeman who volunteers for the United Nations mission in East Timor. Put in charge of the Civilian Poli...

Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
2006
as Self
Australia says goodbye to The Crocodile Hunter

The Proposition
2005
as Eden Fletcher
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hun...

Three Dollars
2005
as Eddie Harnovey
Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when ...

Basilisk Stare
2005
as Dave
A film about obsession, sexuality, devotion and paranoia.

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
A documentary about the making of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.

The Brush-Off
2004
as Murray Whelan
The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.

The Brush-Off
2004
Associate Producer
The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.

Stiff
2004
as Murray Whelan
An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of a Shane Mo...

Stiff
2004
Associate Producer
An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of a Shane Mo...

Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004
as Carl (voice)
It tells of the events before the film, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing travels to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decided...

Van Helsing
2004
as Carl
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna ...

The Making of the Return of the King
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selecte...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Faramir
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
as Self
Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.

Gettin' Square
2003
as Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri
Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and...

After the Deluge
2003
as Alex
Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to...

The Making of The Two Towers
2003
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Pet...

Shot down over the Soviet Union
2003
The reconnaissance flights of the Americans into East Block airspace were more numerous and more dangerous than originally claimed. From the sky, the ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Faramir
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...

Pure
2002
as Lenny
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
2002
as Sam Flynn
Steve Irwin, AKA The Crocodile Hunter, has avoided the death-roll and saved a croc from poachers. But what he doesn't know is that the crocodile has s...

The Bank
2001
as Jim Doyle
The Bank, a world ripe with avarice and corruption, where O'Reilly and his ilk can thrive and honest Aussie battlers lose everything. Enter Jim Doyle ...

Dust
2001
as Luke
Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows clo...

Russian Doll
2001
as Ethan
A private detective agrees to marry his best friend's mistress to keep her from being deported.

Moulin Rouge!
2001
as Audrey
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A...

Better Than Sex
2000
as Josh
After a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Damien
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

The Boys
1998
as Brett Sprague
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and...

The Boys
1998
Producer
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and...

A Little Bit of Soul
1998
as Dr. Richard Shorkinghorn
Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael ...

Dark City
1998
as Schreber's Assistant
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic ...

Idiot Box
1997
as Bank Teller with a History
Mick and Kev – bored, unemployed and aimless in the western suburbs of Sydney – decide to rob a bank, more or less for the fun of it.

Cosi
1996
as Doug
Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney inst...

No Escape
1994
as Hotel Guard
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle is...

Greenkeeping
1992
as Trevor
An ex-convict pays for his wife's marijuana by keeping the green at a lawn-bowling club
Seeing Red
1992
as Frank No. 2
A mystery, a comedy with an undercurrant of terror, about the expose of scandal in big business transactions and how a three year-old boy and his fath...
Tran the Man
N/A
as Raymond "Tran" Moss
Short film and early collaboration between rowan woods and david wenham.