1. David Wenham is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre.
24 Facts About David Wenham
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David Wenham 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.
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David Wenham is known in his native Australia for his role as Diver Dan in SeaChange and Price Galese in Les Norton.
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David Wenham was raised in the Roman Catholic faith and attended Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, Sydney.
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David Wenham started his career as an actor after graduating from Theatre Nepean at the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in 1987.
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Australian films David Wenham has starred in include The Boys based on the play of the same name premiered at Griffin Theatre Company and in turn based on the murder of Anita Cobby; Molokai, based on the life of Father Damien; The Bank ; Gettin' Square ; Stiff ; The Brush-Off and Three Dollars.
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David Wenham has periodically appeared in Hollywood films; he is known for playing Faramir, son of Denethor II, in New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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David Wenham was seen in Van Helsing playing Hugh Jackman's sidekick, Friar Carl.
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David Wenham reprises his role of Dilios in both the 2014 sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire and the video game, 300: March to Glory for Sony PlayStation Portable, which contains a substantial amount of new dialogue.
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David Wenham returned to the stage, this time as the lead actor, Jerry Springer, in the British musical Jerry Springer: The Opera.
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Also in 2010, David Wenham starred as the disgraced Melbourne lawyer Andrew Fraser in the Australian television series Killing Time.
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David Wenham plays New Zealand detective Al Parker alongside Elisabeth Moss in the 2013 BBC series Top of the Lake.
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In 2013, David Wenham returned to the stage to play the lead role of John Proctor, in the Melbourne Theatre Company's mid-year production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
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In 2014, David Wenham starred as Patrick Jones in Paper Planes, released on 15 January 2015.
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That same year, David Wenham voiced the role Jacko a frilled-neck lizard, in Blinky Bill the Movie.
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In 2016, David Wenham played the role of John, the adoptive father of Saroo Brierley in Lion.
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David Wenham played the role of the villain Harold Meachum in the Netflix original television series Iron Fist, which premiered in March 2017.
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In 2018, David Wenham plays the voice of Johnny Town-Mouse in Peter Rabbit, a role he reprised in the 2021 sequel Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.
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In 2020, it was announced that David Wenham was cast as Jasper Queller in the upcoming Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.
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In 2022, David Wenham returned to work with director Baz Luhrmann again to play the role of country singer Hank Snow in the biographical film Elvis.
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In November 2022, David Wenham played Scrooge in a production of A Christmas Carol, his performance was praised as showing Scrooge as traumatised.
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David Wenham was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours.
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David Wenham met actress and yoga teacher Kate Agnew at a play at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia in 1994.
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On 20 September 2006, David Wenham read a poem called "The Crocodiles are Crying" by Rupert McCall at the memorial service for Steve Irwin.