David wenham in lord of the rings
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David Wenham
Australian actor
This article is about the actor. For the theologian, see David Wenham (theologian).
David Wenham AM 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 Diver Dan in SeaChange and Price Galese in Les Norton.
Early life
Wenham has five older sisters; Helen, Anne, Carmel, Kathryn, and Maree; and one older brother, Peter. He was raised in the Roman Catholic faith and attended Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, Sydney.[1][2]
Career
Wenham started his career as an actor after graduating from Theatre Nepean at the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts) in 198
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David Wenham AM
David Wenham AM (b. 1965), actor, studied drama at the Nepean College of Advanced Education (now the University of Western Sydney), graduating with a BA in Performing Arts in 1987. Through the late 80s and early 90s he scored bit parts in soaps such as A Country Practice, Sons and Daughters and Blue Heelers and appeared in features including Idiot Box and Cosi (both 1996). He won Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama at the 1997 AFI awards for Simone de Beauvoir's Babies. His chilling performance as the darkly malevolent Brett Sprague in The Boys (1998) earned him an AFI Best Actor nomination and garnered considerable critical acclaim. Concurrently, he had begun beguiling audiences as the raffish Diver Dan in the first season of ABC Television's Sea Change. Wenham appeared in a string of films throughout the noughties, among them Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge (2001) and Australia (2008); The Bank (2001); Van Helsing (2004); The Proposition (2005); and The Two Towers (2002) and Return of the King (2003), the second and third episodes res
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Date of Birth: Sept. 21, 1965
Birthplace: Marrickville, N.S.W., Australia
Siblings: Youngest of 7 (one brother, five sisters)
Partner: Kate Agnew
Children: 2 daughters, Eliza Jane (born 2003) and Millie (born 2008)
Education: Attended Christian Brothers School in Lewisham, and University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean
Film & Television
Guardians of Ga'hoole (2010)
Pope Joan (2009) - Gerold
Public Enemies (2009) - Harry Pierpont
Australia (2008) - Neil Fletcher
The Children of Huang Shi (2008) - Barnes
Married Life (2007) - John O'Brien
300 (2007) - Dilios
Answered by Fire (2006) - Mark Waldman
The Proposition (2005) - Eden Fletcher
Three Dollars (2005) - Eddie Harnovey
Stiff and The Brush-Off (2004) - Murray Whelan
Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) - Carl (voice)
Van Helsing (2004) - Carl
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) - Faramir
Basilisk Stare (2003)
Gettin' Square (2003) - Johnny Spit
After the Deluge (2003) - Alex Kirby (TV miniseries)
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