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David Wenham

Highest Rated:: 96% The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
Lowest Rated:: 21% Dust (2001)

Birthday:: Sep 21, 1965
Birthplace:: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Bio:: David Wenham is a versatile, red-haired actor whose chameleon-like ability to disappear into his characters has found him successful in everything from large-scale epics to intimate domestic dramas. His success on the stages of his native Australia eventually led him to international success thanks…

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Highest Rated Movies

The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
96%
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
94%
The Proposition
87%
Moulin Rouge!
76%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 21% - 96%

Number of Movies: 32

Box Office Since 2001: $1337.1M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2011	70%	Oranges And Sunshine	Len	$23.7k
2010	50%	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Digger	$55.7M
2009		Pope Joan	Gerold	--
2009	67%	Public Enemies	Pete Pierpont	$97.0M
2008	30%	The Children of Huang Shi	Barnes	$0.7M
2008	55%	Australia	Neil Fletcher	$49.4M
2007	59%	300	Dilios	$210.6M
2007	55%	Married Life	John O'Brien	$1.2M
2006		He Changed Our World: Steve Irwin Memorial Tribute	Actor	--
2005	87%	The Proposition	Eden Fletcher	$1.7M
2005		Three Dollars	Eddie	--
2005		Pure	Actor	--
2004		The Brush-Off	Actor	--
2004		The Brush Off	Actor	--
2004		Van Helsing: The London Assignment	Carl	--
2004		Stiff	Actor	--
2004	23%	Van Helsing	Carl	$120.0M
2003	94%	The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King	Faramir	$377.0M
2003		Gettin' Square	Johnny Spitieri	--
2002		Pure	Lenny	--
2002	96%	The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers	Faramir	$340.5M
2002	52%	The Crocodile Hunter - Collision Course	Sam Flynn	$28.3M
2001	61%	The Bank	Jim Doyle	--
2001	21%	Dust	Luke	--
2001	48%	Russian Doll	Ethan	--
2001	76%	Moulin Rouge!	Audrey	$55.1M
2000	47%	Better Than Sex	Josh	--
1999	71%	Molokai: The Story of Father Damien	Father Damien	--
1998		The Boys	Brett Sprague	--
1997		A Little Bit Of Soul	Richard Shorkinghorn	--
1996		Idiot Box	Actor	--
1996		Cosi	Doug	--

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Has been voted the Sexiest Man Alive (in Australia).

- submitted by Lindsay Elizabeth M (18 months ago)

Was given the part of Faramir in the "Lord of the Rings" films because of his resemblance to his on-screen brother, Sean Bean. According to David, they both have big noses.

- submitted by Lindsay Elizabeth M (18 months ago)

Quotes from David Wenham's Characters

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1. Dilios: There's no room for softness... not in Sparta. No place for weakness. Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. Only the hard, only the strong.
From 300. Submitted by Kristin K (14 days ago)