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David Wenham Biography

Birth Name:David Wenham

Birth Place:Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Profession Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Director, Writer

Fast Facts

At the 2012 Astra Awards, he won Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male for his role as Andrew Fraser in "Killing Time․"
In 2004, he and the cast of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" won Best Acting Ensemble at the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Before getting into acting, he was an insurance clerk and called bingo games at Sydney's Marrickville Town Hall
In 2002, he and several other actors signed up as "Ancient Forest Guardians" in Sydney
At the Steve Irwin Memorial Service, he read a poem called "The Crocodiles are Crying․"
At the Village Roadshow Pictures in 1999, he presented the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Was cast in "The Lord of the Rings" as Faramir due to his resemblance to on-screen brother Sean Bean and because they both have big noses

Awards

1998AFI Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama: nominated
1998AFI Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
1999FCCA Award-Best Actor - Male: nominated
1999Silver Logie-Most Outstanding Actor: winner
2000AFI Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2001AFI Award-Best Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2001FCCA Award-Best Actor - Male: nominated
2001IF Award-Best Actor: nominated
2002AFI Award-Best Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2002ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
2002FCCA Award-Best Actor - Male: nominated
2003Actor-Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: nominated
2003Australian Comedy Award-Outstanding Comic Performance in a Feature Film: winner
2003AFI Award-Best Actor in a Leading Role: winner
2003ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: winner
2003DVDX Award-Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD): nominated
2003FCCA Award-Best Actor - Male: winner
2003Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
2003IF Award-Best Actor: winner
2003NBR Award-Best Acting by an Ensemble: winner
2003OFCS Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2003PFCS Award-Best Acting Ensemble: winner
2004Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
2004Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble: winner
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: winner
2004Silver Logie-Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2004PFCS Award-Best Ensemble Acting: nominated
2006AFI Award-Best Lead Actor in Television Drama: winner
2007Gemini-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series: nominated
2007Silver Logie-Most Outstanding Actor: nominated
2008Saturn Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2011IF Award-Best Actor: nominated
2012Astra Award-Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male: winner
2012AACTA Award-Best Lead Actor: nominated
2012AFCA Award-Best Actor: nominated
2012FCCA Award-Best Actor - Leading Role: nominated
2012Silver Logie-Most Outstanding Actor: nominated
2012The Equity Award-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie: nominated
2013Critics' Choice TV Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries: nominated
2014Astra Award-Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male: nominated
2014AACTA Award-Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama: nominated
2014AACTA Award-Best Direction: nominated
2014AFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2014Silver Logie-Most Outstanding Actor: nominated
2014The Equity Award-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie: winner
2014The Equity Award-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie: nominated
2017AACTA Award-Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama: nominated
2018AFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2018Silver Logie-Most Outstanding Supporting Actor: nominated
2023CinEuphoria-Best Ensemble - International Competition: nominated