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name: "David Wenham"
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born: "21 September 1965"
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# David Wenham

Actor. Born 21 September 1965 in Marrickville, Sydney, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1965, Marrickville, Sydney, Australia
- **Active:** 1998–2003
- **Also known as:** Daisy

## Biography

David Wenham is an Australian actor who has worked in film, television and theatre. He was born on 21 September 1965 in Marrickville, Sydney, and trained at Theatre Nepean (now part of Western Sydney University), graduating with a BA in Performing Arts in 1987.

He is known for playing Faramir in *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002) and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003). Other film roles include Dilios in *300* (2006) and its sequel, Friar Carl in *Van Helsing* (2004), and parts in *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), *Lion* (2016), *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017) and *Elvis* (2022). In Australia he has appeared in the series *SeaChange* and the film *Gettin' Square* (2003).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003), Fi1m 88, as Faramir — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Fi1m 85, as Faramir — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Fi1m 75, as Audrey — [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Dark City* (1998), Fi1m 76, as Schreber's Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-city.md)

## Also known for

- *300* (2007), Dilios/Narrator
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017), Scarfield
- *300: Rise of an Empire* (2014), Dillios
- *Lion* (2016), John Brierley
- *Van Helsing* (2004), Carl
- *Public Enemies* (2009), Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
- *Elvis* (2022), Hank Snow
- *Marvel's Iron Fist* (2017), Harold Meachum

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