---
name: "Leigh Russell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leigh-russell"
fi1m_id: "leigh-russell"
imdb_id: "nm0751285"
tmdb_id: 65025
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1964"
died: "1 January 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:54:04.030640+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leigh Russell

## Identity

Leigh Russell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leigh-russell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leigh-russell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0751285
- **TMDB ID:** 65025
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65025

Actor. Born 1 January 1964 in Australia. Died 1 January 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1964, Australia
- **Died:** 1 January 2004
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65025

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Romper Stomper*](https://film.one/film/romper-stomper.md) (43)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leigh Russell was an Australian actor. He played Sonny Jim in the 1992 film *Romper Stomper*.

His other screen credits include the films *Greenkeeping* (1992) and *Dust Off the Wings* (1997), and television appearances in series such as *Phoenix* (1993) and *Bad Cop, Bad Cop* (2002). He died in May 2004 in Sydney.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Romper Stomper* (1992), Fi1m 43, as Sonny Jim — [page](https://film.one/film/romper-stomper.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Cop, Bad Cop* (2002), series, as Deranged Man
- *Dust Off the Wings* (1997), as Luke
- *Twisted Tales* (1996), series, as Taxi Driver
- *Greenkeeping* (1992), as Dave
- *Romper Stomper* (1992), as Sonny Jim — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/romper-stomper.md)
- *Phoenix* (1992), series, as Danny
- *The Girl from Tomorrow* (1992), series, as Punk Boy
- *Police Rescue* (1991), series, as Tony Wilson
- *Sky Trackers* (1990), as Carlo Delamontay

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