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Date of birth (location)
September 21, 1965
Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mini-Biography
David recieved both a Film Critics' Circle of Australia Nomination and an Australian Film Institute nomination for his role in The Boys, a film he helped produce. In all, the film recieved 13 AFI nominations.
Although he is best known for his role as Diver Dan in the tv series, Seachange, David has won AFI awards for Best Actor in both Simone De Beauvoir's Babies and Twisted Tales, two tv dramas that helped David's fame and popularity as an actor rise.
Not only has David made a name for himself in films and tv, but he is quite the theater star as well. David has had roles in Hamlet, The Headbutt, Cosi, and The Tempest with Belvoir Street Theatre, Art and Tartuffe with the Sydney Theatre Company, and That Eye the Sky with Burning House. David even starred in the theatrical version of The Boys with the Griffin Theatre.
David will be starring in The Two Towers as Faramir, the character whom is the younger brother of Boromir (played by Sean Bean in Fellowship of the Ring). Based on the popular trilogy of J.R.R Tolkien and directed by Peter Jackson, The Two Towers will include such stars as Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, and Chrisopher Lee. David will also appear in the third film, Return of the King in 2003.
Interesting Facts
Adam Cullen�s portrait of David Wenham has won The 2000 Archibald Prize
1 brother, 5 sisters
In 1999 he presented the Village Roadshow Pictures Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
2001 - David Wenham on stage at Adelaide's Festival Theatre narrated historical Australian texts, accompanied by the city's symphony orchestra. The pieces included the former prime minister's famous 1992 Redfern speech on the need for Aboriginal reconciliation and native title laws.
March 13, 2002 - David sighed up as an "Ancient Forest Guardian" in Sydney, together with some more Australian actors, e.g. Sam Neill or Toni Collette