David Wenham was born on September 21, 1965. He is a famous Australian actor who has been on many television series, movies and theatre productions. He is the son of Kath and Bill Wenham and was born in Sydney, Australia. He is the youngest in the family. David Wenham has 1 older brother and 5 older sisters. Before becoming a famous actor, he worked as a bingo caller and insurance clerk.
His natural talent showed itself even as a young boy, he was the class clown for creating hilarious characters at school and he would always put on house shows for his family at home. He pursued his acting at the Nepean Theatre School and started his profession in well known TV episode, Sons and daughters. He then was a working professional in several Australian television shows such as A Country Practice, Police Rescue during the nineties. He earned many nominations from the Australian Film Institute Award for his role in Rowan’s Wood films The Boys.
Among his well known part includes Faramir in The Lord of The Rings Trilogy. He was picked as a cast on this movie because he looked like his on-screen brother, Sean Bean. David Wenham remarks, both of them have big noses. Even though he only appeared two times in Lord of the Rings, he has been voted as best picture nominee three years successively.
His role being Driver Dan, in the 1998 Australian TV show Seachange has made him as a sex image, although he doesn’t prefer considering himself that way. He didn’t sign the legal contract for the next season as a result, the writers written him apart. At one point, he was selected as Australia’s sexiest man alive.
As he was in Hollywood, his presence continued to increase when he performed as Hugh Jackman’s sidekick in the vampire action film Van Helsing in 04. After that he went back to Australia in ’05 whereby he found a role for an arrogant and brutal lawyer in an award winning show The proposition. He also became a leading man when he gave a moving presentation as an honest man sustaining his household after losing a job in Three Dollars.
David Wenham began training on the gym for his Spartan warrior role on the popular film 300 around 2007. It had been an adaptation in the graphic novel of Frank Miller concerning the famous combat of Thermopylae in four hundred and eighty BC. This turned out to be a global smash hit that showed his position in Hollywood. However the actor still came back home to star in a very villainous character with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman in 08 film Australia.
This sexy Australian actor, David Wenham has been one of Australia’s greatest actors. Enjoy David Wenham episodes on TV1 Australia.