David Wenham - Wikipedia David Wenham This article is about the actor. For the theologian, see David Wenham ( theologian ). David Wenham Wenham at the premiere of the film The Turning at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival ( 1965 - 09 - 21 ) 21 September 1965 ( age 52 ) Marrickville, Sydney, Australia Occupation Actor Years active 1987 -- present Partner ( s ) Kate Agnew ( 1994 -- present ) Children David Wenham ( born 21 September 1965 ) is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Carl in Van Helsing, Dilios in 300 and its sequel 300 : Rise of an Empire, Neil Fletcher in Australia, Al Parker in Top of the Lake, and Lieutenant John Scarfield in Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales. He is also known in his native Australia for his role as Diver Dan in SeaChange. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life Wenham was born in Marrickville, Sydney, the son of Kath and Bill Wenham. He has five older sisters ; Helen, Anne, Carmel, Kathryn, and Maree ; and one older brother, Peter. He was raised in the Roman Catholic faith and attended Christian Brothers ' High School, Lewisham. Career Wenham started his career as an actor after graduating from Theatre Nepean at the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts ( Performing Arts ) in 1987. Wenham 's television credits include several telemovies, such as his AFI award - winning role in the 1996 telemovie Simone de Beauvoir 's Babies ; and his role as the outwardly laid back but deeply enigmatic diver Dan Della Bosca in the 1998 and 1999 seasons of the highly successful ABC television series SeaChange. His role as `` Diver Dan '' has made the actor something of a sex symbol, although he dislikes thinking of himself as such, and he has been voted Australia 's `` sexiest man alive ''. A portrait of Wenham by artist Adam Cullen won the Archibald Prize in 2000. Wenham is signed to Storm Model Management in London. Australian films Wenham has starred in include the critically acclaimed The Boys ( 1998 ) based on the play of the same name premiered at Griffin Theatre Company and in turn based on the murder of Anita Cobby ; Molokai ( 1999 ), based on the life of Father Damien ; The Bank ( 2001 ) ; Gettin ' Square ( 2003 ) ; Stiff ( 2004 ) ; The Brush Off ( 2004 ) and Three Dollars ( 2005 ). Wenham has periodically appeared in Hollywood films ; he is known for playing Faramir, son of Denethor II, in New Line Cinema 's The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King. He was also seen in Van Helsing playing Hugh Jackman 's sidekick, Friar Carl. His character, Dilios, narrated and appeared in the movie 300. Minor roles of Wenham 's in overseas films include in The Crocodile Hunter as a park ranger, and briefly in Moulin Rouge ! as Audrey. Wenham stars in the music video for Alex Lloyd 's single `` Brand New Day ''. In 2008 's Australia, he reunited with Hugh Jackman playing antagonist Neil Fletcher who seeks to acquire the ranch Jackman 's character is employed with. In both Lord of the Rings : Return of the King and 300, Wenham 's character is the sole survivor returned from an ill - fated battle ( the Battle at Osgiliath and the Battle of Thermopylae, respectively ). He reprises his role of Dilios in the videogame 300 : March to Glory for Sony PlayStation Portable, which contains a substantial amount of new dialogue. In 2009, he again took to the stage, this time as the lead actor, Jerry Springer, in the British musical Jerry Springer : The Opera. During its 6 - day run at the Sydney Opera House he played in sold - out performances alongside ARIA award - winning singer Kate Miller - Heidke. In 2010, Wenham starred as the disgraced Melbourne lawyer Andrew Fraser in the Australian TV series Killing Time. This ten - part series shows Fraser 's fall from grace as he defends many Melbourne criminals during the 1980s and 1990s. It was shown on TV1 in late 2011. Wenham plays New Zealand detective Al Parker alongside Elisabeth Moss in the 2013 BBC series Top of the Lake. In 2013, Wenham returned to the stage to play the lead role of John Proctor, in the Melbourne Theatre Company 's mid-year production of Arthur Miller 's The Crucible. In 2014, Wenham starred as Patrick Jones in Paper Planes, released on 15 January 2015. That same year, Wenham voiced the role Jacko a frilled - neck lizard, in Blinky Bill the Movie. Wenham played the role of Harold Meachum in the Netflix original TV series Iron Fist, which premiered in March 2017. Personal life He has two daughters, Eliza Jane and Millie, with his longtime girlfriend, Kate Agnew. Wenham read a poem by Rupert McCall at the memorial service for Steve Irwin. The poem was entitled `` The Crocodiles are Crying ''. Wenham is a Sydney Swans supporter. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1992 Greenkeeping Trevor 1992 Seeing Red Frank 1994 Gino Trevor 1994 Tran the Man Raymond `` Tran '' Moss Short film 1994 No Escape Hotel Guard No. 2 1995 Roses Are Red Brian Cosi Doug Idiot Box Bank Teller 1998 The Boys Brett Sprague 1998 Dark City Schreber 's Assistant 1998 A Little Bit of Soul Dr. Richard Shorkinghorn 1999 Molokai : The Story of Father Damien Father Damien 2000 Better Than Sex Josh 2001 Russian Doll Ethan 2001 Moulin Rouge ! Audrey 2001 The Bank Jim Doyle 2001 Dust Luke 2002 The Crocodile Hunter : Collision Course Sam Flynn 2002 Pure Lenny 2002 The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers Faramir 2003 Gettin ' Square Johnny Spitieri 2003 Basilisk Stare Dave 2003 The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Faramir Van Helsing Carl 2005 Three Dollars Eddie Harnovey 2005 The Proposition Eden Fletcher 2007 300 Dilios 2008 Married Life John O'Brien 2008 The Children of Huang Shi Barnes 2008 Australia Neil Fletcher 2009 Public Enemies Harry Pierpont 2009 Pope Joan Gerold Legend of the Guardians : The Owls of Ga'Hoole Digger ( voice ) Oranges and Sunshine Len 2014 300 : Rise of an Empire Dilios 2015 Paper Planes Patrick 2015 Blinky Bill the Movie Jacko ( voice ) 2015 Force of Destiny Robert Filming 2016 Goldstone Johnny 2016 Lion John Brierley 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales Lieutenant John Scarfield 2017 Ellipsis ( Director ) Director 2018 Peter Rabbit Johnny Town - Mouse ( voice ) Television Year Title Role Notes A Country Practice Ambulanceman 1 Episode : `` Mozart Rules -- Part 1 '' Sons and Daughters Debt Collector Episode : `` # 1.954 '' A Country Practice Scott Galbraith 2 episodes Come In Spinner Australian soldier Mini-series 1991 Police Rescue Ferret Episode : `` The Cosmic Lightbeam '' 1992 A Country Practice David Cornish 2 episodes 1994 Blue Heelers William Cassidy Episode : `` The Folly of Youth '' Blue Heelers Robbie Doyle Episode : `` Happy Families '' Return to Jupiter Dr. Ghrobak 2 episodes 1998 -- 1999 SeaChange Dan Della Bosca 15 episodes The Brush - Off Murray Whelan Telemovie 2006 Answered by Fire Mark Waldman Two - part mini-series 2009 Deadliest Warrior Narrator Credited as `` Drew Skye '' 2011 Killing Time Andrew Fraser 10 episodes 2012 Dripping in Chocolate Bennett O'Mara 2013, 2017 Top of the Lake Al Parker 7 episodes 2013 Better Man Julian McMahon 4 episodes 2014 The Code Ian Bradley 6 episodes 2015 Banished Captain Arthur Phillip, 1st Governor of New South Wales 2015 Who Do You Think You Are ? Himself Series 7, Episode 4 2017 Iron Fist Harold Meachum 10 episodes Awards and nominations Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actor in Television Drama for Simone de Beauvoir 's Babies ( 1997 ) -- winner Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actor in Television Drama for Answered by Fire ( 2006 ) -- winner References Jump up ^ `` Spittin ' image ''. The Age. Melbourne. 5 October 2003. Jump up ^ Fr Damien role is ' uplifting ' -- actor Archived 3 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Mendelssohn, Joanna ( 13 February 2008 ). `` Want to go to art school ? Do n't live in Western Sydney ''. Crikey. Retrieved 10 March 2015. Jump up ^ Field, Melissa ( 1 April 2007 ). `` The star of David ''. Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Jump up ^ `` David Wenham AgeOfTheRing Biography ''. Jump up ^ `` Biography ''. David Wenham appreciation site. Retrieved 10 March 2015. Jump up ^ Edmond, Martin ( 30 September 2014 ). `` Declivities and eminences ''. Sydney Review of Books. Writing and Society Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney. Retrieved 10 March 2015. Jump up ^ Storm Model Management, Special Bookings Archived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Entertainment : Top of the Lake ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013. Jump up ^ `` Mad Woman, Bad Girl ''. New York Post. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2013. Jump up ^ Opam, Kwame. `` 6 problems that make Iron Fist so frustrating ''. TheVerge.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017. Jump up ^ David Wenham -- Yahoo ! TV Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ The Crocodile Hunter : A Tribute to Steve Irwin on IMDb Jump up ^ `` Kidman heads army of Swans ' true believers ' ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 March 2005. Jump up ^ Jenah Paclibar Sep 19, 2015 10 : 02 AM ( 2015 - 09 - 19 ). `` Pirates of the Caribbean 5 movie news : Orlando Bloom reprises role as Will Turner as franchise goes back to its roots ''. Vinereport.com. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 28. ^ Jump up to : `` Past Winners, Television 1986 -- 2006 '' ( PDF ). AFI Television Awards. Australian Film Institute. 2006. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 28 November 2007. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Wenham. David Wenham on IMDb Urban Cinefile Awards for David Wenham AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Bruce Spence ( 1972 ) Robert McDarra ( 1973 ) Jack Thompson ( 1974 ) Martin Vaughan ( 1975 ) Simon Burke and Nick Tate ( 1976 ) John Meillon ( 1977 ) Bill Hunter ( 1978 ) Mel Gibson ( 1979 ) Jack Thompson ( 1980 ) Mel Gibson ( 1981 ) Ray Barrett ( 1982 ) Norman Kaye ( 1983 ) John Hargreaves ( 1984 ) Chris Haywood ( 1985 ) Colin Friels ( 1986 ) Leo McKern ( 1987 ) John Waters ( 1988 ) Sam Neill ( 1989 ) Max von Sydow ( 1990 ) Hugo Weaving ( 1991 ) Russell Crowe ( 1992 ) Harvey Keitel ( 1993 ) Nicholas Hope ( 1994 ) John Lynch ( 1995 ) Geoffrey Rush ( 1996 ) Richard Roxburgh ( 1997 ) Hugo Weaving ( 1998 ) Russell Dykstra ( 1999 ) Eric Bana ( 2000 ) Anthony LaPaglia ( 2001 ) David Gulpilil ( 2002 ) David Wenham ( 2003 ) Sam Worthington ( 2004 ) Hugo Weaving ( 2005 ) Shane Jacobson ( 2006 ) Eric Bana ( 2007 ) William McInnes ( 2008 ) Anthony LaPaglia ( 2009 ) Ben Mendelsohn ( 2010 ) Daniel Henshall ( 2011 ) Chris O'Dowd ( 2012 ) Leonardo DiCaprio ( 2013 ) David Gulpilil ( 2014 ) Michael Caton ( 2015 ) Andrew Garfield ( 2016 ) Sunny Pawar ( 2017 ) AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama Simon Chilvers ( a ) and Peter Kowitz ( b ) ( 1986 ) Nicholas Eadie ( a ) and Steve Jacobs ( b ) ( 1987 ) Ed Devereaux ( a ) and Ernie Dingo ( b ) ( 1988 ) Peter Kowitz ( a ) and Bill Hunter ( b ) ( 1989 ) Frankie J. Holden ( c ) ( 1990 ) Gary Sweet ( 1991 ) Gary Sweet ( 1992 ) Peter Phelps ( 1993 ) Aaron Blabey ( 1994 ) Colin Friels and Steven Vidler ( 1995 ) Tony Martin ( 1996 ) David Wenham ( 1997 ) Stephen Dillane ( 1998 ) Jeremy Sims ( 1999 ) Geoff Morrell and Andy Anderson ( c ) ( 2000 ) Samuel Johnson and David Field ( c ) ( 2001 ) Joel Edgerton ( 2002 ) Shane Bourne ( d ) ( 2003 ) Abe Forsythe ( d ) ( 2004 ) Shane Bourne ( e ) ( 2005 ) David Wenham ( 2006 ) Stephen Curry ( 2007 ) Gyton Grantley ( 2008 ) Roy Billing ( 2009 ) Richard Roxburgh ( 2010 ) Alex Dimitriades ( 2011 ) Richard Roxburgh ( 2012 ) Lachy Hulme ( 2013 ) Ashley Zukerman ( 2014 ) Joel Jackson ( 2015 ) Samuel Johnson ( 2016 ) Key : ( a ) = Winner of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Mini Series ( b ) = Best Actor in a Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature ( c ) = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, in a Mini-Series or Telefeature ( d ) = Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy ( e ) = Best Lead Actor in Television All other names, which are n't marked with a letter next to their name, have won the current Lead Actor in a Television Drama award. Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Gosford Park ( 2001 ) Chicago ( 2002 ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( 2003 ) Sideways ( 2004 ) Crash ( 2005 ) Little Miss Sunshine ( 2006 ) Hairspray ( 2007 ) Milk ( 2008 ) Inglourious Basterds ( 2009 ) The Fighter ( 2010 ) The Help ( 2011 ) Silver Linings Playbook ( 2012 ) American Hustle ( 2013 ) Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) ( 2014 ) Spotlight ( 2015 ) Moonlight ( 2016 ) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ( 2017 ) Equity Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Movie or Miniseries The Slap ( 2011 ) : Costabile ; B. Davis ; E. Davis ; Dimitriades ; George ; Glenn ; Hayes ; LaPaglia ; Lowe ; Marinos ; McInnes ; Okonedo ; Townsend ; Yianni Devil 's Dust ( 2012 ) : Foulkes ; Hany ; Hayes ; Hegney ; Leslie ; Schepisi Top of the Lake ( 2013 ) : Buchanan ; Hunter ; Joe ; Lemon ; Malcolm ; Moss ; Mullan ; Nevin ; Ryan ; Wenham ; Wright ANZAC Girls ( 2014 ) : Brent ; Clare ; Craig ; Debelle ; Flood ; Lasance ; Mayer ; McClelland ; McGahan ; Prebble Peter Allen : Not the Boy Next Door ( 2015 ) : Baldwin ; Farnell ; Gibney ; Jackson ; Mills, Szeps ; Thornton ; West Barracuda ( 2016 ) : Anton ; Cobham - Hervey ; Creer ; Griffiths ; Haralabidou ; Kindon ; Nable ; Taylor Seven Types of Ambiguity ( 2017 ) : Demitriades ; Dimitriades ; Hayes ; Molloy ; Peirse ; Porter ; Samuel ; Walsman ; Weaving BNF : cb14238575w ( data ) GND : 136950922 ISNI : 0000 0001 1458 2441 LCCN : no2003071670 SUDOC : 144092298 VIAF : 164024577 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Wenham&oldid=851321737 '' Categories : 1965 births Living people Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Australian male voice actors Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners People from Marrickville 20th - century Australian male actors 21st - century Australian male actors Male actors from Sydney University of Western Sydney alumni Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Use dmy dates from September 2014 Use Australian English from January 2012 All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Latina Magyar მარგალური Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Українська 中文 25 more Edit links This page was last edited on 21 July 2018, at 14 : 11 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played faramir in the lord of the rings
Answer: David Wenham