David Wenham is an Australian theater, film and television actor, producer, nominee for the BFCA Film Awards, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, the United States Film Actors Guild and many others. David became famous for his roles in the films: The Lord of the Rings, Van Helsing, 300 Spartans, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Australia, Johnny D.
Wenham began his creative biography in 1988 and to date has starred in more than seventy films. The actor has amazing charisma, fans adore him and appreciate him and are always looking forward to David's new appearance on the screens.
The beginning of the biography
David was born in Australia, in the fall of 1965, into a large family, where in addition to him there were six more children: five older sisters and one older brother. The boy was brought up in a religious family belonging to radical Catholics, and studied at a church school. It was there that he began to participate in Christmas performances and sing in the choir. From childhood, David was passionate about creativity and dreamed about how he would enter the stage and become a famous artist.
Parents did not support the desire of his son, but he made a firm decision to find himself in the work and build an acting career. Therefore, immediately after receiving secondary education, David moved to Sydney. There, the young man begins to look for work in the cinema, attends various auditions and tries on small roles in television series. To earn a living, Wenham got a job in a small insurance company, where he works as an ordinary employee.
The first role went to David in the then-popular Australian television series Heroes. Work on television did not bring fame to the young actor, but he gained irreplaceable experience and gradually began to master acting and move towards his goal.
Creative career
For several years, Wenham starred in low-budget Australian films, playing secondary roles or playing in extras. But David does not despair and continues to search for himself in creativity.
Wenham gets his first serious role when he is thirty-three years old. The painting was called "Boys", it told about a former prisoner who is trying to integrate into society after his release. David gets the lead role, and soon producers and directors begin to notice him. After good luck in the film, the actor decides to leave Australia and travels to Hollywood in search of success and fame.
Jobs in Hollywood
After moving to America, David after some time met with the director B. Lurman and actress N. Kidman. This acquaintance became crucial for the young actor. He gets a role in the famous film "Moulin Rouge", later nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe.
In the film he got a secondary role, but since it was a musical, and the actors in it performed musical parts themselves, David, possessing a beautiful voice, immediately attracted attention. “Moulin Rouge” brought David popularity, and he was happy that he was finally able to break through to the heights of cinematic fame.
Soon, the actor falls on the casting of the film “Lord of the Rings” and successfully passes it, having received the role of Faramir. Filming was pretty difficult for David. I had to wear very uncomfortable and heavy suits and, despite the fact that he had been preparing for work for a long time, underwent special training, studied horseback riding and fencing, everything turned out to be not as simple on the site as he had imagined.
For this role, David received many awards and was among the most sought after Hollywood actors.
The next starring role for Wenham was the image of Karl in the film Van Helsing. The picture received great recognition from the audience and collected more than $ 300 million at the box office.
In his future career, there were such films as: “Proposal”, “300 Spartans”, “Johnny D”, “Australia”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”, and TV shows: “Top of the Lake”, “Exiles”, The Iron Fist. He also participates in the voice-over of the cartoon: Legends of the Night Watch.
