Ewen Leslie
Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, he started appearing in various TV shows from the age of 12. He received a scholarship to study acting at John Curtin College of the Arts and was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts straight out of high school.
He was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for his lead performance in Jewboy, a film that screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and the Discovery Section at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 2007 he was invited to join the Sydney Theatre Company Actor's Company where he played Prince Hal in War of the Roses opposite Cate Blanchett. He received a Helpmann Award and a Sydney Theatre Award for this performance. His other STC credits include Riflemind which was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Josef K in an adaption of The Trial.
In 2010 he played Richard III for the Melbourne Theatre Company. He received his second Helpmann Award and a Green Room Award for this performance. In 2011 he played Hamlet in a sellout season for the Melbourne Theatre Company.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: SM
He was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for his lead performance in Jewboy, a film that screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and the Discovery Section at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 2007 he was invited to join the Sydney Theatre Company Actor's Company where he played Prince Hal in War of the Roses opposite Cate Blanchett. He received a Helpmann Award and a Sydney Theatre Award for this performance. His other STC credits include Riflemind which was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Josef K in an adaption of The Trial.
In 2010 he played Richard III for the Melbourne Theatre Company. He received his second Helpmann Award and a Green Room Award for this performance. In 2011 he played Hamlet in a sellout season for the Melbourne Theatre Company.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: SM
Known for
Prosper
The Stranger
Bali 2002
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Operation Buffalo
The Luminaries
The Gloaming
Fighting Season
The Cry
The Nightingale
Safe Harbour
Peter Rabbit
Sweet Country
The Butterfly Tree
The Daughter
Death in Bloom
The Mule
Janet King
The Railway Man
Mr & Mrs Murder
Dead Europe
Devil's Dust
Redfern Now
Suspended
Mabo
Sleeping Beauty
Griff the Invisible
Apricot
Netherland Dwarf
Three Blind Mice
Lockie Leonard
Katoomba
Kokoda
Jewboy
Sold Out
The Junction Boys
Wild Kat