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
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.887 |
Birthday | 1980-07-27 |
Place of Birth | Fremantle, Western Australia |
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2006
Kokoda
6.2/38
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
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Kokoda
2008
Three Blind Mice
5.7/10
Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam has been mistreated at sea and is...
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Three Blind Mice
2011
Sleeping Beauty
5.324/610
A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.
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Sleeping Beauty
2005
Jewboy
6.4/5
A young orthodox man searches for his place within his family and the rest of the world.
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Jewboy
2009
Apricot
6/9
A mysterious man with missing memories asks some very personal questions of a beautiful woman he just met.
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Apricot
2012
Dead Europe
5.528/18
In Greece to scatter his father's ashes, Isaac hears of a curse that hangs over the head of his family. Dismissing the idea, his trip begins to unveil...
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Dead Europe
2014
The Mule
6.254/130
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a...
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The Mule
Larrikins
0/0
When an uptight bilby escapes his sheltered life from his family burrow, he ventures out and finds himself launched on a musical adventure across the...
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Larrikins
2013
The Railway Man
6.862/715
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
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The Railway Man
2022
The Stranger
6.2/303
Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative...
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The Stranger
2015
The Daughter
6.4/73
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with h...
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The Daughter
2015
Death in Bloom
4/1
Death In Bloom is a dark comedy about a Door-to-Door 'Death' Salesman, who struggles to close a deal with a fabulously difficult customer.
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Death in Bloom
2018
Peter Rabbit
6.692/1753
Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover...
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Peter Rabbit
2021
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
7.124/788
Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an...
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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2008
Netherland Dwarf
5/5
Harry really wants a rabbit. Harry's Dad really wants his wife back. And somehow in the middle of all this wanting, they both seem to have forgotten t...
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Netherland Dwarf
2017
The Butterfly Tree
6.5/17
Evelyn, an ex-burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing...
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The Butterfly Tree
2018
The Nightingale
7.09/541
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of v...
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The Nightingale
2012
Suspended
0/0
Confronted by the stark reality that his father is in an intimate relationship with another woman, seven-year-old Caleb grapples with his sense of bel...
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Suspended
2007
Katoomba
0/0
A defining moment in the relationship of two best friends, who must now decide where their future lies, with or without the other.
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Katoomba
2002
The Junction Boys
5.9/13
Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&...
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The Junction Boys
2013
Scene 16
0/0
An ambitious soap actress, unable to find the authenticity in a break-up scene she is rehearsing, turns to her unsuspecting boyfriend, and plays out t...
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Scene 16
2018
Sweet Country
6.7/176
In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
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Sweet Country
2012
Mabo
7.6/4
The remarkable life story of Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo; a Torres Strait Islander who left school at the age of 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge t...
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Mabo
2004
Sold Out
0/0
The mystery of a vacant seat at a sold out cricket match.
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