Ewen Leslie
Actor
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
as Pigling Bland (voice) 2021
The Railway Man
as Captain Thompson 2013
Sleeping Beauty
as Birdmann 2011
The Nightingale
as Goodwin 2018
The Stranger
as Milliken 2022
Sweet Country
as Harry March 2018
The Mule
as Paris 2014
The Daughter
as Oliver 2015
Kokoda
as Wilstead 2006
Dead Europe
as Isaac 2012
The Butterfly Tree
as Al 2017
The Junction Boys
as Luke Mason 2002
Three Blind Mice
as Sam Fisher 2008
Apricot
as Marcel 2009
Jewboy
as Yuri 2005
Netherland Dwarf
as Dad 2008