Ewen Leslie

Ewen Leslie

actor, editor

Ewen Leslie was born on Jul 27, 1980 in Western Australia. Ewen Leslie's big-screen debut came with The Gift - Season 1 directed by Kendal Flanagan in 1997, strarring Big boy #1. Ewen Leslie is known for The Nightingale directed by Jennifer Kent, Aisling Franciosi stars as Clare and Maya Christie as Baby Brigid. Ewen Leslie has got 1 awards and 15 nominations so far. The most recent award Ewen Leslie achieved is Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards. The upcoming new movie Ewen Leslie plays is The Stranger which will be released on Oct 19, 2022.

He was born in Fremantle, Western Australia. He gained a scholarship to study theatre at John Curtin College of the Arts and at age 12 was cast in the TV series Ship to Shore. He was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts straight out of high school and graduated in 2000. He has become a leading actor across Film, TV and Theatre.In 2007 he was cast by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Riflemind, a play by Andrew Upton which premiered at the Sydney Theatre Company. He was offered a place in the STC Actors Company by Robyn Nevin, and in 2009 won a Helpmann Award and a Sydney Theatre Award for his performance as Prince Hal/Henry V opposite Cate Blanchett in The War of the Roses (directed by Benedict Andrews).In 2010 he played Richard III at the Melbourne Theatre Company directed by Simon Philips. Alison Croggon in The Australian wrote: 'This is a deeply intelligent performance, physically and emotionally unafraid. It marks the ascension of a remarkable actor'. He won his second Helpmann Award and a Green Room Award for this performance. The following year he played Hamlet in a sellout season at the Melbourne Theatre Company (a role he would reprise in 2013 in Sydney for Belvoir St Theatre).He played one of the lead roles in The Wild Duck (directed by Simon Stone) which had successful seasons in Sydney, Melbourne and Oslo for The Ibsen Festival. He was The Player in STC's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opposite Toby Schmitz and Tim Minchin. In 2015 he traveled to Paris to perform in Simon Stone's production of Thyestes, and played the title role in Belvoir's award-winning production of Ivanov.

  • Birthday

    Jul 27, 1980
  • Place of Birth

    Fremantle, Western Australia
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

1 wins & 15 nominations

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
2017
Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama
Winner - AACTA Award
2017
Best Lead Actor
Winner - AACTA Award
The Butterfly Tree (2017)

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