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David Wenham

David Wenham

8 films · 852 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20032022

Born 21 September 1965 · Marrickville, Sydney, Australia

David Wenham AM is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Friar Carl in Van Helsing and Van Helsing: The London Assignment, Dilios in 300 and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire, Al Parker in Top of the Lake, Lieutenant John Scarfield in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Hank Snow in Elvis. He is known in his native Australia for his role as Johnny Spitieri in Gettin' Square, Diver Dan in SeaChange and Price Galese in Les Norton.

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Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 852 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20032022

  • Member of the Order of Australia2023

How their films are shot

Measured across 852 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work David takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 44% of their frames are day, 42% low key — the look of the work David takes.

Time of day

Day44%
Night41%
Golden hour9%
Dusk4%

Lighting

Low key42%
Natural33%
High key12%
Chiaroscuro7%

Shot size

Medium38%
Wide27%
Closeup22%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level71%
Low angle15%
High angle12%

Mood

Neutral31%
Tense27%
Ominous14%
Lonely10%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 852 frames from David Wenham's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.