Ewen Leslie | |
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Born | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia | 27 October 1984
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1993–present |
Ewen Leslie (born 27 October 1984) is an Australian stage, film and television actor.
His first work on Sydney stages was performing at the Old Fitzroy Hotel theatre in Woolloomooloo. In 2007 he was cast by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Riflemind, a play by Andrew Upton which premiered at the Sydney Theatre Company. [1]
He joined the STC Actors Company in 2008 and won a Helpmann Award [2] and a Sydney Theatre Award [3] for his performance as Prince Hal/Henry V opposite Cate Blanchett in The War of the Roses (directed by Benedict Andrews). [4]
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". [5] 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 [6] (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) [7] which had successful seasons in Sydney, Melbourne and Oslo for The Ibsen Festival.
In 2013 he was The Player in STC's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opposite Toby Schmitz and Tim Minchin. [8] In 2015 he travelled to Paris to perform in Simon Stone's production of Thyestes , and played the title role in Belvoir's production of Ivanov . [9]
In 2021 he returned to the Sydney Theatre Company to perform in Kip Williams production of Julius Caesar performed by only three actors.
His first break came when he was cast as the lead role in Jewboy , a film that screened at the Cannes Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. He has played lead roles in Three Blind Mice, Dead Europe , The Butterfly Tree and The Daughter . He has also appeared in Kokoda , The Railway Man , Sleeping Beauty , The Mule , Sweet Country and The Nightingale .
Notable roles on TV include Operation Buffalo , The Luminaries , The Gloaming , The Cry , Safe Harbour , Fighting Season , Deadline Gallipoli , Devil's Dust , Mabo , Redfern Now and Rake .
In 2017 he won an AACTA Award for his role as Pyke in the second season of Top of the Lake opposite Elisabeth Moss, Nicole Kidman and Alice Englert. Maureen Ryan in Variety wrote that his performance was "subtle and powerful", while Michael Idato in the Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "In a world where fame is fleeting and often hoisted upon the undeserved, Leslie is a proper revelation. He's a stunning performer, perhaps one of the best on our screens". [10]
He also voices the character of Pigling Bland in the Peter Rabbit films. [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Justice | Bully | |
2002 | The Doppelgangers | Fitz | Short film |
2004 | Sold Out | Punter | Short film |
2004 | Right Here Right Now | SBLT Sam Fisher | Feature film |
2005 | Jewboy | Yuri | Feature film |
2005 | Live to Give | Seb | Short film |
2005 | The Mechanicals | Toast Man | Short film |
2006 | Kokoda | Wilstead | Feature film |
2007 | Katoomba | Don | Short film |
2008 | Three Blind Mice | Sam | Feature film |
2008 | Netherland Dwarf | Dad | Short film |
2009 | Lonely | Bob | Short film |
2009 | Apricot | Marcel | Short film |
2011 | Sleeping Beauty | Birdmann | Feature film |
2012 | Dead Europe | Isaac | Feature film |
2012 | Suspended | Dave | Short film |
2013 | Scene 16 | Luke | Short film |
2013 | The Railway Man | Thompson | Feature film |
2014 | The Mule | Detective Les Paris | Feature film |
2015 | The Daughter | Oliver Finch | Feature film |
2015 | Death in Bloom | Christopher Crumples | Short film |
2017 | The Butterfly Tree | Al | Feature film |
2017 | Sweet Country | Harry March | Feature film |
2017 | Face | James | Short film |
2018 | Peter Rabbit | Pigling Bland (voice) | Feature film |
2018 | The Nightingale | Goodwin | Feature film |
2021 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Pigling Bland (voice) | Feature film |
2022 | The Stranger | Assistant Commissioner Milliken | Feature film |
TBA | Mr Pillow | Upcoming | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Ship to Shore | Guido Bellini | 52 episodes |
1996 | Bush Patrol | Dave | 1 episode |
1997 | The Gift | Boy | Episode: "The Cockroach Rap" |
2001 | Wild Kat | Morgan Ritchie | 13 episodes |
2002 | The Road from Coorain | Reg | Television film |
2002 | The Junction Boys | Luke Mason | Television film |
2003 | All Saints | Tony Hunter | 3 episodes |
2006 | Love My Way | Duc | 8 episodes |
2007 | Lockie Leonard | John East | 7 episodes |
2009 | My Place | Mr. Bracey | 1 episode |
2012 | Mabo | Bryan Keon-Cohen | Television film |
2012 | Devil's Dust | Matt Peacock | TV miniseries |
2012 | Redfern Now | Mr. Parish | 2 episodes |
2013 | Top of the Lake | Steve (voice) | Episode: "The Edge of the Universe" |
2013 | Mr & Mrs Murder | Hugo | Episode: "The Course Whisperer" |
2014 | Wonderland | Nick Deakin | 8 episodes |
2015 | Deadline Gallipoli | Keith Murdoch | 1 episode |
2015 | No Activity | Police officer (voice) | 6 episodes |
2016 | Janet King | Patrick Bocarro | 5 episodes |
2016 | Rake | Bevan Leigh | 3 episodes |
2017 | Top of the Lake | Pyke | 6 episodes |
2017 | Sisters | Abraham | 2 episodes |
2018 | Safe Harbour | Ryan Gallagher | Miniseries |
2018 | Fighting Season | Captain Edward "Ted" Nordenfelt | Main cast |
2018 | The Cry | Alistair Robertson | Main cast |
2020 | The Luminaries | Crosbie Wells | Main cast |
2020 | The Gloaming | Alex O’Connell | Main cast |
2020 | Operation Buffalo | Major Leo Carmichael | Main cast |
2022 | Pieces of Her | Arthur Gibson | 4 episodes |
2022 | Bali 2002 | Tom Keirath |
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