• Name: Leigh Whannell
• Date of Birth: January 17, 1977
• Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography: Leigh Whannell grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where, at the age of four, he developed an obsession with telling stories. Whether it be through acting, writing or filmmaking, his primary love was...( read more ) getting a reaction from an audience. In 1995, at the age of 18, he was accepted into the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's prestigious Media Arts course, where he met fellow filmmaker James Wan. In his second year of college, he landed the role of 'film guy' on a Saturday morning TV show called 'Recovery'. Hosting the film component of the show, Leigh was lucky enough to interview people like Tim Burton, Peter Jackson, Russell Crowe, and George Clooney.

After graduating from college, Leigh found himself working more and more as a 'host' or 'presenter' on Australian TV. Small acting roles cropped up from time to time (including one in 'The Matrix Reloaded', which Leigh has said was "the most fun I've ever had in my life") and, along with those, an audition for 'Lord Of The Rings', in which he paid $90 to have 'hobbit ears' grafted onto his head, turning up at the casting office dressed as a hobbit - needless to say he didn't get the role. However, it was missing out on a role in Alex 'The Crow' Proyas' Australian film 'Garage Days' that finally broke the camel's back. He called Wan and told him that if they wanted to get a film made, they would have to pay for it themselves. 'Saw' was born. After nine months of writing, Leigh had written the screenplay for what he thought would be a self-financed, 'Blair Witch'-style feature, with him starring and James directing. The script gained so much attention that soon enough, they were shopping it around Hollywood....and the rest is history.

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  XxxHELPLESSNESSxxX

  oh man ur super hot lol :P
  
  luv ya :}
  
  hehehehehehehehe
  
  u wer more than amazing i saw i swear ;)
  
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  posted 32 days ago
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  Aeven

  He is best
  Love him 4ever <3

  posted 100 days ago
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  feedme409

  I hope to be an actress some day, and im currently making a home movie myself, so i know what im saying when I say that Leigh Whannell is a GREAT actor! He is my role model. See you at the Oscars, Leigh!
  Perci McCabre

  posted 121 days ago
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  Gracenleigh44

  dawm he is 1 fine dude...

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  LeighnessLover01

  Leigh Whannell.....is The God of SEXY♥
  and hes such an amazing, down-to-earth guy(i met him once at Monster-Mania)
  heres my myspace if u wanna see even more of leigh!
  http://www.myspace.com/leighnesslover
  
  

  posted 417 days ago
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  chocolateswirl11

  In SAW, the scene where he is looking for something to tie to his shirt, to get the tape recorder out of jigsaw's hand, he forgets to use his american accent for one line. Cary (Lawrence) says "There must be something" and Leigh says "There's Nothing" in his normal aussie accent!! Plus this guy is sexy and the most awesome writer/actor ever!!

  posted 531 days ago
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  omgisa

  go sexy aussie accent! :D

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  TheNarratorX

  i agree with the first person. call me weird, but i like the way this guy talks.

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  stevey619

  hes awsome!!!

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  may1989

  Leigh is cool:D

  posted 629 days ago

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