Leigh Whannell
Born January 17, 1977 (Age: 49)
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Melbourne, Australia
Biography
Leigh Whannell (/ˈli ˈwɑːnɛl/; born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and has since directed three more films, Upgrade (2018), The Invisible Man (2020) and Wolf Man (2025). Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was the producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009) and co-writer of the film Cooties (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Leigh Whannell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Leigh Whannell (/ˈli ˈwɑːnɛl/; born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and has since directed three more films, Upgrade (2018), The Invisible Man (2020) and Wolf Man (2025).
Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was the producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009) and co-writer of the film Cooties (2014).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Leigh Whannell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Wolf Man
2025
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as Dan (voice)
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Age: 47
Insidious: The Red Door
2023
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as Specs
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Age: 46
Aquaman
2018
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as Cargo Pilot
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Age: 41
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
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as Specs
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Age: 40
The Bye Bye Man
2017
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as Larry Redmon
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Age: 39
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
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as Specs
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Age: 38
Cooties
2014
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as Doug
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Age: 37
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
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as Specs
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Age: 36
Insidious
2011
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as Specs
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Age: 34
Saw 3D
2010
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as Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 33
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
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as Jatt (voice)
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Age: 33
Death Sentence
2007
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as Spink
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Age: 30
Making of Saw III
2007
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as Self
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Age: 30
Saw III
2006
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as Adam Stanheight
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Age: 29
Saw II
2005
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as Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 28
Hacking Away at Saw
2005
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as Self
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Age: 28
Saw
2004
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as Adam Faulkner-Stanheight
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Age: 27
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
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as Axel
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Age: 26