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Leigh Whannell

Born · January 17, 1977 (48 years old)

Known For: Writing

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia

Bio

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.

Known for

Aquaman

Aquaman

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

Saw

Saw

Insidious

Insidious

Wolf Man

Dan (voice)

2025

Insidious: The Red Door

Specs

2023

Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man

Self

2020

Aquaman

Cargo Pilot

2018

Insidious: The Last Key

Specs

2018

78/52

Self

2017

Keep Watching

Matt

2017

The Bye Bye Man

Larry Redmon

2017

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

Self

2015

Lavalantula

Darren

2015

Insidious: Chapter 3

Specs

2015

Cooties

Doug

2014

The Mule

Gavin Ellis

2014

Insidious: Chapter 2

Specs

2013

Raze

Security Guard

2013

The Pardon

Clement Moss

2013

Crush

David

2013

The Debt Collector

Donovan

2012

Dick Elves

Larry

2011

Insidious

Specs

2011

Saw 3D

Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Jatt (voice)

2010

The Last Supper

Phillip

2009

Doggie Heaven

Neil

2008

Not Quite Hollywood

Self

2008

Dying Breed

Matt

2008

30 Even Scarier Movie Moments

Himself · (2 episodes)

2007

Death Sentence

Spink

2007

The Making of Dead Silence

Self

2007

Making of Saw III

2007

Saw III

Adam Stanheight

2006

Full Disclosure Report

Adam Faulkner-Stanheight

2005

Saw II

Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited)

2005

Hacking Away at Saw

Self

2005

Saw

Adam Faulkner-Stanheight

2004

One Perfect Day

Chris

2004

Saw

David

2003

Razor Eaters

Nick D.

2003

The Matrix Reloaded

Axel

2003

TrollFace

Guy (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Referees

Footy Mate

2003

The PhanDom Menace

Himself

2002

Stygian

Clown / Punk Kid

1998

Miraculous

Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth

Recovery

(16 episodes)

1996

Blue Heelers

Jared Ryan · (2 episodes)

1993