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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.
Wolf Man
Dan (voice)
6.4
2025
Insidious: The Red Door
Specs
6.6
2023
Director’s Journal: Making The Invisible Man
Self
0.0
2020
Aquaman
Cargo Pilot
6.9
2018
Insidious: The Last Key
Specs
6.3
2018
78/52
Self
7.2
2017
Keep Watching
Matt
5.1
2017
The Bye Bye Man
Larry Redmon
5.2
2017
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
Self
7.0
2015
Lavalantula
Darren
4.9
2015
Insidious: Chapter 3
Specs
6.3
2015
Cooties
Doug
5.9
2014
The Mule
Gavin Ellis
6.2
2014
Insidious: Chapter 2
Specs
6.7
2013
Raze
Security Guard
5.1
2013
The Pardon
Clement Moss
4.6
2013
Crush
David
6.0
2013
The Debt Collector
Donovan
6.0
2012
Dick Elves
Larry
6.0
2011
Insidious
Specs
6.9
2011
Saw 3D
Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.0
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Jatt (voice)
6.8
2010
The Last Supper
Phillip
1.0
2009
Doggie Heaven
Neil
5.2
2008
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
6.8
2008
Dying Breed
Matt
5.2
2008
30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
Himself · (2 episodes)
6.0
2007
Death Sentence
Spink
6.8
2007
The Making of Dead Silence
Self
5.7
2007
Making of Saw 3
0.0
2007
Saw III
Adam Stanheight
6.4
2006
Full Disclosure Report
Adam Faulkner-Stanheight
0.0
2005
Saw II
Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited)
6.6
2005
Hacking Away at Saw
Self
6.0
2005
Saw
Adam Faulkner-Stanheight
7.4
2004
One Perfect Day
Chris
5.2
2004
Saw
David
7.0
2003
Razor Eaters
Nick D.
5.6
2003
The Matrix Reloaded
Axel
7.1
2003
TrollFace
Guy (archive footage) (uncredited)
0.0
The PhanDom Menace
Himself
0.0
2002
Stygian
Clown / Punk Kid
0.0
1998
Recovery
(16 episodes)
0.0
1996
Blue Heelers
Jared Ryan · (2 episodes)
6.6
1993