Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell is a 48 year old australian actor, screenwriter, producer and director, known for Aquaman (2018), Saw 8: Jigsaw (2017) and Saw 11 (2026).
Best according to IMDb ratings
Here are the top-rated movies and series featuring Leigh Whannell, based on user ratings on IMDb.
| # | Title | IMDb |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matrix 2 (2003) | 7.2 |
| 2 | Saw 10 (2023) | 7.1 |
| 3 | The Invisible Man (2020) | 7.1 |
| 4 | Juegos Macabros 2 (2005) | 6.6 |
| 5 | The Wolf Man (2025) | 5.6 |
Leigh Whannell
- Name: Leigh Whannell
- Age: 48 years
- Height: 169 cm
- Birth Date: January 17, 1977
- Birth Region: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Nationality: Australian
Leigh Whannell's filmography
Actor
Leigh is listed as actor for twenty five titles.
The Wolf Man
Dan
Movie, 2025
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth
- Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
Insidious: The Red Door
Specs
Movie, 2023
- Director: Patrick Wilson
- Main cast: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Aquaman
Cargo Pilot
Movie, 2018
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Nicole Kidman, Amber Heard, Jason Momoa, Randall Park, Dolph Lundgren
- Music: Joseph Bishara, Rupert Gregson-Williams
Insidious 4: The Last Key
Specs
Movie, 2017
- Director: Adam Robitel
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Josh Stewart, Kirk Acevedo
- Music: Joseph Bishara
78 52
Movie, 2017
- Main cast: Guillermo del Toro, Peter Bogdanovich, Osgood Perkins
- Music: Jon Hegel
Keep Watching
Matt
Movie, 2017
- Main cast: Natalie Martinez, Bella Thorne, Chandler Riggs, Ioan Gruffudd
- Music: Tyler Bates
Insidious 3
Specs
Movie, 2015
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Cooties
Doug
Movie, 2014
- Main cast: Alison Pill, Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer
- Music: Pepijn Caudron
Insidious 2
Specs
Movie, 2013
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Crush
David
Movie, 2013
- Director: Malik Bader
- Main cast: Caitriona Balfe, Crystal Reed, Lucas Till, Sarah Bolger
Fight or Die
Security Guard
Movie, 2013
- Main cast: Rachel Nichols, Sherilyn Fenn
Legend of the Guardians
Jatt
Movie, 2010
- Director: Zack Snyder
- Main cast: Joel Edgerton, Abbie Cornish, Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten
Insidious 1
Specs
Movie, 2010
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Juegos Macabros 7
(archive footage)
Movie, 2010
- Director: Kevin Greutert
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Sean Patrick Flanery
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Dying Breed
Matt
Movie, 2008
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Mirrah Foulkes, Bille Brown, Nathan Phillips
- Music: Nerida Tyson-Chew
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Self
Movie, 2008
- Director: Mark Hartley
- Main cast: Phillip Adams, Christine Amor, Glory Annen
- Music: Stephen Cummings
Juegos Macabros 3
Adam
Movie, 2006
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Shawnee Smith
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 2
Adam Stanheight
Movie, 2005
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Erik Knudsen, Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Saw
Adam Faulkner-Stanheight
Movie, 2004
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Monica Potter, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover
- Music: Charlie Clouser
One Perfect Day
Chris
Movie, 2004
- Director: Paul Currie
- Main cast: Dawn Klingberg, Nathan Phillips, Dan Spielman
Matrix 2
Axel
Movie, 2003
- Director: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
- Main cast: Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
- Music: Don Davis
Saw 0.5
David
Short Film, 2003
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Paul Moder
Razor Eaters
Nick D.
Movie, 2003
- Main cast: Richard Cawthorne, Fletcher Humphrys, Teague Rook
The PhanDom Menace
Movie, 2002
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Don Bies, Hugh Quarshie
Stygian
Movie, 2000
- Director: James Wan, Shannon Young
- Main cast: Gil Poznanski, Lorna Pettifer, Ryan Gibson
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Screenwriter
Leigh is listed as screenwriter for fourteen titles.
The Wolf Man
Movie, 2025
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth
- Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
Insidious: The Red Door
Movie, 2023
- Director: Patrick Wilson
- Main cast: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
- Music: Joseph Bishara
The Invisible Man
Movie, 2020
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Michael Dorman
- Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
Upgrade
Movie, 2018
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Logan Marshall-Green
- Music: Jed Palmer
Insidious 4: The Last Key
Movie, 2017
- Director: Adam Robitel
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Josh Stewart, Kirk Acevedo
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Insidious 3
Movie, 2015
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Cooties
Movie, 2014
- Main cast: Alison Pill, Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer
- Music: Pepijn Caudron
Insidious 2
Movie, 2013
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Insidious 1
Movie, 2010
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Muerte silenciosa
Movie, 2007
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton, Amber Valletta, Ryan Kwanten
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 3
Movie, 2006
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Shawnee Smith
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 2
Movie, 2005
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Erik Knudsen, Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Saw
Movie, 2004
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Monica Potter, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Saw 0.5
Short Film, 2003
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Paul Moder
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Producer
Leigh is listed as producer for seventeen titles.
Saw 11
Movie, 2026
- Director: Kevin Greutert
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor
The Wolf Man
Movie, 2025
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth
- Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
Saw 10
Movie, 2023
- Director: Kevin Greutert
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Synnøve Macody Lund, Shawnee Smith
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Insidious: The Red Door
Movie, 2023
- Director: Patrick Wilson
- Main cast: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Spiral
Movie, 2021
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock, Marisol Nichols
- Music: Charlie Clouser
The Invisible Man
Movie, 2020
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Michael Dorman
- Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
Upgrade
Movie, 2018
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Logan Marshall-Green
- Music: Jed Palmer
Insidious 4: The Last Key
Movie, 2017
- Director: Adam Robitel
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Josh Stewart, Kirk Acevedo
- Music: Joseph Bishara
Saw 8: Jigsaw
Movie, 2017
- Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Laura Vandervoort
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Cooties
Movie, 2014
- Main cast: Alison Pill, Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer
- Music: Pepijn Caudron
Juegos Macabros 7
Movie, 2010
- Director: Kevin Greutert
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Sean Patrick Flanery
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 6
Movie, 2009
- Director: Kevin Greutert
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 5
Movie, 2008
- Director: David Hackl
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Scott Patterson
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 4
Movie, 2007
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Scott Patterson
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 3
Movie, 2006
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Shawnee Smith
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Juegos Macabros 2
Movie, 2005
- Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
- Main cast: Erik Knudsen, Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith
- Music: Charlie Clouser
Saw 0.5
Short Film, 2003
- Director: James Wan
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Paul Moder
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Director
Leigh is listed as director for four titles.
The Wolf Man
Movie, 2025
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth
- Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
The Invisible Man
Movie, 2020
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Michael Dorman
- Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
Upgrade
Movie, 2018
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Logan Marshall-Green
- Music: Jed Palmer
Insidious 3
Movie, 2015
- Director: Leigh Whannell
- Main cast: Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott
- Music: Joseph Bishara
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