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Leigh Whannell

17th January 1977 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Writing

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.

44 Movies 9 TV Shows 54 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Aquaman poster
Aquaman 7th December 2018 as Cargo Pilot
78/52 poster
78/52 13th October 2017 as Self
Raze poster
Raze 21st April 2013 as Elevator Guard
Crush poster
Crush 13th March 2013 as David
Saw 3D poster
Saw 3D 22nd October 2010 as Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saw III poster
Saw III 26th October 2006 as Adam Radford
Saw II poster
Saw II 28th October 2005 as Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited)
Saw poster
Saw 1st October 2004 as Adam Radford
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Saw 16th October 2003 as David
Stygian poster
Stygian 6th October 1998 as Clown / Punk Kid