Ewen Leslie
| Ewen Leslie | |
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| Born | 27 July 1980 Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Ewen Leslie (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian actor.
Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, he started appearing in various TV shows from the age of 12. He received a scholarship to study acting at John Curtin College of the Arts and was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts straight out of high school.
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[edit] Film & Television Credits
He was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for his lead performance in Jewboy, a film that screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and the Discovery Section at the Sundance Film Festival. His other film credits include Three Blind Mice, Kokoda, Sleeping Beauty. His television credits include Ship to Shore, Love My Way, The Junction Boys and Lockie Leonard.
[edit] Theatre Credits
In 2007 he was invited to join the Sydney Theatre Company Actor's Company where he performed in The Serpent's Teeth, Gallipoli and played Prince Hal in War of the Roses, a Sydney/Perth Festival production directed by Benedict Andrews, for which he received a Helpmann Award and a Sydney Theatre Award. His other STC credits include Riflemind which was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Josef K in an adaption of The Trial.
For Belvoir St Theatre Theatre he has performed in Howard Brenton's Paul, Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise and an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck by Simon Stone and Chris Ryan.
In 2010 he played Richard III for the Melbourne Theatre Company. Alison Croggon in The Australian wrote: 'This is a deeply intelligent performance, physically and emotionally unafraid, in which Richard's grotesquely misshapen body belies his agile treachery. By turns comic, savage, grotesque, bestial, sly and tragic, Leslie dominates the stage. More disturbingly, he exerts his evil fascination on the audience; we cannot but be moved by him. His Richard will be talked about for years: it marks the ascension of a remarkable actor. Absolutely not to be missed'. He received his second Helpmann Award and a Green Room Award for this performance.
In 2011 he played Hamlet in a sellout season for the Melbourne Theatre Company.
[edit] Awards
Wins:
- 2010 Green Room Awards Best Male Actor for RICHARD III
- 2010 Helpmann Awards Best Male Actor in a Play for RICHARD III
- 2009 Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actor in a Lead Role for WAR OF THE ROSES
- 2009 Helpmann Awards Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for WAR OF THE ROSES
Nominations:
- 2011 Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actor in a Lead Role for THE WILD DUCK
- 2006 Movie Extra Filmink Awards Best Australian Newcomer for JEWBOY
- 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards Outstanding Achievement in Craft in a Non-Feature for JEWBOY
[edit] Interviews
- Interview with Art Nation ABC TV 2010
- 'He that plays the King' Interview with Alison Croggon for The Australian 2010
- 'From Villain to Victim' Interview with Raymond Gill for The Age 2010
- 'Hue and Cry about Ewen' Interview with Stephen Bevis for The West Australian 2010
- Interview with Frank Hatherley for Stage Whispers 2010
[edit] External links
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