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Ewen Leslie

Ewen Leslie

Actor · Born July 27, 1980 (46) · Fremantle, Western Australia

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. 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. In 2007 he was invited to join the Sydney Theatre Company Actor's Company where he played Prince Hal in War of the Roses opposite Cate Blanchett. He received a Helpmann Award and a Sydney Theatre Award for this performance. His other STC credits include Riflemind which was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Josef K in an adaption of The Trial. In 2010 he played Richard III for the Melbourne Theatre Company. 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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: SM

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Born
July 27, 1980 (46)
From
Fremantle, Western Australia
Works as
Actor
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 20% in 30 days

What are Ewen Leslie's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Survival
19%
Bonds
15%
Self
11%
Society
10%
Power
6%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 7

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 7

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 5
Ally
2 of 5
Threshold guardian
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Dread
7
Melancholic
9
Cold
3
Romantic
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ewen Leslie's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ewen Leslie's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

44 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.

  • Leviticus(2026)

    as Rod

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Sunny Nights(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Lewis Templeton

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Edward Lansbury

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Prosper(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dion Quinn

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Colin from Accounts(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Constable Byrne

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Stranger(2022)

    as Milliken

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Bali 2002(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Tony Keirath

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway(2021)

    as Pigling Bland (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Operation Buffalo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Major Leo Carmichael

  • The Luminaries(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Crosbie Wells

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • The Gloaming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Alex O'Connell

  • Fighting Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Captain Ted Nordenfelt

  • The Cry(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · as Alistair

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Nightingale(2018)

    as Goodwin

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Safe Harbour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · as Ryan Gallagher

  • Peter Rabbit(2018)

    as Pigling Bland (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Sweet Country(2017)

    as Harry March

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Butterfly Tree(2017)

    as Al

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Daughter(2015)

    as Oliver

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Death in Bloom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Christopher Crumples

  • The Mule(2014)

    as Paris

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Janet King(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Patrick Boccaro

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Railway Man(2013)

    as Captain Thompson

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Mr & Mrs Murder(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Hugo

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Scene 16 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Luka

  • Top of the Lake(2013)

    Show as Pyke

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Dead Europe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Isaac

  • Devil's Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Matt Peacock

  • Redfern Now(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mr. Parish

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Suspended (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Dave

  • Mabo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Bryan Keon-Cohen

  • Sleeping Beauty(2011)

    as Birdmann

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Griff the Invisible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Thanks

  • Apricot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Marcel

  • Netherland Dwarf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Dad

  • Three Blind Mice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Sam Fisher

  • Lockie Leonard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 52 episodes · Actor

  • Katoomba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Don

  • Kokoda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Wilstead

  • Jewboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Yuri

  • Sold Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Shane

  • The Junction Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Luke Mason

  • Wild Kat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • Larrikins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Hotspur (voice)

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles, 42 of them dated from 2001 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Leviticus (2026)

$8.6M worldwide

Highest rated

The Nightingale (2018)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

Leviticus (2026)

Film career

20012026

Peak 2017 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2006Screen debut· Kokoda

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting42 of 43: 42 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew1 of 43: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s10 · acting2010s21 · 20 acting · 1 crew2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles
0616

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Ewen Leslie's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Prosper (2024)

68th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Nightingale (2018)

Midcredits 89th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 81/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 87, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ewen Leslie's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles16–90 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles33–76 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles55–84 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles34–68 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles61–88 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ewen Leslie work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ewen Leslie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Thomas M. Wright shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers