Leon Wadham Actor Profile

Profile

Ethnicity

European

Location

Auckland, New Zealand

Height

178 cm

Age Range

31–39

Also Represented in

United States of America

Career Highlights

Leon has been acting from a young age and has appeared in a succession of significant local and international screen productions. Most recently, Leon was cast as a lead-role in Amazon’s newly released Lord of the Rings series. He appeared on local screens in 2012, after joining the core cast of popular Kiwi series Go Girls in it’s fifth season. Following this, he acted in telefeature Why Does Love, The Brokenwood Mysteries and The Bad Seed, as well as feature films Shopping and the 2016 remake of Kiwi classic Goodbye Pork Pie. Leon is currently in the UK reprising his role for season two of Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power.

Awards.

2011Toi Whakaari Museum Hotel Scholarship Award

Feature Film.

2020WeirdoesDriver Dir. Thomas Sainsbury
2016Pork PieYoung CopBlondini Enterprises Ltd
Dir. Matt Murphy
2012ShoppingThe Fresh Face (Support)Shopping NZ Limited
Dir. Mark Albiston & Loius Sutherland
2011PackedAlex Dir. Vaughan Martin Wilson
2008Under The MountianRicky (Lead)Redhead Films
Dir. Jonathan King
2006MaintainMarkSay Yes Productions
Dir. Dean Hewison

Short Film.

2012BlanketsJack (Lead)Picture the Difference Ltd & NZ Film Commission
Dir. Louise Leitch
2011A Bend In The RoadDave (Lead)Alpha Bristol Films
Dir. Rollo Wenlock
2011WellingtonNoelDir. Waka Attewell & David Geary
2008Unorthodox My Balance SheetThe AssistantDir. Sally Tran

. Film.

2007Unorthodox My Balance SheetBoss' AssistantIshland
Dir. Sally Tran

Television.

2020Lord of the RingsActor (Lead)Amazon
Dir. Various
2018Bad SeedMatt LoganDir. Robin Scholes & Chris Bailey
2018Brokenwood 5Darryn WalkerDir. Various
2018Power Rangers Beast MorphersLab AssistantPower Rangers Productions Ltd
Dir. Various
2017Roman Empire Series 2 Gemellus (Guest)Stephen David Entertainment
Dir. John Ealer
2016Why Does Love? - TelefeatureAdam HoltGreat Southern Television
2014Terry TeoJasper (Guest)Semi-Professional Pictures Ltd
Dir. Gerard Johnstone
2012Go Girls 5Levi (Core Cast)South Pacific Pictures
Dir. Various
2012Pirates of the Airwaves - Docu-Drama FilmPaul Lineham (DJ) (Major Support)Lippy Productions
Dir. Charlie Haskell
2001Dark NightTomPalana Productions
2000The Tribe (Guest Role)Cloud 9

Theatre.

2018GiddySoloBasement Theatre
Dir. Jade Eriksen
2013Lord of the FliesRalph (Lead)Auckland Theatre Company - Maidment Theatre
Dir. Colin McColl
2012TribesBilly (Core)Silo Theatre Trust, Q Theatre, Auckland
Dir. Shane Bosher
2007Brain PowerSelf PreservationOut Of Bounds
Dir. Dean Hewison
2007The CapeJordynCirca Theatre
Dir. Conrad Newport
2007The HenchmenCaptain CaffeineYoung and Hungry
Dir. Rachel More
2001RushSinger/DancerCapital Theatre Productions
2000NuncrackersStetson Productions
Dir. Ross Jolly

Voice.

2009Suzuki CampaignVarious (Lead)Stooger Studio
Dir. Gareth Curtis

Training.

McSweeney Newman Master Class Casting Workshop - 2 Day, Auckland - 2013, Tom McSweeney & Dave Newman
Bachelor of Performing Arts - 2009, Toi Whakaari:New Zealand Drama School