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Leigh Whannell

Career: Active from 1998 to 2025, busiest in 2013 and 2018 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Home Shopper
78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Leigh Whannell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
0.8, average 3.4
Romance
1.4, average 3.8
Nostalgia
1.6, average 3.8
Coming of Age
0.8, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family Trauma 4
Darkly Humorous 3
Supernatural Horror Sequel 3
Psychological Dread 3
Psychological Horror 2
Sound Design Heavy 2
Industrial Decay Aesthetic 2
Supernatural Horror 2
Atmospheric Dread 2
Moral Dilemmas 2
Absurdist Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Untitled Saw Film

Characters, Producer

The Green Hornet and Kato

Director

The Invisible Man 2

Characters

2020s

6 titles · average score 58

Insidious: Out of the Further

57

as Specs (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wolf Man

50

as Dan (voice)

Insidious: The Red Door

48

as Specs

Saw X

71

Characters, Executive Producer

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

45

Executive Producer, Characters

The Invisible Man

77

Story, Director

2010s

23 titles · average score 52

Insidious: The Last Key

48

as Specs

Upgrade

77

Writer, Director

Home Shopper

78

Story, Executive Producer

Jigsaw

49

Characters, Executive Producer

Keep Watching

42

as Matt

Insidious: Chapter 3

56

as Specs

Cooties

50

as Doug

The Mule

56

as Gavin Ellis

Insidious: Chapter 2

51

as Specs

Insidious: Spectral Sightings

TV show · as Specs

Insidious

63

as Specs

Saw 3D

33

as Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

19 titles · average score 54

Saw VI

47

Executive Producer, Characters

The Last Supper

as Phillip

Dying Breed

51

as Matt

Saw V

36

Characters, Executive Producer

Doggie Heaven

54

as Neil

Dead Silence

43

Story, Writer

Saw IV

43

Characters, Executive Producer

Saw III

51

as Adam

The Scott Tibbs Documentary

as Adam Stanheight

Saw II

52

as Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited)

Saw

62

as Adam

Saw

72

as David

1990s

2 titles · average score 69

Stygian

69

as Clown / Punk Kid

Blue Heelers

69

TV show · as Jared Ryan

1980s

1 title · average score 52

Neighbours

52

TV show · as Stuart Maughan