Portrait of Leigh Whannell

Writing

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
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Home Shopper
Home Shopper
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 6.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
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

Select a genre to see those titles.

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
Untitled Saw Film

Characters, Producer

The Green Hornet and Kato
The Green Hornet and Kato

Director

The Invisible Man 2
The Invisible Man 2

Characters

2020s

6 titles ยท average score 58
Insidious: Out of the Further
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)
GoodWatch score 57

as Specs (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wolf Man
Wolf Man (2025)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dan (voice)

Insidious: The Red Door
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
GoodWatch score 48

as Specs

Saw X
Saw X (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

Characters, Executive Producer

Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
GoodWatch score 45

Executive Producer, Characters

The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (2020)
GoodWatch score 77

Story, Director

2010s

23 titles ยท average score 52
Insidious: The Last Key
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
GoodWatch score 48

as Specs

Upgrade
Upgrade (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer, Director

Home Shopper
Home Shopper (2018)
GoodWatch score 78

Story, Executive Producer

Jigsaw
Jigsaw (2017)
GoodWatch score 49

Characters, Executive Producer

Keep Watching
Keep Watching (2017)
GoodWatch score 42

as Matt

Insidious: Chapter 3
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
GoodWatch score 56

as Specs

Cooties
Cooties (2014)
GoodWatch score 50

as Doug

The Mule
The Mule (2014)
GoodWatch score 56

as Gavin Ellis

Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
GoodWatch score 51

as Specs

Insidious: Spectral Sightings
Insidious: Spectral Sightings (2013)

TV show ยท as Specs

Insidious
Insidious (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

as Specs

Saw 3D
Saw 3D (2010)
GoodWatch score 33

as Adam Stanheight (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

19 titles ยท average score 54
Saw VI
Saw VI (2009)
GoodWatch score 47

Executive Producer, Characters

The Last Supper
The Last Supper (2009)

as Phillip

Dying Breed
Dying Breed (2008)
GoodWatch score 51

as Matt

Saw V
Saw V (2008)
GoodWatch score 36

Characters, Executive Producer

Doggie Heaven
Doggie Heaven (2008)
GoodWatch score 54

as Neil

Dead Silence
Dead Silence (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

Story, Writer

Saw IV
Saw IV (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

Characters, Executive Producer

Saw III
Saw III (2006)
GoodWatch score 51

as Adam

The Scott Tibbs Documentary
The Scott Tibbs Documentary (2006)

as Adam Stanheight

Saw II
Saw II (2005)
GoodWatch score 52

as Adam Stanheight (voice) (uncredited)

Saw
Saw (2004)
GoodWatch score 62

as Adam

Saw
Saw (2003)
GoodWatch score 72

as David

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 69
Stygian
Stygian (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

as Clown / Punk Kid

Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Jared Ryan

1980s

1 title ยท average score 52
Neighbours
Neighbours (1985)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Stuart Maughan