Rowan Witt

Rowan Witt is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. He is known for starring in stage productions of The Book of Mormon, Hamilton, Totally Completely Fine, She Loves Me, Dogfight, Gloria, Into The Woods and South Pacific, the television series Home and Away and his role as 'Spoon Boy' in The Matrix. Early life Witt was born in Australia. His high school graduating artwork topped the s...

Rowan Witt is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. He is known for starring in stage productions of The Book of Mormon, Hamilton, Totally Completely Fine, She Loves Me, Dogfight, Gloria, Into The Woods and South Pacific, the television series Home and Away and his role as 'Spoon Boy' in The Matrix. Early life Witt was born in Australia. His high school graduating artwork topped the state, and was exhibited at the NSW Art Gallery, and was awarded the Julian Ashton drawing scholarship. Witt also undertook intensive acting training throughout school. Witt then attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he studied a Bachelor of Music Performance, majoring in Classical Voice. He also trained in acting at various notable institutions including ATYP and NIDA, with a background in theatre and improvisation. Career Witt was discovered at an early age and began working extensively in film and television, including a role in 1999 sci-fi film The Matrix playing 'Spoon Boy', alongside Keanu Reeves. Also in 1999, he played Frankie in drama film Somewhere in the Darkness. In 2001, he had a recurring guest role in long-running soap opera Home and Away, as runaway child, Toni Davidson. That same year, he landed the role of Oliver Twist in children's series Escape of the Artful Dodger in 2001. Witt was short-listed to the final few for the titular role of Harry in the Harry Potter film franchise and was notably, the only Australian actor to be flown to Leavesden Studios in England to screen-test. In 2010, the same year he graduated from the Conservatorium, Witt had a role in the third season of true crime series Underbelly and also played Leaf Coneybear in a stage production of William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. In 2012, Witt appeared in a musical theatre production of South Pacific at the Sydney Opera House for The Lincoln Centre. It was the highest selling show in the opera house's history and starred Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Lisa McCune. The following year, he had a role in drama film Adoration opposite Naomi Watts, Robin Wright and Ben Mendelsohn. Witt landed the role of Jack, in the 2014 Australian production of Into The Woods, at the Melbourne Arts Centre, for which he garnered considerable critical acclaim. That same year, he played John Hinckley in the Australian tour of Sondheim's Assassins. Witt was then cast in the 2015 Australian premiere of Pasek and Paul's musical, Dogfight, at the Hayes Theatre, as the abusive Vietnam marine, Bernstein. Midway through the season of Dogfight, Witt was cast and started work on Cameron Mackintosh's production of Les Misérables (25th anniversary production), performing and rehearsing both shows simultaneously. In 2016, Witt played Young Buddy in the acclaimed concert production of Sondheim's Follies, opposite Philip Quast, Debra Byrne, Lisa McCune, and David Hobson. He also appeared as Danny in the musical Baby at the Hayes Theatre. Witt's breakout role came as Elder McKinley in the original Australian cast of mega-musical The Book of Mormon, both at The Princess Theatre in Melbourne and the Sydney Lyric Theatre in Sydney. For this role, he won several awards including a Sydney Theatre Award, and a Helpmann Award nomination. The production boasted the biggest opening sales of any musical in Australia's history, selling more than $5 million worth of tickets in the first few hours. Directly after The Book of Mormon, Witt signed on as the romantic lead in the acclaimed revival of Bock and Harnick's She Loves Me at the Hayes Theatre, before playing Dean in the acclaimed Sydney premiere of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins' play, Gloria. For both roles he was nominated for BW and Sydney Theatre Awards. In 2021, Witt starred opposite Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) in the first Paramount+ original television series, Spreadsheet. He also l originated the role of Chandler Bing in the Australian stage production of Friends: the Musical. Then from 2022 to 2023, Witt took up the iconic role of King George III in the Australian stage production of Hamilton. It was during this period that he was cast in Sundance's dark comedy television series Totally Completely Fine, in which he starred as John, opposite Thomasin McKenzie, John Noble, and Devon Terrell. In 2025, Witt starred as Sean, partner of Kate (played by Tamala Shelton) and one of the 'living' characters in Ghosts, an Australian adaptation of the British sitcom of the same name. The series premiered on both Network 10 and Paramount+ on 2 November 2025. Personal life Witt has a sister, a pop musician, who performs under the stage name, ELKI. Awards Filmography Film Television Stage As actor As writer Video games References External links Rowan Witt at IMDb Rowan Witt at AusStage Rowan Witt at Showcast Rowan Witt at EMVoices Rowan Witt website