Appearances

Title	Role	Year	Approx. Age
Escape of the Artful Dodger	Oliver Twist	2001	13
Somewhere in the Darkness	Frankie	1998	10

Rowan Witt was born in Sydney. His parents are both script writers. Witt took several years off his acting career to concentrate on high school at the International Grammar School in Sydney. His graduating work topped the state, and was selected to appear in the exhibition 'ArtExpress' at the NSW Art Gallery, where he was additionally awarded the Julian Ashton drawing scholarship.

Witt was accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music University, where he completed a four-year full-time Bachelor of Music Performance, majoring in Classical Voice. With a background in improv, Witt also trained extensively at various institutions including ATYP and NIDA.

Witt studied acting and music from an early age, before going on to work extensively in film and television. Some notable roles include The Matrix (1999 - as the Spoon Boy), Somewhere in the Darkness (1999), Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001 - as Oliver Twist) and Home and Away (2001). He was short-listed for the role of Harry Potter in the series of feature films and was the only Australian actor to be flown to Leavesden Studios in England to screen-test for the role.

In 2013 he quit movie acting for the stage. He has performed in numerous classical concerts, recitals, oratorios and operas including Britten's Turn of the Screw, Puccini's Tosca, Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream and Mozart's The Magic Flute.


Witt made his musical theatre début in The Lincoln Centre's production of South Pacific at the Sydney Opera House in which he played Professor. Directed by Bartlett Sher and starring Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Lisa McCune, the production broke records for the fastest selling show in Sydney Opera House history.

This was soon followed by Witt's breakthrough role as Jack, in the 2014 Australian production of Into The Woods, at the Melbourne Arts Centre, produced by Victorian Opera. For this role He garnered critical acclaim, being described as "a talent to watch", "redefining the role", "terrifically crafted" and "bringing a depth of detail to Jack beyond any performance to date".

Witt starred in the Australian premiere of Pasek and Paul's indie hit Dogfight at the Hayes Theatre, as the young Vietnam marine, Bernstein. AussieTheatre named Witt's performance a highlight of 2015, saying: "Witt is the kind of actor that musical theatre needs." During the run of Dogfight, Witt was cast in Cameron Mackintosh's multi-Helpmann award-winning production of Les Misérables (25th Anniversary Production).

Some of Witt's other lead theatre roles during this time include John Hinckley in the Victorian tour of Sondheim's Assassins, Danny in Baby, Leaf Coneybear in William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Young Buddy in the concert production of Sondheim's Follies ? opposite Philip Quast, Debra Byrne, Lisa McCune, David Hobson and Anne Wood.

Witt is currently starring as Elder McKinley in the Australian premiere of The Book of Mormon at The Princess Theatre in Melbourne and has appeared in over 35 national and international commercials, and as a voice-over actor can be heard on screen and radio, in animation, advertising, television shows and movie soundtracks.

Rowan Witt is a vegetarian and has a twin sister, Eleanor, a musician, who performs under the stage name, ELKI.