James Wan

Characters played by James Wan

Wedding Guest — The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)

Attendee at a wedding.

Theater Director — Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)

Professional overseeing a production in Chapter 3.

Tour Bus Passenger — Lavalantula (2015)

A passenger caught in Colton's desperate escape by bus during the initial lavalantula outbreak.

Career Overview

James Wan has 151 screen credits in a career dating back to 1998. Their work spans 15 cinematic universes — most prominently Saw Collection with 11 titles. Signature works include The Conjuring, Insidious, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 151
Birth Date: 1977-02-26
Birth Place: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 15 universes

Saw Collection (11 titles)
The Conjuring Universe (10 titles)
Insidious (7 titles)
Mortal Kombat (Reboot) Collection (3 titles)
La Llorona Collection (2 titles)
Five Nights at Freddy's (2 titles)
M3GAN (2 titles)
DCEU (2 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Patrick Wilson (4 collaborations)
Joseph Bishara (3 collaborations)
Vera Farmiga (2 collaborations)
Shannon Kook (2 collaborations)
Sterling Jerins (2 collaborations)
Steve Coulter (2 collaborations)
Leigh Whannell (2 collaborations)
Ron Livingston (1 collaborations)
Lili Taylor (1 collaborations)
Joey King (1 collaborations)

Credits

production (84 credits)
- Seasons
  producer
  
  production
  
  2027
- Paranormal Activity
  producer
  
  production
  
  2027
- Blair Witch Project
  producer
  
  production
  
  2027
- The Conjuring: First Communion
  producer
  
  production
  
  2027
- The Revenge of La Llorona
  producer
  
  production
  
  2027
- The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Invocation
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Burden
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Last Train to New York
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Untitled Leah McKendrick Monster Film
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Other Mommy
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Shelter
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Thread: An Insidious Tale
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Hunting Season
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Thread: An Insidious Tale
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Insidious: Out of the Further
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Smart House
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Soulm8te
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Border Patrol
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Untitled James Wan Universal Monster Project
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Call of Cthulhu
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Cosmetic
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Boy Who Drew Monsters
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Entity
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Root of All Evil
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Mass Extinction
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Creature from the Black Lagoon
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- GMO
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Milk
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Sweet Tooth
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Backrooms
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Mortal Kombat II
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Lee Cronin's The Mummy
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Copenhagen Test
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Episode 2 ... executive producer production
  
  - Episode 1 (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  2025
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2
  producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- The Conjuring: Last Rites
  producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- M3GAN 2.0
  producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- The Monkey
  producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- Teacup
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - This Is Nowhere (2) (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - This Is Nowhere (1) (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - You Don't Know What It Means to Win (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - I'm a Witness to the Sickness (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - In the Heart of the Country (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  2024
- Salem's Lot
  producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Night Swim
  producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
  producer
  
  production
  
  2023
- Saw X
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2023
- The Nun II
  producer
  
  production
  
  2023
- Insidious: The Red Door
  producer
  
  production
  
  2023
- M3GAN
  producer
  
  production
  
  2022
- Archive 81
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - What Lies Beneath (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Ferryman (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Circle (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - Through the Looking Glass (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - Spirit Receivers (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  2022
- There's Someone Inside Your House
  producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Malignant
  producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
  producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Mortal Kombat
  producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Annabelle Comes Home
  producer
  
  production
  
  2019
- Swamp Thing
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Loose Ends (2019) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Anatomy Lesson (2019) ... executive producer production
  
  - Long Walk Home (2019) ... executive producer production
  
  - Brilliant Disguise (2019) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Price You Pay (2019) ... executive producer production
  
  2019
- The Curse of La Llorona
  producer
  
  production
  
  2019
- The Nun
  producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Insidious: The Last Key
  producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Jigsaw
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2017
- Annabelle: Creation
  producer
  
  production
  
  2017
- MacGyver
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Abduction + Memory + Time + Fireworks + Dispersal (2021) ... executive producer production
  
  - H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins (2021) ... executive producer production
  
  - Barn Find + Engine Oil + La Punzonatura + Lab Rats + Tachometer (2021) ... executive producer production
  
  - Royalty + Marriage + Vivaah Sanskar + Zinc + Henna (2021) ... executive producer production
  
  - C8H7ClO + Nano-Trackers + Resistance + Maldives + Mind Games (2021) ... executive producer production
  
  2016
- Lights Out
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- The Conjuring 2
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Insidious: Chapter 3
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- Demonic
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- Annabelle
  producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Saw 3D
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2010
- Saw VI
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- Saw V
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Saw IV
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2007
- Saw III
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Saw II
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2005
- Dead by Daylight
  producer
  
  production
- Lights Out 2
  producer
  
  production
- You Take Care Now
  producer
  
  production
- Doomtown
  producer
  
  production
- The Troop
  producer
  
  production
- Phasmophobia
  producer
  
  production
- Untitled Saw Film
  producer
  
  production
- Mortal Kombat III
  producer
  
  production
- Foliage
  producer
  
  production
- Untitled Curry Barker Film
  producer
  
  production
- Five Nights at Freddy's 3
  producer
  
  production
- Lust
  producer
  
  production
directing (19 credits)
- The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- The Call of Cthulhu
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- The Creature from the Black Lagoon
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Malignant
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Aquaman
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- The Nun
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- The Conjuring 2
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- MacGyver
  
  - The Rising (2016) ... director directing
  
  2016
- Furious 7
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Insidious: Chapter 2
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- The Conjuring
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Insidious
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Doggie Heaven
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Death Sentence
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Dead Silence
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Saw
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Saw
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Stygian
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
writing (32 credits)
- Smart House
  idea
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Soulm8te
  story
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Cosmetic
  idea
  
  writing
  
  2026
- The Creature from the Black Lagoon
  story
  
  writing
  
  2026
- The Conjuring: Last Rites
  story
  
  writing
  
  2025
- M3GAN 2.0
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2025
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
  story
  
  writing
  
  2023
- Saw X
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2023
- The Nun II
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2023
- M3GAN
  story
  
  writing
  
  2022
- Malignant
  story
  
  writing
  
  2021
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
  story
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Annabelle Comes Home
  story
  
  writing
  
  2019
- Aquaman
  story
  
  writing
  
  2018
- The Nun
  story
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Jigsaw
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2017
- The Conjuring 2
  story
  
  writing
  
  2016
- Insidious: Chapter 2
  story
  
  writing
  
  2013
- Saw 3D
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2010
- Saw VI
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Doggie Heaven
  story
  
  writing
  
  2008
- Saw V
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2008
- Saw IV
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2007
- Dead Silence
  story
  
  writing
  
  2007
- Saw III
  story
  
  writing
  
  2006
- The Scott Tibbs Documentary
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Saw II
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2005
- Saw: Rebirth
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2005
- Saw
  story
  
  writing
  
  2004
- Stygian
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1998
- Untitled Saw Film
  characters
  
  writing
actors (12 credits)
- The Conjuring: Last Rites
  Wedding Guest
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Going Deep Into the World of 'Aquaman'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Lavalantula
  Tour Bus Passenger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Insidious: Chapter 3
  Theater Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Not Quite Hollywood
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- The Making of Dead Silence
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Gregg Hoffman: In Memoriam
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Hitchcocked!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Hacking Away at 'Saw'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
crew (1 credits)
- Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2015
editing (3 credits)
- Insidious
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2011
- Doggie Heaven
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Saw
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2003

Content sources

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