David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Date of Birth:

Mar 20, 1963

Place of Birth:

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis, is an English actor and filmmaker. He is known as a character actor and has appeared in a wide variety of genres in both film and television. He has received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and nominations for two BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Thewlis made his film debut in Little Dorrit (1987) and acted in the Mike Leigh films Life is Sweet (1990) and Naked (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the latter. He then appeared in films such as Black Beauty (1994), Restoration (1995), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Dragonheart (1996), and Seven Years in Tibet (1997). He became more widely known to film audiences for his roles as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter franchise (2004–2011) and Ares / Sir Patrick Morgan in Wonder Woman (2017). Other film roles include Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Anomalisa (2015), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), and Enola Holmes 2 (2022).

Thewlis' most notable television roles include V. M. Varga in the third season of FX's Fargo (2017), the voice of the Shame Wizard in the Netflix animated sitcoms Big Mouth (2017–present) and Human Resources (2022–present), Christopher Edwards in the HBO miniseries Landscapers (2021), and John Dee in the Netflix drama series The Sandman (2022). His performance in Fargo earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award.

filmography:

An Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls

2015

Swords at Teatime Swords at Teatime

1992

The Short & Curlies The Short & Curlies

1987

The Big Lebowski The Big Lebowski

1998

Sunday Roast Sunday Roast

2014

Little Wolf's Book of Badness Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003

American Perfekt American Perfekt

1997

Journey to Knock Journey to Knock

1991

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman

2017

Love Story Love Story

1999

Legend Legend

2015

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

The New World The New World

2005

Vroom Vroom

1988

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

2004

Road Road

1987

Queen & Country Queen & Country

2015

The Theory of Everything The Theory of Everything

2014

Stonehearst Asylum Stonehearst Asylum

2014

The Organ Grinder's Monkey The Organ Grinder's Monkey

2011

Regression Regression

2015

Macbeth Macbeth

2015

The Mercy The Mercy

2018

Little Dorrit Little Dorrit

1987

Anomalisa Anomalisa

2015

Athena Athena

2010

Avatar: Fire and Ash Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

Black and Blue Black and Blue

1992

The Amazing Maurice The Amazing Maurice

2022

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

2016

Deep Red Instant Love Deep Red Instant Love

1988

I'm Thinking of Ending Things I'm Thinking of Ending Things

2020

Val Val

2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

Skulduggery Skulduggery

1991

Rare Beasts Rare Beasts

2021

How to Get a Head in Sculpture How to Get a Head in Sculpture

2011

Separate We Come, Separate We Go Separate We Come, Separate We Go

2013

Dinotopia Dinotopia

2002

Hamilton Mattress Hamilton Mattress

2002

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017

Justice League Justice League

2017

Guest of Honour Guest of Honour

2020

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

2018

Eternal Beauty Eternal Beauty

2020

D.I.Y. Hard D.I.Y. Hard

2002

The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate

2013

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

DragonHeart DragonHeart

1996

Goodbye Charlie Bright Goodbye Charlie Bright

2001

Naked Naked

1993

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

The Island of Dr. Moreau The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996

Black Beauty Black Beauty

1994

Restoration Restoration

1995

Veronika Decides to Die Veronika Decides to Die

2009

Timeline Timeline

2003

The Miracle Maker The Miracle Maker

2000

Damage Damage

1992

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

Kingdom of Heaven Kingdom of Heaven

2005

The Omen The Omen

2006

James and the Giant Peach James and the Giant Peach

1996

Enola Holmes 2 Enola Holmes 2

2022

Gangster No. 1 Gangster No. 1

2000

Basic Instinct 2 Basic Instinct 2

2006

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008

Total Eclipse Total Eclipse

1995

Resurrected Resurrected

1989

War Horse War Horse

2011

The Making of 'DragonHeart' The Making of 'DragonHeart'

1997

The Trial The Trial

1993

The Lady The Lady

2011

Cheeky Cheeky

2003

Littlemouth Littlemouth

1970

Filipina Dreamgirls Filipina Dreamgirls

1991

The Zero Theorem The Zero Theorem

2013

RED 2 RED 2

2013

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

2000

The Inner Life of Martin Frost The Inner Life of Martin Frost

2007

Divorcing Jack Divorcing Jack

1998

Anonymous Anonymous

2011

Afraid of the Dark Afraid of the Dark

1991

Life Is Sweet Life Is Sweet

1990

Besieged Besieged

1998

All the Invisible Children All the Invisible Children

2005

London Boulevard London Boulevard

2010

Endgame Endgame

2000

Mr. Nice Mr. Nice

2010

Seven Years in Tibet Seven Years in Tibet

1997

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