David Thewlis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 20, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
David Wheeler (born March 20, 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.
Known For
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Wonder Woman
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Justice League
The Big Lebowski
The Theory of Everything
Zack Snyder's Justice League
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Kingdom of Heaven
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Filmography
Signal One
Movie · as Perry
Dirty Business
TV · as Ash Smith · 3 eps
The Thing with Feathers
Movie · as Crow (voice)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie · as Peylak
Sherlock & Daughter
TV · as Sherlock Holmes · 8 eps
KAOS
TV · as Hades · 6 eps
The Artful Dodger
TV · as Norbert Fagin · 16 eps
Enola Holmes 2
Movie · as Grail
The Amazing Maurice
Movie · as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Human Resources
TV · as Memory Bank Manager (voice), Lionel St. Swithens (voice) · 1 ep
The Sandman
TV · as John Dee · 4 eps
Rare Beasts
Movie · as Vic
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie · as Ares
Val
Movie · as Self (archive)
Landscapers
TV · as Christopher Edwards · 4 eps
Eternal Beauty
Movie · as Mike
Guest of Honour
Movie · as Jim
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Movie · as Father
Barkskins
TV · as Claude Trepagny · 8 eps
The Feed
TV · as Lawrence Hatfield · 10 eps
The Mercy
Movie · as Rodney Hallworth
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Wonder Woman
Movie · as Sir Patrick
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Movie · as Himself
Justice League
Movie · as Ares
Big Mouth
TV · as Shame Wizard (voice), Lionel St. Swithens (voice), Actor (voice) · 8 eps
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Movie · as Self
Queen & Country
Movie · as Sargeant Major Bradley
Macbeth
Movie · as Duncan
Regression
Movie · as Professor Kenneth Raines
Legend
Movie · as Leslie Payne
An Inspector Calls
Movie · as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Anomalisa
Movie · as Michael Stone (voice)
The Theory of Everything
Movie · as Dennis Sciama
Stonehearst Asylum
Movie · as Mickey Finn
Sunday Roast
Movie · as Dick Puck
Fargo
TV · as V.M. Vargas · 10 eps
RED 2
Movie · as The Frog
The Zero Theorem
Movie · as Joby
The Fifth Estate
Movie · as Nick Davies
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Movie · as Norman
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Remus Lupin
Anonymous
Movie · as William Cecil
War Horse
Movie · as Lyons
The Lady
Movie · as Michael Aris
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Movie · as Pablo (voice)
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Movie · as Self
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Movie · as Self - Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Remus Lupin
Mr. Nice
Movie · as Jim McCann
London Boulevard
Movie · as Jordan
Athena
Movie · as Chuck
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie · as Remus Lupin
Veronika Decides to Die
Movie · as Dr. Blake
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Movie · as Father
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Remus Lupin
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Movie · as Martin Frost
The Omen
Movie · as Keith Jennings
Basic Instinct 2
Movie · as Roy Washburn
All the Invisible Children
Movie · as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
The Street
TV · as Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson · 6 eps
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie · as Hospitaler
The New World
Movie · as Wingfield
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie · as Remus Lupin
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie · as Self - Professor Lupin
Timeline
Movie · as Robert Doniger
Cheeky
Movie · as Harry Sankey
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Movie · as Mr. Twister (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Movie · as Self - Clov (archive footage)
D.I.Y. Hard
Movie · as Man
Hamilton Mattress
Movie · as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Dinotopia
Movie · as Cyrus Crabb
Discovering Dinotopia
Movie · as Cyrus
Dinotopia
TV · as Cyrus Crabb · 3 eps
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Movie · as Charlie's Dad
Gangster No. 1
Movie · as Freddie Mays
The Miracle Maker
Movie · as Judas Iscariot (voice)
Endgame
Movie · as Clov
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Movie · as Nesbit
Love Story
Movie · as Dealer
Divorcing Jack
Movie · as Dan Starkey
Besieged
Movie · as Jason Kinsky
The Big Lebowski
Movie · as Knox Harrington
Seven Years in Tibet
Movie · as Peter Aufschnaiter
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Movie · as Self
American Perfekt
Movie · as Santini
James and the Giant Peach
Movie · as Earthworm (voice)
DragonHeart
Movie · as King Einon
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie · as Douglas
Restoration
Movie · as John Pearce
Total Eclipse
Movie · as Paul Verlaine
Black Beauty
Movie · as Jerry Barker
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Movie · as Self
Dandelion Dead
TV · as Oswald Martin · 4 eps
Naked
Movie · as Johnny
The Trial
Movie · as Franz
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TV · as Mike Bence · 1 ep
Naked
TV · as Johnny · 5 eps
Damage
Movie · as Detective
Afraid of the Dark
Movie · as Locksmith / Tom Miller
Swords at Teatime
Movie · as Mike
Black and Blue
Movie · as Crematorium Attendant
Life Is Sweet
Movie · as Nicola's Lover
Filipina Dreamgirls
Movie · as Tim Shanks
Journey to Knock
Movie · as Terry
Skulduggery
Movie · as Tony
Prime Suspect
TV · as James Jackson · 2 eps
Shrinks
TV · as Terry Slater · 1 ep
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
TV · as Doctor · 3 eps
Resurrected
Movie · as Kevin Deakin
Screen One
TV · as Tim Shanks · 1 ep
A Bit of a Do
TV · as Paul Simcock · 6 eps
Vroom
Movie · as Ringe
Deep Red Instant Love
Movie
Road
Movie · as Joey
The Short & Curlies
Movie · as Clive
Little Dorrit
Movie · as George Braddle
Valentine Park
TV · as Max · 12 eps
The Singing Detective
TV · as Soldier · 2 eps
ScreenPlay
TV · as Joey, Terry · 1 ep
Radio Pictures
Movie · as JIM 'Grams'
Screen Two
TV · as Franz · 1 ep
Summer Season
TV · as Keith, Jim 'Grams' Dench · 1 ep
Only Fools and Horses
TV · as Stew · 1 ep