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David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Acting March 20, 1963 (63 years old) 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.

Movies 98

Avatar: Fire and Ash 7.6

Avatar: Fire and Ash

as Peylak

2025
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 8.0

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Remus Lupin

2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 8.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Remus Lupin

2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Remus Lupin

2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 7.7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

as Remus Lupin

2010
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Remus Lupin

2007
Kingdom of Heaven 7.1

Kingdom of Heaven

as Hospitaler

2005
Zack Snyder's Justice League 8.1

Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Ares

2021
The Big Lebowski 7.9

The Big Lebowski

as Knox Harrington

1998
Justice League 6.1

Justice League

as Ares

2017
Wonder Woman 7.2

Wonder Woman

as Sir Patrick

2017
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 7.8

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

as Father

2008
Legend 7.0

Legend

as Leslie Payne

2015
The Theory of Everything 7.8

The Theory of Everything

as Dennis Sciama

2014
RED 2 6.5

RED 2

as The Frog

2013
War Horse 7.3

War Horse

as Lyons

2011
Enola Holmes 2 7.4

Enola Holmes 2

as Grail

2022
DragonHeart 6.6

DragonHeart

as King Einon

1996
James and the Giant Peach 6.6

James and the Giant Peach

as Earthworm (voice)

1996
Signal One 6.0

Signal One

as Perry

2026
Stonehearst Asylum 6.9

Stonehearst Asylum

as Mickey Finn

2014
Basic Instinct 2 4.9

Basic Instinct 2

as Roy Washburn

2006
Seven Years in Tibet 7.2

Seven Years in Tibet

as Peter Aufschnaiter

1997
Damage 6.6

Damage

as Detective

1992
Timeline 5.7

Timeline

as Robert Doniger

2003
I'm Thinking of Ending Things 6.5

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

as Father

2020
The Omen 5.6

The Omen

as Keith Jennings

2006
The Fifth Estate 6.0

The Fifth Estate

as Nick Davies

2013
The New World 6.5

The New World

as Wingfield

2005
The Zero Theorem 6.1

The Zero Theorem

as Joby

2013
The Amazing Maurice 6.7

The Amazing Maurice

as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

2022
Naked 7.3

Naked

as Johnny

1993
Macbeth 6.4

Macbeth

as Duncan

2015
The Thing with Feathers 6.5

The Thing with Feathers

as Crow (voice)

2025
Total Eclipse 6.4

Total Eclipse

as Paul Verlaine

1995
Regression 5.6

Regression

as Professor Kenneth Raines

2015
The Island of Dr. Moreau 4.9

The Island of Dr. Moreau

as Douglas

1996
Anomalisa 7.1

Anomalisa

as Michael Stone (voice)

2015
The Mercy 5.9

The Mercy

as Rodney Hallworth

2018
Black Beauty 6.7

Black Beauty

as Jerry Barker

1994
The Lady 6.8

The Lady

as Michael Aris

2011
London Boulevard 5.9

London Boulevard

as Jordan

2010
Anonymous 6.4

Anonymous

as William Cecil

2011
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012
The Miracle Maker 6.2

The Miracle Maker

as Judas Iscariot (voice)

2000
An Inspector Calls 7.4

An Inspector Calls

as Inspector Goole - The Inspector

2015
Restoration 6.1

Restoration

as John Pearce

1995
Val 7.2

Val

as Self (archive)

2021
Gangster No. 1 6.4

Gangster No. 1

as Freddie Mays

2000
Life Is Sweet 7.0

Life Is Sweet

as Nicola's Lover

1991
Veronika Decides to Die 5.9

Veronika Decides to Die

as Dr. Blake

2009
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments 7.5

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

as Self - Remus Lupin

2011
All the Invisible Children 7.0

All the Invisible Children

as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")

2006
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic 7.3

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

as Himself

2017
Eternal Beauty 6.2

Eternal Beauty

as Mike

2020
Dinotopia 7.6

Dinotopia

as Cyrus Crabb

2002
Guest of Honour 5.5

Guest of Honour

as Jim

2020
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal 5.4

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Mr. Nice 6.1

Mr. Nice

as Jim McCann

2010
Afraid of the Dark 5.7

Afraid of the Dark

as Locksmith / Tom Miller

1992
The Trial 6.0

The Trial

as Franz

1993
Vroom 6.5

Vroom

as Ringe

1988
Resurrected 6.4

Resurrected

as Kevin Deakin

1989
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? 6.2

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

as Nesbit

2000
Queen & Country 6.1

Queen & Country

as Sargeant Major Bradley

2015
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film 10.0

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

as Self - Clov (archive footage)

2003
Rare Beasts 5.4

Rare Beasts

as Vic

2021
Discovering Dinotopia 6.4

Discovering Dinotopia

as Cyrus

2002
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter 7.7

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

as Self - Professor Lupin

2004
Besieged 6.6

Besieged

as Jason Kinsky

1998
Skulduggery

Skulduggery

as Tony

1991
Cheeky 6.6

Cheeky

as Harry Sankey

2003
Road 7.2

Road

as Joey

1987
Little Dorrit 6.4

Little Dorrit

as George Braddle

1987
The Making of 'DragonHeart' 7.3

The Making of 'DragonHeart'

as Self

1997
Black and Blue 9.0

Black and Blue

as Crematorium Attendant

1992
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

as Self

2016
Goodbye Charlie Bright 5.9

Goodbye Charlie Bright

as Charlie's Dad

2001
Divorcing Jack 6.0

Divorcing Jack

as Dan Starkey

1998
Endgame 7.3

Endgame

as Clov

2000
The Inner Life of Martin Frost 4.5

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

as Martin Frost

2007
D.I.Y. Hard 9.0

D.I.Y. Hard

as Man

2002
Little Wolf's Book of Badness 8.0

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

as Mr. Twister (voice)

2003
American Perfekt 6.5

American Perfekt

as Santini

1997
The Organ Grinder's Monkey 5.0

The Organ Grinder's Monkey

as Pablo (voice)

2011
Radio Pictures

Radio Pictures

as JIM 'Grams'

1985
Deep Red Instant Love

Deep Red Instant Love

1988
Filipina Dreamgirls 7.2

Filipina Dreamgirls

as Tim Shanks

1991
Love Story 9.0

Love Story

as Dealer

1999
The Short & Curlies 6.4

The Short & Curlies

as Clive

1987
Athena

Athena

as Chuck

2010
Separate We Come, Separate We Go 6.5

Separate We Come, Separate We Go

as Norman

2013
Swords at Teatime 9.0

Swords at Teatime

as Mike

1992
Hamilton Mattress 6.8

Hamilton Mattress

as Hamilton Mattress (voice)

2002
Sunday Roast

Sunday Roast

as Dick Puck

2014
How to Get a Head in Sculpture 8.0

How to Get a Head in Sculpture

as Self

2011
Journey to Knock 10.0

Journey to Knock

as Terry

1991
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool

Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool

as Self

1994

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