David Thewlis
Acting
Born: March 20, 1963 (age 63) · Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Wonder Woman
2017
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Justice League
2017
The Big Lebowski
1998
The Theory of Everything
2014
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Photos (4)
Movies (84)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Peylak
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Remus Lupin
Kingdom of Heaven
Hospitaler
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Ares
Wonder Woman
Sir Patrick / Ares
Justice League
Ares
Damage
Detective
The Big Lebowski
Knox Harrington
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Father
Legend
Leslie Payne
RED 2
The Frog
The Theory of Everything
Dennis Sciama
Enola Holmes 2
Grail
War Horse
Lyons
Stonehearst Asylum
Mickey Finn
Basic Instinct 2
Roy Washburn
James and the Giant Peach
Earthworm (voice)
Timeline
Robert Doniger
Seven Years in Tibet
Peter Aufschnaiter
Signal One
Perry
DragonHeart
King Einon
The Omen
Keith Jennings
The Fifth Estate
Nick Davies
The Zero Theorem
Joby
The Amazing Maurice
Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
London Boulevard
Jordan
The New World
Wingfield
The Mercy
Rodney Hallworth
Regression
Professor Kenneth Raines
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Douglas
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Father
Anonymous
William Cecil
The Thing with Feathers
Crow (voice)
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker
Anomalisa
Michael Stone (voice)
Naked
Johnny
Total Eclipse
Paul Verlaine
Gangster No. 1
Freddie Mays
Macbeth
Duncan
The Lady
Michael Aris
Restoration
John Pearce
An Inspector Calls
Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Veronika Decides to Die
Dr. Blake
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Miracle Maker
Judas Iscariot (voice)
Life Is Sweet
Nicola's Lover
Discovering Dinotopia
Cyrus
Eternal Beauty
Mike
The Trial
Franz
Vroom
Ringe
Queen & Country
Sargeant Major Bradley
Mr. Nice
Jim McCann
Little Dorrit
George Braddle
Cheeky
Harry Sankey
Guest of Honour
Jim
Dinotopia
Cyrus Crabb
Divorcing Jack
Dan Starkey
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Nesbit
Rare Beasts
Vic
All the Invisible Children
Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Charlie's Dad
Besieged
Jason Kinsky
American Perfekt
Santini
The Short & Curlies
Clive
D.I.Y. Hard
Man
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Pablo (voice)
Radio Pictures
JIM 'Grams'
Afraid of the Dark
Locksmith / Tom Miller
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Martin Frost
Resurrected
Kevin Deakin
Swords at Teatime
Mike
Love Story
Dealer
Hamilton Mattress
Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Mr. Twister (voice)
Deep Red Instant Love
1988
Filipina Dreamgirls
Tim Shanks
Road
Joey
Athena
Chuck
Endgame
Clov
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Norman
TV Shows (28)
Fargo
V.M. Vargas · 10 eps
The Sandman
John Dee · 4 eps
Big Mouth
Shame Wizard (voice) · 8 eps
Big Mouth
5 eps
Screen Two
Franz · 1 eps
Only Fools and Horses
Stew · 1 eps
Prime Suspect
James Jackson · 2 eps
Human Resources
Memory Bank Manager (voice) · 1 eps
Human Resources
Lionel St. Swithens (voice) · 20 eps
Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock Holmes · 8 eps
ScreenPlay
Joey · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Terry · 1 eps
The Artful Dodger
Norbert Fagin · 16 eps
KAOS
Hades · 6 eps
Screen One
Tim Shanks · 1 eps
The Street
Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson · 6 eps
The Feed
Lawrence Hatfield · 10 eps
Dinotopia
Cyrus Crabb · 3 eps
Valentine Park
Max · 12 eps
Barkskins
Claude Trepagny · 8 eps
Landscapers
Christopher Edwards · 4 eps
The Singing Detective
Soldier · 2 eps
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Doctor · 3 eps
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Mike Bence · 1 eps
Dirty Business
Ash Smith · 3 eps
A Bit of a Do
13 eps
Dandelion Dead
Oswald Martin · 4 eps
Shrinks
Terry Slater · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
Val
Self (archive)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - Clov (archive footage)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Himself
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Self
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Self
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Self
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Self
