Cast
David Thewlis
Acting
Cast
David Thewlis
Known for
Acting
Born
1963-03-20
From
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as David Wheeler
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.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Peylak
Damage
as Detective
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Remus Lupin
Kingdom of Heaven
as Hospitaler
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Remus Lupin
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Ares
Wonder Woman
as Sir Patrick / Ares
Justice League
as Ares
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Father
The Big Lebowski
as Knox Harrington
Legend
as Leslie Payne
RED 2
as The Frog
War Horse
as Lyons
Enola Holmes 2
as Grail
The Theory of Everything
as Dennis Sciama
DragonHeart
as King Einon
Stonehearst Asylum
as Mickey Finn
Basic Instinct 2
as Roy Washburn
The Omen
as Keith Jennings
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Timeline
as Robert Doniger
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as Father
Seven Years in Tibet
as Peter Aufschnaiter
The New World
as Wingfield
James and the Giant Peach
as Earthworm (voice)
Naked
as Johnny
Restoration
as John Pearce
Regression
as Professor Kenneth Raines
The Fifth Estate
as Nick Davies
Anomalisa
as Michael Stone (voice)
Signal One
Black Beauty
as Jerry Barker
Total Eclipse
as Paul Verlaine
The Lady
as Michael Aris
The Amazing Maurice
as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
The Zero Theorem
as Joby
Macbeth
as Duncan
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Douglas
Anonymous
as William Cecil
The Mercy
as Rodney Hallworth
London Boulevard
as Jordan
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Life Is Sweet
as Nicola's Lover
Eternal Beauty
as Mike
Resurrected
as Kevin Deakin
Skulduggery
as Tony
The Thing with Feathers
as Crow (voice)
Queen & Country
as Sargeant Major Bradley
The Miracle Maker
as Judas Iscariot (voice)
Veronika Decides to Die
as Dr. Blake
Little Dorrit
as George Braddle
Dinotopia
as Cyrus Crabb
An Inspector Calls
as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
Gangster No. 1
as Freddie Mays
The Trial
as Franz
Swords at Teatime
as Mike
Discovering Dinotopia
as Cyrus
Mr. Nice
as Jim McCann
All the Invisible Children
as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - Clov (archive footage)
American Perfekt
as Santini
Rare Beasts
as Vic
Besieged
as Jason Kinsky
Road
as Joey
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
as Himself
Cheeky
as Harry Sankey
Afraid of the Dark
as Locksmith / Tom Miller
Vroom
as Ringe
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
as Martin Frost
Guest of Honour
as Jim
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Nesbit
Endgame
as Clov
Black and Blue
as Crematorium Attendant
Divorcing Jack
as Dan Starkey
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
as Pablo (voice)
Filipina Dreamgirls
as Tim Shanks
Goodbye Charlie Bright
as Charlie's Dad
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
as Self
Athena
as Chuck
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
as Self
The Short & Curlies
as Clive
Journey to Knock
as Terry
Hamilton Mattress
as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
as Mr. Twister (voice)
Love Story
as Dealer
D.I.Y. Hard
as Man
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
as Self
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
as Norman
Radio Pictures
as JIM 'Grams'
Deep Red Instant Love
Sunday Roast
as Dick Puck
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
as Self