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David Thewlis
Born · March 20, 1963 (61 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Bio
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.
Enola Holmes 2
Grail
7.4
2022
Regression
Professor Kenneth Raines
5.6
2015
Macbeth
Duncan
6.5
2015
Queen & Country
Sargeant Major Bradley
6.0
2015
The Theory of Everything
Dennis Sciama
7.8
2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Mickey Finn
6.9
2014
The Fifth Estate
Nick Davies
6.0
2013
The Zero Theorem
Joby
6.1
2013
RED 2
The Frog
6.5
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
7.5
2012
War Horse
Lyons
7.3
2011
The Lady
Michael Aris
6.8
2011
Anonymous
William Cecil
6.4
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Remus Lupin
8.1
2011
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Pablo (voice)
4.0
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Remus Lupin
7.7
2010
London Boulevard
Jordan
5.9
2010
Mr. Nice
Jim McCann
6.1
2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Remus Lupin
7.7
2009
Veronika Decides to Die
Dr. Blake
5.9
2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Father
7.8
2008
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Martin Frost
4.3
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Remus Lupin
7.7
2007
The Omen
Keith Jennings
5.6
2006
Basic Instinct 2
Roy Washburn
5.0
2006
The New World
Wingfield
6.5
2005
All the Invisible Children
Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
7.1
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Hospitaler
7.0
2005
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
7.4
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Remus Lupin
8.0
2004
Timeline
Robert Doniger
5.7
2003
Cheeky
Harry Sankey
6.4
2003
D.I.Y. Hard
Man
8.7
2002
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Charlie's Dad
6.2
2001
Endgame
Clov
6.8
2000
Gangster No. 1
Freddie Mays
6.4
2000
The Miracle Maker
Judas Iscariot (voice)
5.9
2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Nesbit
6.2
2000
Divorcing Jack
Dan Starkey
6.0
1998
Besieged
Jason Kinsky
6.7
1998
Seven Years in Tibet
Peter Aufschnaiter
7.2
1997
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Self
6.5
1997
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Douglas
4.9
1996
DragonHeart
King Einon
6.5
1996
James and the Giant Peach
Earthworm (voice)
6.6
1996
Restoration
John Pearce
6.0
1995
Total Eclipse
Paul Verlaine
6.4
1995
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker
6.7
1994
Naked
Johnny
7.3
1993
The Trial
Franz
5.8
1993
Damage
Detective
6.6
1992
Afraid of the Dark
Locksmith / Tom Miller
5.3
1991
Filipina Dreamgirls
Tim Shanks
8.0
1991
Life Is Sweet
Nicola's Lover
7.0
1990
Resurrected
Kevin Deakin
5.6
1989
Littlemouth
0.0
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Peylak
0.0
2025
The Thing With Feathers
Crow (voice)
0.0
2025
KAOS
Hades · (6 episodes)
7.3
2024
The Artful Dodger
Norbert Fagin · (8 episodes)
8.0
2023
The Amazing Maurice
Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
6.8
2022
The Sandman
John Dee · (4 episodes)
8.0
2022
Human Resources
Memory Bank Manager (voice) · (1 episode)
6.6
2022
Human Resources
Lionel St. Swithens (voice) · (20 episodes)
6.6
2022
Landscapers
Christopher Edwards · (4 episodes)
6.7
2021
Val
Self (archive footage)
7.1
2021
Rare Beasts
Vic
5.6
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Ares
8.1
2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Father
6.6
2020
Eternal Beauty
Mike
6.1
2020
Guest of Honour
Jim
5.5
2020
Barkskins
Claude Trepagny · (8 episodes)
6.4
2020
The Feed
Lawrence Hatfield · (10 episodes)
7.0
2019
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
5.7
2018
The Mercy
Rodney Hallworth
5.9
2018
Justice League
Ares
6.1
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Himself
7.3
2017
Big Mouth
Shame Wizard (voice) · (8 episodes)
7.7
2017
Wonder Woman
Sir Patrick / Ares
7.2
2017
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Self
0.0
2016
Anomalisa
Michael Stone (voice)
7.1
2015
An Inspector Calls
Inspector Goole - The Inspector
7.4
2015
Legend
Leslie Payne
7.1
2015
Fargo
V.M. Vargas · (10 episodes)
8.3
2014
Sunday Roast
Dick Puck
0.0
2014
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Norman
6.5
2013
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Self
8.0
2011
Athena
Chuck
0.0
2010
The Street
Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson · (6 episodes)
7.6
2006
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
Hospitaler
8.0
2005
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Mr. Twister (voice)
7.5
2003
Dinotopia
Cyrus Crabb · (3 episodes)
6.4
2002
Discovering Dinotopia
Cyrus
6.5
2002
Dinotopia
Cyrus Crabb
6.5
2002
Hamilton Mattress
Hamilton Mattress (voice)
6.4
2002
Love Story
Dealer
0.0
1999
The Big Lebowski
Knox Harrington
7.8
1998
American Perfekt
Santini
6.1
1997
Dandelion Dead
Oswald Martin · (4 episodes)
8.0
1994
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Mike Bence · (1 episode)
6.0
1993
Black and Blue
Crematorium Attendant
0.0
1992
Swords at Teatime
Mike
0.0
1992
Journey to Knock
Terry
0.0
1991
Skulduggery
Tony
0.0
1991
Prime Suspect
James Jackson · (2 episodes)
7.7
1991
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Doctor · (3 episodes)
6.7
1990
A Bit of a Do
(13 episodes)
6.1
1989
Vroom
Ringe
6.3
1988
Deep Red Instant Love
0.0
1988
Little Dorrit
George Braddle
6.5
1987
The Short & Curlies
Clive
6.3
1987
Road
Joey
7.1
1987
Valentine Park
Max · (12 episodes)
0.0
1987
Only Fools and Horses
(1 episode)
7.9
1981
Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock Holmes · (8 episodes)
0.0
The Singing Detective
Second Soldier · (6 episodes)
7.7
1986