David Thewlis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

118

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-03-20 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

David Thewlis

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

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

    Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • The Sandman

    The Sandman

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • Prime Suspect

    Prime Suspect

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • Zack Snyder's Justice League

    Zack Snyder's Justice League

  • Kingdom of Heaven

    Kingdom of Heaven

  • Sherlock & Daughter

    Sherlock & Daughter

  • The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • Damage

    Damage

  • American Perfekt

    American Perfekt

  • Total Eclipse

    Total Eclipse

  • The Artful Dodger

    The Artful Dodger

  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

  • Regression

    Regression

  • Resurrected

    Resurrected

  • DragonHeart

    DragonHeart

  • Only Fools and Horses

    Only Fools and Horses

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Endgame

    Endgame

  • Legend

    Legend

  • Filipina Dreamgirls

    Filipina Dreamgirls

  • Divorcing Jack

    Divorcing Jack

  • Cheeky

    Cheeky

  • Littlemouth

    Littlemouth

  • Vroom

    Vroom

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • KAOS

    KAOS

  • Mr. Nice

    Mr. Nice

  • Enola Holmes 2

    Enola Holmes 2

  • Dinotopia

    Dinotopia

  • The Thing with Feathers

    The Thing with Feathers

  • The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem

  • The Theory of Everything

    The Theory of Everything

  • RED 2

    RED 2

  • The Feed

    The Feed

  • War Horse

    War Horse

  • Skulduggery

    Skulduggery

  • Life Is Sweet

    Life Is Sweet

  • Naked

    Naked

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • Road

    Road

  • Basic Instinct 2

    Basic Instinct 2

  • Seven Years in Tibet

    Seven Years in Tibet

  • The Short & Curlies

    The Short & Curlies

  • Timeline

    Timeline

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

  • Anomalisa

    Anomalisa

  • Landscapers

    Landscapers

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • The Street

    The Street

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • Dinotopia

    Dinotopia

  • The Amazing Maurice

    The Amazing Maurice

  • Frank Stubbs Promotes

    Frank Stubbs Promotes

  • Little Wolf's Book of Badness

    Little Wolf's Book of Badness

  • The Omen

    The Omen

  • Besieged

    Besieged

  • The New World

    The New World

  • Barkskins

    Barkskins

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

  • The Miracle Maker

    The Miracle Maker

  • The Fifth Estate

    The Fifth Estate

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous

  • The Mercy

    The Mercy

  • The Singing Detective

    The Singing Detective

  • The Island of Dr. Moreau

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

  • Veronika Decides to Die

    Veronika Decides to Die

  • A Bit of a Do

    A Bit of a Do

  • Deep Red Instant Love

    Deep Red Instant Love

  • Gangster No. 1

    Gangster No. 1

  • Restoration

    Restoration

  • London Boulevard

    London Boulevard

  • The Lady

    The Lady

  • An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls

  • The Trial

    The Trial

  • All the Invisible Children

    All the Invisible Children

  • The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

    The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

  • Rare Beasts

    Rare Beasts

  • Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

    Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

  • Eternal Beauty

    Eternal Beauty

  • Athena

    Athena

  • D.I.Y. Hard

    D.I.Y. Hard

  • Dandelion Dead

    Dandelion Dead

  • Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

  • Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

    Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

  • Discovering Dinotopia

    Discovering Dinotopia

  • Guest of Honour

    Guest of Honour

  • Valentine Park

    Valentine Park

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Swords at Teatime

    Swords at Teatime

  • Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

  • Afraid of the Dark

    Afraid of the Dark

  • Goodbye Charlie Bright

    Goodbye Charlie Bright

  • The Inner Life of Martin Frost

    The Inner Life of Martin Frost

  • Journey to Knock

    Journey to Knock

  • The Organ Grinder's Monkey

    The Organ Grinder's Monkey

  • None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

    None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

  • Love Story

    Love Story

  • Sunday Roast

    Sunday Roast

  • Hamilton Mattress

    Hamilton Mattress

  • Radio Pictures

    Radio Pictures

  • The Making of 'DragonHeart'

    The Making of 'DragonHeart'

  • How to Get a Head in Sculpture

    How to Get a Head in Sculpture

  • Separate We Come, Separate We Go

    Separate We Come, Separate We Go

  • Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool

    Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool