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

  • The Sandman

    The Sandman

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Prime Suspect

    Prime Suspect

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Kingdom of Heaven

    Kingdom of Heaven

  • Zack Snyder's Justice League

    Zack Snyder's Justice League

  • Only Fools and Horses

    Only Fools and Horses

  • The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski

  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

  • Sherlock & Daughter

    Sherlock & Daughter

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • Legend

    Legend

  • RED 2

    RED 2

  • The Artful Dodger

    The Artful Dodger

  • Damage

    Damage

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • War Horse

    War Horse

  • The Theory of Everything

    The Theory of Everything

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • Naked

    Naked

  • KAOS

    KAOS

  • Enola Holmes 2

    Enola Holmes 2

  • Basic Instinct 2

    Basic Instinct 2

  • The Omen

    The Omen

  • Regression

    Regression

  • DragonHeart

    DragonHeart

  • Endgame

    Endgame

  • Besieged

    Besieged

  • Total Eclipse

    Total Eclipse

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • The Mercy

    The Mercy

  • Rare Beasts

    Rare Beasts

  • Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

    Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

  • Anomalisa

    Anomalisa

  • Road

    Road

  • The Lady

    The Lady

  • Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

  • Seven Years in Tibet

    Seven Years in Tibet

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous

  • Cheeky

    Cheeky

  • Vroom

    Vroom

  • Hamilton Mattress

    Hamilton Mattress

  • Timeline

    Timeline

  • The Amazing Maurice

    The Amazing Maurice

  • The Thing with Feathers

    The Thing with Feathers

  • Eternal Beauty

    Eternal Beauty

  • Littlemouth

    Littlemouth

  • Filipina Dreamgirls

    Filipina Dreamgirls

  • Dinotopia

    Dinotopia

  • The Street

    The Street

  • The Trial

    The Trial

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

  • Divorcing Jack

    Divorcing Jack

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Discovering Dinotopia

    Discovering Dinotopia

  • An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls

  • Landscapers

    Landscapers

  • The Fifth Estate

    The Fifth Estate

  • Love Story

    Love Story

  • The Island of Dr. Moreau

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

  • American Perfekt

    American Perfekt

  • Veronika Decides to Die

    Veronika Decides to Die

  • None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

    None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

  • The Miracle Maker

    The Miracle Maker

  • Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

    Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

  • The New World

    The New World

  • Skulduggery

    Skulduggery

  • Resurrected

    Resurrected

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • The Singing Detective

    The Singing Detective

  • Barkskins

    Barkskins

  • All the Invisible Children

    All the Invisible Children

  • The Feed

    The Feed

  • Frank Stubbs Promotes

    Frank Stubbs Promotes

  • The Inner Life of Martin Frost

    The Inner Life of Martin Frost

  • Mr. Nice

    Mr. Nice

  • The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem

  • Life Is Sweet

    Life Is Sweet

  • Guest of Honour

    Guest of Honour

  • Gangster No. 1

    Gangster No. 1

  • Radio Pictures

    Radio Pictures

  • Afraid of the Dark

    Afraid of the Dark

  • The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

    The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

  • London Boulevard

    London Boulevard

  • Dinotopia

    Dinotopia

  • A Bit of a Do

    A Bit of a Do

  • How to Get a Head in Sculpture

    How to Get a Head in Sculpture

  • Dandelion Dead

    Dandelion Dead

  • Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

  • The Short & Curlies

    The Short & Curlies

  • Journey to Knock

    Journey to Knock

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • Goodbye Charlie Bright

    Goodbye Charlie Bright

  • Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool

    Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool

  • The Making of 'DragonHeart'

    The Making of 'DragonHeart'

  • Restoration

    Restoration

  • Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

  • Deep Red Instant Love

    Deep Red Instant Love

  • Valentine Park

    Valentine Park

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Little Wolf's Book of Badness

    Little Wolf's Book of Badness

  • Swords at Teatime

    Swords at Teatime

  • D.I.Y. Hard

    D.I.Y. Hard

  • The Organ Grinder's Monkey

    The Organ Grinder's Monkey

  • Athena

    Athena

  • Separate We Come, Separate We Go

    Separate We Come, Separate We Go

  • Sunday Roast

    Sunday Roast