8.7
8.7
D.I.Y. Hard
2002
as Man
David Thewlis
Also known as: David Wheeler
Acting
Born:March 20, 1963(age 63)
Birthplace:Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Height:6'2" (189 cm)
Education:Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Highfield Leadership Academy
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (91 movies)
8.1
8.1
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Ares
8.1
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Remus Lupin
8.0
8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Remus Lupin
8.0
8.0
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
2011
as Self
7.8
7.8
The Theory of Everything
2014
as Dennis Sciama
7.8
7.8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
as Father
7.7
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Remus Lupin
7.7
7.7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Remus Lupin
7.7
7.7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Remus Lupin
7.6
7.6
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
as Peylak
7.5
7.5
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003
as Mr. Twister (voice)
7.4
7.4
Enola Holmes 2
2022
as Grail
7.4
7.4
An Inspector Calls
2015
as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
7.3
7.3
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Himself
7.3
7.3
Filipina Dreamgirls
1991
as Tim Shanks
7.3
7.3
War Horse
2011
as Lyons
7.2
7.2
Naked
1993
as Johnny
7.2
7.2
Wonder Woman
2017
as Sir Patrick / Ares
7.2
7.2
Road
1987
as Joey
7.2
7.2
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
as Peter Aufschnaiter
7.1
7.1
Anomalisa
2015
as Michael Stone (voice)
7.1
7.1
Legend
2015
as Leslie Payne
7.0
7.0
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Hospitaler
7.0
7.0
All the Invisible Children
2005
as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
7.0
7.0
Life Is Sweet
1990
as Nicola's Lover
6.9
6.9
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
as Mickey Finn
6.8
6.8
The Lady
2011
as Michael Aris
6.8
6.8
Endgame
2000
as Clov
6.7
6.7
The Amazing Maurice
2022
as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
6.7
6.7
Black Beauty
1994
as Jerry Barker
6.7
6.7
Signal One
2026
as Perry
6.6
6.6
Besieged
1998
as Jason Kinsky
6.6
6.6
Damage
1992
as Detective
6.6
6.6
The Thing with Feathers
2025
as Crow (voice)
6.6
6.6
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Earthworm (voice)
6.6
6.6
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020
as Father
6.5
6.5
DragonHeart
1996
as King Einon
6.5
6.5
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
2013
as Norman
6.5
6.5
The New World
2005
as Wingfield
6.5
6.5
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997
as Self
6.5
6.5
RED 2
2013
as The Frog
6.5
6.5
Macbeth
2015
as Duncan
6.4
6.4
Total Eclipse
1995
as Paul Verlaine
6.4
6.4
Anonymous
2011
as William Cecil
6.4
6.4
Gangster No. 1
2000
as Freddie Mays
6.4
6.4
Cheeky
2003
Writer
6.3
6.3
Hamilton Mattress
2002
as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
6.3
6.3
Discovering Dinotopia
2002
as Cyrus
6.3
6.3
The Short & Curlies
1987
as Clive
6.3
6.3
American Perfekt
1997
as Santini
6.2
6.2
Eternal Beauty
2020
as Mike
6.1
6.1
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Judas Iscariot (voice)
6.1
6.1
The Zero Theorem
2013
as Joby
6.1
6.1
Vroom
1988
as Ringe
6.1
6.1
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Nesbit
6.1
6.1
Justice League
2017
as Ares
6.1
6.1
Mr. Nice
2010
as Jim McCann
6.1
6.1
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001
as Charlie's Dad
6.0
6.0
Queen & Country
2014
as Sargeant Major Bradley
6.0
6.0
The Fifth Estate
2013
as Nick Davies
6.0
6.0
Restoration
1995
as John Pearce
5.9
5.9
The Mercy
2018
as Rodney Hallworth
5.9
5.9
The Trial
1993
as Franz
5.9
5.9
London Boulevard
2010
as Jordan
5.9
5.9
Veronika Decides to Die
2009
as Dr. Blake
5.9
5.9
Divorcing Jack
1998
as Dan Starkey
5.8
5.8
Resurrected
1989
as Kevin Deakin
5.8
5.8
Dinotopia
2002
as Cyrus Crabb
5.7
5.7
Timeline
2003
as Robert Doniger
5.7
5.7
The Omen
2006
as Keith Jennings
5.6
5.6
Regression
2015
as Professor Kenneth Raines
5.4
5.4
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
5.4
5.4
Rare Beasts
2021
as Vic
5.4
5.4
Guest of Honour
2020
as Jim
5.4
5.4
Afraid of the Dark
1991
as Locksmith / Tom Miller
5.0
5.0
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
2011
as Pablo (voice)
5.0
5.0
Hello, Hello, Hello
1995
Writer
5.0
5.0
Basic Instinct 2
2006
as Roy Washburn
4.9
4.9
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Douglas
4.3
4.3
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007
as Martin Frost
Love Story
1999
as Dealer
Deep Red Instant Love
1988
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016
as Self
Athena
2010
as Chuck
Skulduggery
1991
as Tony
Radio Pictures
1985
as JIM 'Grams'
Journey to Knock
1991
as Terry
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
1994
as Self
Sunday Roast
2014
Writer
Swords at Teatime
1992
as Mike
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