Acting
David Thewlis
EN, HU, FR, IT cinema · 99 credits
Born
20 March 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as David Wheeler
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
Filmography
Signal One
as Perry
The Thing with Feathers
as Crow (voice)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Peylak
Enola Holmes 2
as Grail
The Amazing Maurice
as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Rare Beasts
as Vic
Val
as Self (archive)
Eternal Beauty
as Mike
The Mercy
as Rodney Hallworth
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Wonder Woman
as Sir Patrick
Justice League
as Ares
Queen & Country
as Sargeant Major Bradley
Macbeth
as Duncan
Regression
as Professor Kenneth Raines
Legend
as Leslie Payne
An Inspector Calls
as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Anomalisa
as Michael Stone (voice)
The Theory of Everything
as Dennis Sciama
Stonehearst Asylum
as Mickey Finn
Sunday Roast
2014
Sunday Roast
as Dick Puck, Writer
RED 2
as The Frog
The Zero Theorem
as Joby
The Fifth Estate
as Nick Davies
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Remus Lupin
Anonymous
as William Cecil
War Horse
as Lyons
The Lady
as Michael Aris
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
as Pablo (voice)
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Self - Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Remus Lupin
Mr. Nice
as Jim McCann
London Boulevard
as Jordan
Athena
as Chuck
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Remus Lupin
Veronika Decides to Die
as Dr. Blake
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Remus Lupin
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
as Martin Frost
The Omen
as Keith Jennings
Basic Instinct 2
as Roy Washburn
All the Invisible Children
as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
Kingdom of Heaven
as Hospitaler
The New World
as Wingfield
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Remus Lupin
Timeline
as Robert Doniger
Cheeky
as Harry Sankey, Director, Writer
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
as Mr. Twister (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - Clov (archive footage)
D.I.Y. Hard
as Man
Hamilton Mattress
as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Dinotopia
as Cyrus Crabb
Goodbye Charlie Bright
as Charlie's Dad
Gangster No. 1
as Freddie Mays
The Miracle Maker
as Judas Iscariot (voice)
Endgame
as Clov
Love Story
as Dealer
Divorcing Jack
as Dan Starkey
Besieged
as Jason Kinsky
The Big Lebowski
as Knox Harrington
Seven Years in Tibet
as Peter Aufschnaiter
American Perfekt
as Santini
James and the Giant Peach
as Earthworm (voice)
DragonHeart
as King Einon
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Douglas
Restoration
as John Pearce
Total Eclipse
as Paul Verlaine
Hello, Hello, Hello
Director, Writer
Black Beauty
as Jerry Barker
Naked
as Johnny
The Trial
as Franz
Damage
as Detective
Afraid of the Dark
as Locksmith / Tom Miller
Black and Blue
1992
Black and Blue
as Crematorium Attendant
Life Is Sweet
as Nicola's Lover
Filipina Dreamgirls
as Tim Shanks
Resurrected
as Kevin Deakin
Vroom
as Ringe
Road
as Joey
The Short & Curlies
as Clive
Little Dorrit
as George Braddle
Radio Pictures
as JIM 'Grams'