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David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Actor · Born 1963-03-20 · Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — Remus Lupin
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — Remus Lupin
  3. Wonder Woman (2017) — Sir Patrick / Ares
  4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — Remus Lupin
  5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — Remus Lupin
  6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — Remus Lupin
  7. Justice League (2017) — Ares
  8. The Big Lebowski (1998) — Knox Harrington
  9. The Theory of Everything (2014) — Dennis Sciama
  10. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — Ares
  11. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) — Father
  12. Kingdom of Heaven (2005) — Hospitaler
  13. RED 2 (2013) — The Frog
  14. Legend (2015) — Leslie Payne
  15. Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) — Peylak
  16. War Horse (2011) — Lyons
  17. Fargo (2014) — V.M. Vargas
  18. Seven Years in Tibet (1997) — Peter Aufschnaiter
  19. Enola Holmes 2 (2022) — Grail
  20. The Sandman (2022) — John Dee
  21. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) — Father
  22. DragonHeart (1996) — King Einon
  23. Regression (2015) — Professor Kenneth Raines
  24. Anomalisa (2015) — Michael Stone (voice)
  25. Stonehearst Asylum (2014) — Mickey Finn
  26. Macbeth (2015) — Duncan
  27. James and the Giant Peach (1996) — Earthworm (voice)
  28. The Zero Theorem (2013) — Joby
  29. The New World (2005) — Wingfield
  30. Big Mouth (2017) — Shame Wizard (voice)
  31. The Omen (2006) — Keith Jennings
  32. Timeline (2003) — Robert Doniger
  33. The Fifth Estate (2013) — Nick Davies
  34. Basic Instinct 2 (2006) — Roy Washburn
  35. London Boulevard (2010) — Jordan
  36. Anonymous (2011) — William Cecil
  37. Damage (1992) — Detective
  38. Naked (1993) — Johnny
  39. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) — Douglas
  40. Total Eclipse (1995) — Paul Verlaine

Directed

  1. Cheeky (2003) — Director
  2. Hello, Hello, Hello (1995) — Director