David Thewlis
David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Mar 20, 1963 (62 years old)

Overview

Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 20, 1963

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
DOLBY
Movie 2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA...

The Thing with Feathers
1h 38m
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Movie 2025

The Thing with Feathers

A young father hold on reality crumbles following his wife’s...

Sherlock & Daughter
8 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2025

Sherlock & Daughter

Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American...

The Artful Dodger
16 Episodes
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TV Show 2023

The Artful Dodger

It's a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption, and love with...

The Amazing Maurice
1h 33m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

The Amazing Maurice

Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with...

Enola Holmes 2
2h 11m
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Movie 2022

Enola Holmes 2

Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes...

Human Resources
20 Episodes
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TV Show 2022

Human Resources

Lovebugs, Hormone Monsters and a parade of other creatures juggle...

Landscapers
4 Episodes
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TV Show 2021

Landscapers

A seemingly ordinary British couple become the focus of an...

Val
1h 49m
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Movie 2021

Val

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most...

Rare Beasts
1h 32m
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Movie 2021

Rare Beasts

Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is...

Acting

2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie
2025
The Thing with Feathers
Movie
2025
Sherlock & Daughter
Tv
2023
The Artful Dodger
Tv
2022
The Amazing Maurice
Movie
2022
Enola Holmes 2
Movie
2022
Human Resources
Tv
2021
Landscapers
Tv
2021
Val
Movie
2021
Rare Beasts
Movie
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie
2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Movie
2020
Eternal Beauty
Movie
2020
Guest of Honour
Movie
2020
Barkskins
Tv
2019
The Feed
Tv
2018
The Mercy
Movie
2017
Justice League
Movie
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Movie
2017
Wonder Woman
Movie
2015
Anomalisa
Movie
2015
An Inspector Calls
Movie
2014
The Theory of Everything
Movie
2014
Queen & Country
Movie
2014
Sunday Roast
Movie
2013
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Movie
2013
The Fifth Estate
Movie
2013
The Zero Theorem
Movie
2013
RED 2
Movie
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie
2011
War Horse
Movie
2011
Anonymous
Movie
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie
2011
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Movie
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie
2010
London Boulevard
Movie
2010
Athena
Movie
2009
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Tv
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie
2006
The Omen
Movie
2005
The New World
Movie
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie
2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie
2003
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Movie
2003
Timeline
Movie
2002
D.I.Y. Hard
Movie
2002
Dinotopia
Tv
2002
Discovering Dinotopia
Movie
2002
Dinotopia
Movie
2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Movie
1999
Love Story
Movie
1998
Divorcing Jack
Movie
1998
The Big Lebowski
Movie
1998
Besieged
Movie
1997
Seven Years in Tibet
Movie
1997
American Perfekt
Movie
1997
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Movie
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie
1996
DragonHeart
Movie
1994
Dandelion Dead
Tv
1994
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Movie
1994
Black Beauty
Movie
1993
Naked
Movie
1993
The Trial
Movie
1992
Damage
Movie
1992
Black and Blue
Movie
1992
Swords at Teatime
Movie
1991
Afraid of the Dark
Movie
1991
Journey to Knock
Movie
1991
Skulduggery
Movie
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Tv
1989
A Bit of a Do
Tv
1988
Deep Red Instant Love
Movie
1987
Little Dorrit
Movie
1987
Road
Movie
1987
Valentine Park
Tv
1986
The Singing Detective
Tv