David Thewlis
Born March 20, 1963 (Age: 63)
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Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
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as Peylak
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Age: 62
The Amazing Maurice
2022
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as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
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Age: 59
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
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as Ares
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Age: 57
Eternal Beauty
2020
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as Mike
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Age: 57
The Mercy
2018
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as Rodney Hallworth
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Age: 54
Justice League
2017
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as Ares
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Age: 54
Wonder Woman
2017
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as Sir Patrick / Ares
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Age: 54
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016
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as Self
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Age: 53
Anomalisa
2015
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as Michael Stone (voice)
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Age: 52
Regression
2015
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as Professor Kenneth Raines
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Age: 52
Macbeth
2015
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as Duncan
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Age: 52
Legend
2015
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as Leslie Payne
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Age: 52
Queen & Country
2015
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as Sargeant Major Bradley
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Age: 51
The Theory of Everything
2014
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as Dennis Sciama
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Age: 51
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
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as Mickey Finn
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Age: 51
The Fifth Estate
2013
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as Nick Davies
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Age: 50
The Zero Theorem
2013
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as Joby
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Age: 50
RED 2
2013
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as The Frog
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Age: 50
War Horse
2011
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as Lyons
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Age: 48
The Lady
2011
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as Michael Aris
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Age: 48
Anonymous
2011
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as William Cecil
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Age: 48
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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as Remus Lupin
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Age: 48
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
2011
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as Self
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Age: 47
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
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as Remus Lupin
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Age: 47
London Boulevard
2010
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as Jordan
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Age: 47
Mr. Nice
2010
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as Jim McCann
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Age: 47
Athena
2010
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as Chuck
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Age: 47
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
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as Remus Lupin
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Age: 46
Veronika Decides to Die
2009
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as Dr. Blake
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Age: 46
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
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as Father
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Age: 45
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
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as Remus Lupin
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Age: 44
The Omen
2006
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as Keith Jennings
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Age: 43
Basic Instinct 2
2006
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as Roy Washburn
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Age: 43
The New World
2005
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as Wingfield
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Age: 42
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
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as Hospitaler
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Age: 42
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
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as Self
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Age: 41
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
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as Remus Lupin
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Age: 41
Timeline
2003
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as Robert Doniger
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Age: 40
D.I.Y. Hard
2002
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as Man
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Age: 39
Discovering Dinotopia
2002
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as Cyrus
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Age: 39
Dinotopia
2002
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as Cyrus Crabb
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Age: 38
Hamilton Mattress
2002
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as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
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Age: 38
Endgame
2000
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as Clov
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Age: 37
Gangster No. 1
2000
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as Freddie Mays
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Age: 37
The Miracle Maker
2000
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as Judas Iscariot (voice)
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Age: 37
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
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as Nesbit
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Age: 36
Love Story
1999
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as Dealer
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Age: 35
Divorcing Jack
1998
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as Dan Starkey
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Age: 35
The Big Lebowski
1998
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as Knox Harrington
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Age: 34
Besieged
1998
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as Jason Kinsky
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Age: 34
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
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as Peter Aufschnaiter
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Age: 34
American Perfekt
1997
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as Santini
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Age: 34
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997
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as Self
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Age: 33
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
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as Douglas
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Age: 33
DragonHeart
1996
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as King Einon
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Age: 33
James and the Giant Peach
1996
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as Earthworm (voice)
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Age: 33
Restoration
1995
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as John Pearce
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Age: 32
Total Eclipse
1995
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as Paul Verlaine
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Age: 32
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
1994
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as Self
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Age: 31
Naked
1993
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as Johnny
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Age: 30
The Trial
1993
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as Franz
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Age: 30
Damage
1992
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as Detective
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Age: 29
No Image
Black and Blue
1992
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as Crematorium Attendant
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Age: 29
Swords at Teatime
1992
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as Mike
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Age: 29
Afraid of the Dark
1991
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as Locksmith / Tom Miller
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Age: 28
No Image
Journey to Knock
1991
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as Terry
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Age: 28
Filipina Dreamgirls
1991
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as Tim Shanks
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Age: 28
No Image
Skulduggery
1991
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as Tony
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Age: 28
Life Is Sweet
1990
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as Nicola's Lover
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Age: 27
Resurrected
1989
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as Kevin Deakin
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Age: 25
Vroom
1988
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as Ringe
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Age: 25
Deep Red Instant Love
1988
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as
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Age: 24
Little Dorrit
1987
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as George Braddle
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Age: 24
The Short & Curlies
1987
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as Clive
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Age: 24
Road
1987
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as Joey
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Age: 24
Radio Pictures
1985
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as JIM 'Grams'
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Age: 22