David Thewlis
Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK — 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 Ac…
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
Peylak
Fargo
V.M. Vargas
The Sandman
John Dee
Big Mouth
Shame Wizard (voice)
Screen Two
Franz
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Remus Lupin
Prime Suspect
James Jackson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Remus Lupin
Only Fools and Horses
Stew
Wonder Woman
Sir Patrick / Ares
Kingdom of Heaven
Hospitaler
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Ares
The Artful Dodger
Norbert Fagin
Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock Holmes
The Big Lebowski
Knox Harrington
KAOS
Hades
The Feed
Lawrence Hatfield
Justice League
Ares
The Street
Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Father
Legend
Leslie Payne
Human Resources
Memory Bank Manager (voice)
War Horse
Lyons
Enola Holmes 2
Grail
RED 2
The Frog
Timeline
Robert Doniger
Landscapers
Christopher Edwards
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Mike Bence
Dinotopia
Cyrus Crabb
The Singing Detective
Soldier
James and the Giant Peach
Earthworm (voice)
Damage
Detective
Naked
Johnny
Seven Years in Tibet
Peter Aufschnaiter
The Theory of Everything
Dennis Sciama
Barkskins
Claude Trepagny
Stonehearst Asylum
Mickey Finn
DragonHeart
King Einon
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Doctor
A Bit of a Do
The Thing with Feathers
Crow (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Omen
Keith Jennings
Anomalisa
Michael Stone (voice)
The Fifth Estate
Nick Davies
The Zero Theorem
Joby
Regression
Professor Kenneth Raines
London Boulevard
Jordan
The Mercy
Rodney Hallworth
Dandelion Dead
Oswald Martin
Anonymous
William Cecil
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Douglas
The Amazing Maurice
Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Macbeth
Duncan
Gangster No. 1
Freddie Mays
Basic Instinct 2
Roy Washburn
Restoration
John Pearce
The Miracle Maker
Judas Iscariot (voice)
Life Is Sweet
Nicola's Lover
The New World
Wingfield
Black Beauty
Jerry Barker
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Father
Total Eclipse
Paul Verlaine
The Lady
Michael Aris
Vroom
Ringe
An Inspector Calls
Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Mr. Nice
Jim McCann
Cheeky
Harry Sankey
Little Dorrit
George Braddle
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
Dirty Business
Ash Smith
Eternal Beauty
Mike
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
The Trial
Franz
Signal One
All the Invisible Children
Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
Valentine Park
Max
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Himself
Queen & Country
Sargeant Major Bradley
Divorcing Jack
Dan Starkey
Besieged
Jason Kinsky
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Pablo (voice)
Rare Beasts
Vic
Endgame
Clov
Skulduggery
Tony
Afraid of the Dark
Locksmith / Tom Miller
American Perfekt
Santini
Veronika Decides to Die
Dr. Blake
Discovering Dinotopia
Cyrus
The Short & Curlies
Clive
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Nesbit
Road
Joey
Dinotopia
Cyrus Crabb
Guest of Honour
Jim
Love Story
Dealer
Resurrected
Kevin Deakin
Black and Blue
Crematorium Attendant
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Self
Sunday Roast
Dick Puck
Radio Pictures
JIM 'Grams'
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Self
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Mr. Twister (voice)
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Charlie's Dad
Hamilton Mattress
Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Athena
Chuck
Journey to Knock
Terry
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Martin Frost
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Self
Filipina Dreamgirls
Tim Shanks
D.I.Y. Hard
Man
Swords at Teatime
Mike
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Norman
Hello, Hello, Hello
Directing
Deep Red Instant Love
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Self