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David Thewlis
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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…
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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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David Thewlis's Filmography
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Signal One
as Perry
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Peylak
The Thing with Feathers
as Crow (voice)
The Amazing Maurice
as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Enola Holmes 2
as Grail
Val
as Self (archive)
Rare Beasts
as Vic
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Ares
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as Father
Eternal Beauty
as Mike
Guest of Honour
as Jim
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
The Mercy
as Rodney Hallworth
Justice League
as Ares
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
as Himself
Wonder Woman
as Sir Patrick
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
as Self
Anomalisa
as Michael Stone (voice)
Regression
as Professor Kenneth Raines
Macbeth
as Duncan
An Inspector Calls
as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Legend
as Leslie Payne
Queen & Country
as Sargeant Major Bradley
The Theory of Everything
as Dennis Sciama
Stonehearst Asylum
as Mickey Finn
No Poster
Sunday Roast
as Dick Puck
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
as Norman
The Fifth Estate
as Nick Davies
The Zero Theorem
as Joby
RED 2
as The Frog
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
War Horse
as Lyons
The Lady
as Michael Aris
Anonymous
as William Cecil
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Self - Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Remus Lupin
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
as Pablo (voice)
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Remus Lupin
London Boulevard
as Jordan
Mr. Nice
as Jim McCann
Athena
as Chuck
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Remus Lupin
Veronika Decides to Die
as Dr. Blake
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Father
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
as Martin Frost
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Remus Lupin
The Omen
as Keith Jennings
Basic Instinct 2
as Roy Washburn
All the Invisible Children
as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
The New World
as Wingfield
Kingdom of Heaven
as Hospitaler
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Remus Lupin
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
as Mr. Twister (voice)
Timeline
as Robert Doniger
Cheeky
as Harry Sankey
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - Clov (archive footage)
D.I.Y. Hard
as Man
Discovering Dinotopia
as Cyrus
Dinotopia
as Cyrus Crabb
Hamilton Mattress
as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Goodbye Charlie Bright
as Charlie's Dad
Endgame
as Clov
Gangster No. 1
as Freddie Mays
The Miracle Maker
as Judas Iscariot (voice)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Nesbit
Love Story
as Dealer
Divorcing Jack
as Dan Starkey
The Big Lebowski
as Knox Harrington
Besieged
as Jason Kinsky
Seven Years in Tibet
as Peter Aufschnaiter
American Perfekt
as Santini
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
as Self
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Douglas
DragonHeart
as King Einon
James and the Giant Peach
as Earthworm (voice)
Restoration
as John Pearce
Total Eclipse
as Paul Verlaine
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
as Self
Black Beauty
as Jerry Barker
Naked
as Johnny
The Trial
as Franz
Damage
as Detective
No Poster
Black and Blue
as Crematorium Attendant
Swords at Teatime
as Mike
Afraid of the Dark
as Locksmith / Tom Miller
No Poster
Journey to Knock
as Terry
Filipina Dreamgirls
as Tim Shanks
No Poster
Skulduggery
as Tony
Life Is Sweet
as Nicola's Lover
Resurrected
as Kevin Deakin
Vroom
as Ringe
Deep Red Instant Love
Little Dorrit
as George Braddle
The Short & Curlies
as Clive
Road
as Joey
Radio Pictures
as JIM 'Grams'