David Thewlis
Acting
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
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Filmography of
David Thewlis
Peylak
... 2025
Crow (voice)
... 2025
Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
... 2022
Grail
... 2022
Vic
... 2021
... 2021
... 2020
Mike
... 2020
Jim
... 2020
Self (archive footage)
... 2018
Rodney Hallworth
... 2018
Ares
... 2017
Himself
... 2017
Sir Patrick / Ares
... 2017
... 2016
Michael Stone (voice)
... 2015
Professor Kenneth Raines
... 2015
Duncan
... 2015
Inspector Goole - The Inspector
... 2015
Leslie Payne
... 2015
Dennis Sciama
... 2014
Mickey Finn
... 2014
Sargeant Major Bradley
... 2014
Dick Puck
... 2014
... 2013
Nick Davies
... 2013
Joby
... 2013
The Frog
... 2013
(archive footage)
... 2012
Lyons
... 2011
Michael Aris
... 2011
William Cecil
... 2011
Remus Lupin
... 2011
Pablo (voice)
... 2011
... 2011
Remus Lupin
... 2010
Jordan
... 2010
Jim McCann
... 2010
Chuck
... 2010
Remus Lupin
... 2009
Dr. Blake
... 2009
... 2008
Martin Frost
... 2007
Remus Lupin
... 2007
Keith Jennings
... 2006
Roy Washburn
... 2006
Wingfield
... 2005
Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
... 2005
Hospitaler
... 2005
... 2004
Remus Lupin
... 2004
Mr. Twister (voice)
... 2003
Robert Doniger
... 2003
Harry Sankey
... 2003
Man
... 2002
Cyrus
... 2002
Cyrus Crabb
... 2002
Hamilton Mattress (voice)
... 2002
Charlie's Dad
... 2001
Clov
... 2000
Freddie Mays
... 2000
Judas Iscariot (voice)
... 2000
... 2000
Dealer
... 1999
Dan Starkey
... 1998
Knox Harrington
... 1998
Jason Kinsky
... 1998
Peter Aufschnaiter
... 1997
Santini
... 1997
... 1997
Douglas
... 1996
King Einon
... 1996
Earthworm (voice)
... 1996
John Pearce
... 1995
Paul Verlaine
... 1995
... 1994
Jerry Barker
... 1994
Johnny
... 1993
Franz
... 1993
Detective
... 1992
Crematorium Attendant
... 1992
Mike
... 1992
Locksmith / Tom Miller
... 1991
Terry
... 1991
Tim Shanks
... 1991
Tony
... 1991
Nicola's Lover
... 1990
Kevin Deakin
... 1989
Ringe
... 1988
... 1988
George Braddle
... 1987
Clive
... 1987
Joey
... 1987