Profile of David Thewlis
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David Thewlis

Born
1963-03-20
Birthplace
Blackpool,
Lancashire
England
UK
Born
1963-03-20
Birthplace
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 te......

Profile of David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Born
1963-03-20
Birthplace
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
UK
Born
1963-03-20
Birthplace
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.

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Damage poster

1992

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Avatar: Fire and Ash poster

2025

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Fargo poster

2014

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Signal One poster

2026

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The Sandman poster

2022

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster

2004

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Big Mouth poster

2017

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster

2007

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster

2009

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

2011

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

2010

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Screen Two poster

1985

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Kingdom of Heaven poster

2005

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Zack Snyder's Justice League poster

2021

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Prime Suspect poster

1991

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Wonder Woman poster

2017

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The Artful Dodger poster

2023

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Justice League poster

2017

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The Big Lebowski poster

1998

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas poster

2008

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Only Fools and Horses poster

1981

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Human Resources poster

2022

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Sherlock & Daughter poster

2025

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Screen One poster

1989

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Legend poster

2015

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The Theory of Everything poster

2014

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RED 2 poster

2013

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War Horse poster

2011

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Enola Holmes 2 poster

2022

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KAOS poster

2024

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Basic Instinct 2 poster

2006

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ScreenPlay poster

1986

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Seven Years in Tibet poster

1997

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DragonHeart poster

1996

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Stonehearst Asylum poster

2014

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things poster

2020

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Anomalisa poster

2015

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James and the Giant Peach poster

1996

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The New World poster

2005

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The Omen poster

2006

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Timeline poster

2003

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Naked poster

1993

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Anonymous poster

2011

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The Island of Dr. Moreau poster

1996

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Landscapers poster

2021

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The Amazing Maurice poster

2022

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Dinotopia poster

2002

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The Feed poster

2019

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The Street poster

2006

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Regression poster

2015

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Macbeth poster

2015

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The Zero Theorem poster

2013

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The Fifth Estate poster

2013

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London Boulevard poster

2010

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Total Eclipse poster

1995

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Black Beauty poster

1994

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The Mercy poster

2018

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The Singing Detective poster

1986

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Veronika Decides to Die poster

2009

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The Lady poster

2011

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An Inspector Calls poster

2015

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Gangster No. 1 poster

2000

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Barkskins poster

2020

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Life Is Sweet poster

1991

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Mr. Nice poster

2010

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Restoration poster

1995

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit poster

1990

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Dirty Business poster

2026

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Frank Stubbs Promotes poster

1993

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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic poster

2017

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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

2012

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All the Invisible Children poster

2006

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Eternal Beauty poster

2020

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Queen & Country poster

2015

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Besieged poster

1998

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The Miracle Maker poster

2000

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Discovering Dinotopia poster

2002

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The Thing with Feathers poster

2025

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The Trial poster

1993

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Afraid of the Dark poster

1991

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The Short & Curlies poster

1987

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Rare Beasts poster

2021

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Little Dorrit poster

1987

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A Bit of a Do poster

1989

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Divorcing Jack poster

1998

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Goodbye Charlie Bright poster

2001

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American Perfekt poster

1997

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Guest of Honour poster

2020

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Resurrected poster

1989

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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? poster

2000

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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter poster

2004

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Road poster

1987

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The Inner Life of Martin Frost poster

2007

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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal poster

2018

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Cheeky poster

2003

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Vroom poster

1988

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Hamilton Mattress poster

2002

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Endgame poster

2000

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Hello, Hello, Hello poster

1995

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Little Wolf's Book of Badness poster

2003

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Filipina Dreamgirls poster

1991

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Dinotopia poster

2002

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The Organ Grinder's Monkey poster

2011

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The Making of 'DragonHeart' poster

1997

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Dandelion Dead poster

1994

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D.I.Y. Hard poster

2002

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Love Story poster

1999

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Black and Blue poster

1992

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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film poster

2003

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Swords at Teatime poster

1992

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Journey to Knock poster

1991

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How to Get a Head in Sculpture poster

2011

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Separate We Come, Separate We Go poster

2013

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Summer Season poster

1985

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Valentine Park poster

1987

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Skulduggery poster

1991

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Athena poster

2010

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Sunday Roast poster

2014

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None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa poster

2016

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Radio Pictures poster

1985

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Deep Red Instant Love poster

1988

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Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool poster

1994

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