
Place of Birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
David Thewlis
David Wheeler (born 20 March 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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Naked | Johnny | 1993 |
Divorcing Jack | Dan Starkey | 1998 |
The Inner Life of Martin Frost | Martin Frost | 2007 |
Cheeky | Harry Sankey | 2003 |
D.I.Y. Hard | Man | 2002 |
An Inspector Calls | Inspector Goole - The Inspector | 2015 |
Hamilton Mattress | Hamilton Mattress (voice) | 2002 |
How to Get a Head in Sculpture | Self | 2011 |
Guest of Honour | Jim | 2020 |
Athena | Chuck | 2010 |
Anomalisa | Michael Stone (voice) | 2015 |
Deep Red Instant Love | 1988 | |
Veronika Decides to Die | Dr. Blake | 2009 |
Total Eclipse | Paul Verlaine | 1995 |
Besieged | Jason Kinsky | 1998 |
Endgame | Clov | 2000 |
The Lady | Michael Aris | 2011 |
The Zero Theorem | Joby | 2013 |
Journey to Knock | Terry | 1991 |
Separate We Come, Separate We Go | Norman | 2013 |
Eternal Beauty | Mike | 2020 |
Seven Years in Tibet | Peter Aufschnaiter | 1997 |
Gangster No. 1 | Freddie Mays | 2000 |
DragonHeart | King Einon | 1996 |
The Island of Dr. Moreau | Douglas | 1996 |
Black Beauty | Jerry Barker | 1994 |
Anonymous | William Cecil | 2011 |
Mr. Nice | Jim McCann | 2010 |
London Boulevard | Jordan | 2010 |
Resurrected | Kevin Deakin | 1989 |
Vroom | Ringe | 1988 |
The Organ Grinder's Monkey | Pablo (voice) | 2011 |
Stonehearst Asylum | Mickey Finn | 2014 |
The Short & Curlies | Clive | 1987 |
Regression | Professor Kenneth Raines | 2015 |
American Perfekt | Santini | 1997 |
The Mercy | Rodney Hallworth | 2018 |
Queen & Country | Sargeant Major Bradley | 2015 |
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic | Himself | 2017 |
Skulduggery | Tony | 1991 |
The Amazing Maurice | Boss Man / Rat King (voice) | 2022 |
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa | Self | 2016 |
Enola Holmes 2 | Grail | 2022 |
Littlemouth | 1970 | |
The Omen | Keith Jennings | 2006 |
Kingdom of Heaven | Hospitaler | 2005 |
Basic Instinct 2 | Roy Washburn | 2006 |
Restoration | John Pearce | 1995 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Ralf Hoess | 2008 |
Filipina Dreamgirls | Tim Shanks | 1991 |
The Fifth Estate | Nick Davies | 2013 |
Legend | Leslie Payne | 2015 |
I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Father | 2020 |
Timeline | Robert Doniger | 2003 |
War Horse | Lyons | 2011 |
Rare Beasts | Vic | 2021 |
Life Is Sweet | Nicola's Lover | 1990 |
The Theory of Everything | Dennis Sciama | 2014 |
Wonder Woman | Sir Patrick / Ares | 2017 |
The Trial | Franz | 1993 |
The New World | Wingfield | 2005 |
Macbeth | Duncan | 2015 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Remus Lupin | 2004 |
Avatar 3 | Peylak | 2025 |
Goodbye Charlie Bright | Charlie's Dad | 2001 |
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Nesbit | 2000 |
RED 2 | The Frog | 2013 |
Val | Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
The Making of 'DragonHeart' | Self | 1997 |
James and the Giant Peach | Earthworm (voice) | 1996 |
Afraid of the Dark | Locksmith / Tom Miller | 1991 |
Road | Joey | 1987 |
Damage | Detective | 1992 |
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Remus Lupin | 2009 |
The Miracle Maker | Judas Iscariot | 2000 |
Justice League | Ares | 2017 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Remus Lupin | 2010 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Remus Lupin | 2007 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Remus Lupin | 2011 |
All the Invisible Children | Jonathan (segment "Jonathan") | 2005 |
Little Dorrit | George Braddle | 1987 |
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter | Himself | 2004 |
The Big Lebowski | Knox Harrington | 1998 |
Black and Blue | Crematorium Attendant | 1992 |
Zack Snyder's Justice League | Ares | 2021 | Series | Cast | Year |
The Singing Detective | Second Soldier | 1986 |
Prime Suspect | James Jackson | 1991 |
A Bit of a Do | 1989 | |
Valentine Park | 1987 | |
Only Fools and Horses | 1981 | |
Dandelion Dead | Oswald Martin | 1994 |
The Street | Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson | 2006 |
Fargo | V.M. Vargas | 2014 |
Dinotopia | Cyrus Crabb | 2002 |
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Doctor | 1990 |
The Feed | Lawrence Hatfield | 2019 |
Big Mouth | Shame Wizard (voice) | 2017 |
Barkskins | Claude Trepagny | 2020 |
Landscapers | Christopher Edwards | 2021 |
Human Resources | Lionel St. Swithens (voice) | 2022 |
Frank Stubbs Promotes | Mike Bence | 1993 |
The Sandman | John Dee | 2022 |
KAOS | Hades | 1970 |
The Artful Dodger | Norbert Fagin | 2023 |
Human Resources | Memory Bank Manager (voice) | 2022 |