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David Thewlis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1963-03-20 (Age: 63)

Place of Birth

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

David Thewlis

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.

Filmography (96)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Signal One

2026
⭐ 7.5 Role: Peylak

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025
⭐ 6.5 Role: Crow (voice)

The Thing with Feathers

2025
⭐ 6.7 Role: Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

The Amazing Maurice

2022
⭐ 7.4 Role: Grail

Enola Holmes 2

2022
⭐ 5.5 Role: Vic

Rare Beasts

2021
⭐ 8.1 Role: Ares

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021
⭐ 6.5 Role: Father

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

2020
⭐ 6.2 Role: Mike

Eternal Beauty

2020
⭐ 5.4 Role: Jim

Guest of Honour

2020
⭐ 5.4 Role: Self (archive footage)

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

2018
⭐ 5.9 Role: Rodney Hallworth

The Mercy

2018
⭐ 6.1 Role: Ares

Justice League

2017
⭐ 7.3 Role: Himself

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017
⭐ 7.2 Role: Sir Patrick / Ares

Wonder Woman

2017