David Thewlis

Birthday

1963-03-20

Place of Birth

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis, is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and author. Thewlis rose to prominence when he starred in the film Naked (1993), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. His most commercially successful roles have been Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter franchise (2004–2011) and Sir Patrick Morgan / Ares in Wonder Woman (2017). Other film roles include Total Eclipse (1995), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Dragonheart (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Anomalisa (2015), and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). He will appear in Enola Holmes 2 (2022) and Avatar 3 (2024). Thewlis' most notable television roles are Cyrus Crabb in the miniseries Dinotopia (2002), V. M. Varga in the third series of Fargo (2017), the voice of the Shame Wizard in the animated sitcom Big Mouth (2017–present), and Christopher Edwards in the miniseries Landscapers (2021). His performance in Fargo earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award.
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The Amazing Maurice

The Amazing Maurice

2023 6.2
The Amazing Maurice

as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

2023
Human Resources

Human Resources

2022 7.1
Human Resources

as Lionel St. Swithens (voice)

2022
Landscapers

Landscapers

2021 7
Landscapers

as Christopher Edwards

2021
Val

Val

2021 7.6
Val

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Barkskins

Barkskins

2020 7.3
Barkskins

as Claude Trepagny

2020
The Feed

The Feed

2019 6.3
The Feed

as Lawrence Hatfield

2019
The Mercy

The Mercy

2018 6
The Mercy

as Rodney Hallworth

2018
Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

2017 7.3
Wonder Woman

as Sir Patrick / Ares

2017
Regression

Regression

2016 5.6
Regression

as Professor Kenneth Raines

2016
An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

2015 7.6
An Inspector Calls

as Inspector Goole - The Inspector

2015
Legend

Legend

2015 6.9
Legend

as Leslie Payne

2015
Anomalisa

Anomalisa

2015 7.2
Anomalisa

as Michael Stone (voice)

2015
Queen & Country

Queen & Country

2015 6.2
Queen & Country

as Sargeant Major Bradley

2015
RED 2

RED 2

2013 6.6
RED 2

as The Frog

2013
The Lady

The Lady

2012 7
The Lady

as Michael Aris

2012
Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice

2011 6.3
Mr. Nice

as Jim McCann

2011
Anonymous

Anonymous

2011 6.8
Anonymous

as William Cecil

2011
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