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David Thewlis
Actor, Director, Writer
Born March 20, 1963 (59 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Enola Holmes 2 · as Unknown |
| 2022 | The Sandman (TV Series) · as John Dee |
| 2022 | Human Resources (2022) (TV Series) · as Shame Wizard (voice) |
| 2021 | Landscapers (TV Series) · as Christopher Edwards |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Ares |
| 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things · as Father |
| 2020 | Barkskins (TV Series) · as Claude Trepagny |
| 2019 | Eternal Beauty · as Mike |
| 2019 | Guest of Honour · as Jim |
| 2019 | Rare Beasts · as Vic |
| 2019 | The Feed (2019) (TV Series) · as Lawrence Hatfield |
| 2018 | The Mercy · as Rodney Hallworth |
| 2017 | Justice League · as Ares |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman · as Sir Patrick / Ares |
| 2017 | Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Shame Wizard (voice) |
| 2015 | Macbeth · as Duncan |
| 2015 | Regression · as Professor Kenneth Raines |
| 2015 | Legend · as Leslie Payne |
| 2015 | Anomalisa · as Michael Stone (voice) |
| 2015 | An Inspector Calls · as Inspector Goole - The Inspector |
| 2014 | Stonehearst Asylum · as Mickey Finn |
| 2014 | Queen & Country · as Sargeant Major Bradley |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything · as Dennis Sciama |
| 2014 | Fargo (TV Series) · as V.M. Vargas |
| 2013 | RED 2 · as The Frog |
| 2013 | The Zero Theorem · as Joby |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate · as Nick Davies |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · as Remus Lupin |
| 2011 | War Horse · as Lyons |
| 2011 | Anonymous · as William Cecil |
| 2011 | The Lady · as Michael Aris |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · as Remus Lupin |
| 2010 | Mr. Nice · as Jim McCann |
| 2010 | London Boulevard · as Jordan |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · as Remus Lupin |
| 2009 | Veronika Decides to Die · as Dr. Blake |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas · as Ralf Hoess |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · as Remus Lupin |
| 2007 | The Inner Life of Martin Frost · as Martin Frost |
| 2006 | The Omen · as Keith Jennings |
| 2006 | Basic Instinct 2 · as Roy Washburn |
| 2006 | The Street (TV Series) · as Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven · as Hospitaler |
| 2005 | The New World · as Wingfield |
| 2005 | All the Invisible Children · as Jonathan |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · as Remus Lupin |
| 2003 | Timeline · as Robert Doniger |
| 2003 | Cheeky · as Harry Sankey |
| 2003 | Little Wolf's Book of Badness · as Mr. Twister |
| 2002 | D.I.Y. Hard · as Man |
| 2002 | Dinotopia (TV Series) · as Cyrus Crabb |
| 2002 | Dinotopia (TV Series) · as Cyrus Crabb |
| 2002 | Discovering Dinotopia · as Cyrus |
| 2001 | Goodbye Charlie Bright · as Charlie's Dad |
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1 · as Freddie Mays |
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker · as Judas Iscariot |
| 1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? · as Nesbit |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as British Father |
| 1999 | Love Story · as Dealer |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski · as Knox Harrington |
| 1998 | Divorcing Jack · as Dan Starkey |
| 1998 | Besieged · as Jason Kinsky |
| 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet · as Peter Aufschnaiter |
| 1997 | American Perfekt · as Santini |
| 1996 | DragonHeart · as King Einon |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach · as Earthworm (voice) |
| 1996 | The Island of Dr. Moreau · as Edward Douglas |
| 1995 | Restoration · as John Pearce |
| 1995 | Total Eclipse · as Paul Verlaine |
| 1994 | Black Beauty · as Jerry Barker |
| 1994 | Dandelion Dead (TV Series) · as Oswald Martin |
| 1993 | Naked · as Johnny |
| 1993 | The Trial · as Franz |
| 1993 | Prime Suspect 3: The Keeper of Souls · as James Jackson |
| 1992 | Damage · as Detective |
| 1991 | Afraid of the Dark · as Locksmith / Tom Miller |
| 1991 | Journey to Knock · as Terry |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect (TV Series) · as James Jackson |
| 1990 | Life Is Sweet · as Nicola's Lover |
| 1990 | Vroom · as Ringe |
| 1989 | Resurrected · as Kevin Deakin |
| 1989 | Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (TV Series) · as Doctor |
| 1989 | A Bit of a Do (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Deep Red Instant Love · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit · as George Braddle |
| 1987 | The Short & Curlies · as Clive |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective (TV Series) · as Second Soldier |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) · as Unknown |