Biography
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.
Filmography
all 112
Movies 92
TV Shows 20
self 6
Voice 3
Director 1
Avatar 3 (2025)
The Artful Dodger (2023)
The Amazing Maurice (2022)
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
The Sandman (2022)
Human Resources (2022)
Landscapers (2021)
Val (2021)
Rare Beasts (2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Eternal Beauty (2020)
Guest of Honour (2020)
Barkskins (2020)
The Feed (2019)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
The Mercy (2018)
Justice League (2017)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic (2017)
Big Mouth (2017)
Wonder Woman (2017)
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa (2016)
Anomalisa (2015)
Regression (2015)
Macbeth (2015)
An Inspector Calls (2015)
Legend (2015)
Queen & Country (2015)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
Fargo (2014)
Separate We Come, Separate We Go (2013)
The Fifth Estate (2013)
The Zero Theorem (2013)
RED 2 (2013)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
War Horse (2011)
The Lady (2011)
Anonymous (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
The Organ Grinder's Monkey (2011)
How to Get a Head in Sculpture (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
London Boulevard (2010)
Mr. Nice (2010)
Athena (2010)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
The Omen (2006)
The Street (2006)
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
The New World (2005)
All the Invisible Children (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Little Wolf's Book of Badness (2003)
Timeline (2003)
Cheeky (2003)
Dinotopia 1: The Outsiders (2002)
D.I.Y. Hard (2002)
Dinotopia (2002)
Hamilton Mattress (2002)
Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001)
Endgame (2000)
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
The Miracle Maker (2000)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000)
Love Story (1999)
Divorcing Jack (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Besieged (1998)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
American Perfekt (1997)
The Making of 'DragonHeart' (1997)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
DragonHeart (1996)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Restoration (1995)
Total Eclipse (1995)
Hello, Hello, Hello (1995)
Dandelion Dead (1994)
Black Beauty (1994)
Naked (1993)
Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993)
The Trial (1993)
Damage (1992)
Black and Blue (1992)
Swords at Teatime (1992)
Afraid of the Dark (1991)
Journey to Knock (1991)
Filipina Dreamgirls (1991)
Skulduggery (1991)
Prime Suspect (1991)
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990)
Resurrected (1989)
A Bit of a Do (1989)
Vroom (1988)
Deep Red Instant Love (1988)
Little Dorrit (1987)
The Short & Curlies (1987)
Road (1987)
Valentine Park (1987)
Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Dandelion Dead
Littlemouth
Sherlock & Daughter
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1963-03-20 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceBlackpool, United Kingdom
Height1.89-meter
RelationshipsSara Sugarman (1992-01-01 - 1993-01-01), Anna Friel (2001-01-01 - 2010-01-01)
ChildrenGracie Friel
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known As데이빗 듈리스, Дэвид Тьюлис, David Wheeler, 大卫·休里斯
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