David Thewlis
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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.
Known for
Credits
Damage (1992)
as Detective
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
as Peylak
Signal One (2026)
as Perry
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Remus Lupin
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
as Hospitaler
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
as Ares
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
as Father
Justice League (2017)
as Ares
Wonder Woman (2017)
as Sir Patrick / Ares
The Big Lebowski (1998)
as Knox Harrington
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
as Grail
Legend (2015)
as Leslie Payne
War Horse (2011)
as Lyons
The Theory of Everything (2014)
as Dennis Sciama
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
as Roy Washburn
RED 2 (2013)
as The Frog
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
as Peter Aufschnaiter
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
as Mickey Finn
DragonHeart (1996)
as King Einon
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
as Earthworm (voice)
The Omen (2006)
as Keith Jennings
Timeline (2003)
as Robert Doniger
The New World (2005)
as Wingfield
Total Eclipse (1995)
as Paul Verlaine
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
as Father
Naked (1993)
as Johnny
The Zero Theorem (2013)
as Joby
Regression (2015)
as Professor Kenneth Raines
Anomalisa (2015)
as Michael Stone (voice)
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Nick Davies
Black Beauty (1994)
as Jerry Barker
The Mercy (2018)
as Rodney Hallworth
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
as Douglas
The Amazing Maurice (2022)
as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
The Thing with Feathers (2025)
as Crow (voice)
London Boulevard (2010)
as Jordan
Macbeth (2015)
as Duncan
Restoration (1995)
as John Pearce
Anonymous (2011)
as William Cecil
The Lady (2011)
as Michael Aris
Life Is Sweet (1991)
as Nicola's Lover
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic (2017)
as Himself
Besieged (1998)
as Jason Kinsky
An Inspector Calls (2015)
as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
as Freddie Mays
Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
as Dr. Blake
Little Dorrit (1987)
as George Braddle
The Miracle Maker (2000)
as Judas Iscariot (voice)
Queen & Country (2015)
as Sargeant Major Bradley
The Trial (1993)
as Franz
Mr. Nice (2010)
as Jim McCann
Eternal Beauty (2020)
as Mike
Rare Beasts (2021)
as Vic
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Divorcing Jack (1998)
as Dan Starkey
American Perfekt (1997)
as Santini
All the Invisible Children (2006)
as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
Love Story (1999)
as Dealer
D.I.Y. Hard (2002)
as Man
Cheeky (2003)
as Harry Sankey
Road (1987)
as Joey
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003)
as Self - Clov (archive footage)
Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001)
as Charlie's Dad
Guest of Honour (2020)
as Jim
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter (2004)
as Self
Hamilton Mattress (2002)
as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Afraid of the Dark (1991)
as Locksmith / Tom Miller
Black and Blue (1992)
as Crematorium Attendant
Skulduggery (1991)
as Tony
Discovering Dinotopia (2002)
as Cyrus
Dinotopia (2002)
as Cyrus Crabb
The Short & Curlies (1987)
as Clive
Athena (2010)
as Chuck
Vroom (1988)
as Ringe
The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)
as Martin Frost
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa (2016)
as Self
Resurrected (1989)
as Kevin Deakin
The Organ Grinder's Monkey (2011)
as Pablo (voice)
Radio Pictures (1985)
as JIM 'Grams'
The Making of 'DragonHeart' (1997)
as Self
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000)
as Nesbit
Swords at Teatime (1992)
as Mike
Little Wolf's Book of Badness (2003)
as Mr. Twister (voice)
Endgame (2000)
as Clov
Sunday Roast (2014)
as Dick Puck
Filipina Dreamgirls (1991)
as Tim Shanks
Separate We Come, Separate We Go (2013)
as Norman
Deep Red Instant Love (1988)
Actor
How to Get a Head in Sculpture (2011)
as Self
Journey to Knock (1991)
as Terry
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool (1994)
as Self