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