David Thewlis
David Thewlis
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.
Known For
Actor
as Sherlock Holmes
as Peylak
as Hades
as Norbert Fagin
as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
as Grail
as John Dee
as Memory Bank Manager (voice)
as Lionel St. Swithens (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Vic
as Ares
as Christopher Edwards
as Father
as Mike
as Jim
as Claude Trepagny
as Lawrence Hatfield
as Self (archive footage)
as Rodney Hallworth
as Ares
as Himself
as Sir Patrick / Ares
as Shame Wizard (voice)
as Michael Stone (voice)
as Professor Kenneth Raines
as Duncan
as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
as Leslie Payne
as Sargeant Major Bradley
as Dennis Sciama
as Mickey Finn
as Dick Puck
as V.M. Vargas
as Norman
as Nick Davies
as Joby
as The Frog
as (archive footage)
as Lyons
as Michael Aris
as William Cecil
as Remus Lupin
as Pablo (voice)
as Self
as Remus Lupin
as Jordan
as Jim McCann
as Chuck
as Remus Lupin
as Dr. Blake
as Father
as Martin Frost
as Remus Lupin
as Keith Jennings
as Roy Washburn
as Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson
as Wingfield
as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
as Hospitaler
as Self
as Remus Lupin
as Mr. Twister (voice)
as Robert Doniger
as Harry Sankey
as Man
as Cyrus Crabb
as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
as Cyrus Crabb
as Charlie's Dad
as Clov
as Freddie Mays
as Judas Iscariot (voice)
as Nesbit
as Dealer
as Dan Starkey
as Knox Harrington
as Jason Kinsky
as Peter Aufschnaiter
as Santini
as Self
as Douglas
as King Einon
as Earthworm (voice)
as John Pearce
as Paul Verlaine
as Jerry Barker
as Oswald Martin
as Johnny
as Franz
as Mike Bence
as Detective
as Crematorium Attendant
as Mike
as Locksmith / Tom Miller
as Terry
as Tim Shanks
as Tony
as James Jackson
as Nicola's Lover
as Doctor
as Kevin Deakin
as Ringe
as George Braddle
as Clive
as Joey
as Max
as Second Soldier
Writer
Director
as Director
as Director