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David Thewlis

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 ForActing
  • Born20 March 1963 (age 62)
  • Place of BirthBlackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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 ForActing
  • Born20 March 1963 (age 62)
  • Place of BirthBlackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
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2025
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The Thing with Feathers
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2025
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Enola Holmes 2
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7.354
2022
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The Amazing Maurice
star
6.746
2022
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Rare Beasts
star
5.4
2021
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Zack Snyder's Justice League
star
8.117
2021
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Val
star
7.178
2021
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Eternal Beauty
star
6.141
2020
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Guest of Honour
star
5.3
2020
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
star
6.586
2020
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The Mercy
star
5.95
2018
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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
star
5.7
2018
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Wonder Woman
star
7.216
2017
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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
star
7.3
2017
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Justice League
star
6.077
2017
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None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
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2016
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Macbeth
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6.5
2015
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Regression
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5.585
2015
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Legend
star
7.058
2015
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An Inspector Calls
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7.429
2015
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Anomalisa
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7.104
2015
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Queen & Country
star
6.0
2014
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The Theory of Everything
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7.842
2014
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Stonehearst Asylum
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6.859
2014
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Sunday Roast
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2014
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RED 2
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6.527
2013
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The Zero Theorem
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6.114
2013
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The Fifth Estate
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6.008
2013
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Separate We Come, Separate We Go
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6.5
2013
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
star
7.573
2012
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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8.086
2011
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Anonymous
star
6.402
2011
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War Horse
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7.299
2011
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The Lady
star
6.8
2011
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The Organ Grinder's Monkey
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4.0
2011
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How to Get a Head in Sculpture
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8.0
2011
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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7.7
2010
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Mr. Nice
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6.131
2010
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London Boulevard
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5.9
2010
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Athena
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2010
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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7.684
2009
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Veronika Decides to Die
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5.9
2009
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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7.827
2008
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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7.675
2007
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The Inner Life of Martin Frost
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4.367
2007
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The Omen
star
5.639
2006
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Basic Instinct 2
star
4.997
2006
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Kingdom of Heaven
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6.997
2005
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All the Invisible Children
star
7.052
2005
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The New World
star
6.5
2005
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
star
8.012
2004
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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
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7.579
2004
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Cheeky
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6.4
2003
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Timeline
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5.714
2003
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Little Wolf's Book of Badness
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7.5
2003
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D.I.Y. Hard
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8.7
2002
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Hamilton Mattress
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6.3
2002
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Dinotopia
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6.5
2002
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Discovering Dinotopia
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6.34
2002
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Goodbye Charlie Bright
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6.2
2001
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Gangster No. 1
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6.408
2000
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The Miracle Maker
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5.9
2000
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Endgame
star
6.8
2000
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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
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6.1
2000
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Love Story
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1999
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Divorcing Jack
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6.1
1998
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Besieged
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6.718
1998
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The Big Lebowski
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7.838
1998
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Seven Years in Tibet
star
7.158
1997
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The Making of 'DragonHeart'
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6.5
1997
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American Perfekt
star
6.3
1997
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James and the Giant Peach
star
6.6
1996
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DragonHeart
star
6.54
1996
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
star
4.9
1996
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Hello, Hello, Hello
star
5.0
1995
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Restoration
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6.021
1995
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Total Eclipse
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6.432
1995
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Black Beauty
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6.7
1994
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Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
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1994
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Naked
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7.245
1993
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The Trial
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5.8
1993
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Damage
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6.609
1992
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Swords at Teatime
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1992
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Black and Blue
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1992
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Afraid of the Dark
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5.313
1991
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Filipina Dreamgirls
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8.0
1991
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Journey to Knock
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1991
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Skulduggery
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1991
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Life Is Sweet
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6.972
1990
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Resurrected
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5.594
1989
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Vroom
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6.071
1988
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Deep Red Instant Love
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1988
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Road
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7.3
1987
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The Short & Curlies
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6.321
1987
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Little Dorrit
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6.5
1987