David Thewlis
Acting
Born: Mar 20, 1963
From: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enola Holmes 2 | Grail | 2022 | 7.299 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Remus Lupin | 2011 | 8.08 |
| Anonymous | William Cecil | 2011 | 6.401 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Remus Lupin | 2010 | 7.734 |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Remus Lupin | 2009 | 7.681 |
| Veronika Decides to Die | Dr. Blake | 2009 | 5.904 |
| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Father | 2008 | 7.8 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Remus Lupin | 2007 | 7.672 |
| The Omen | Keith Jennings | 2006 | 5.661 |
| Basic Instinct 2 | Roy Washburn | 2006 | 4.987 |
| All the Invisible Children | Jonathan (segment "Jonathan") | 2006 | 6.993 |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Hospitaler | 2005 | 7.0 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Remus Lupin | 2004 | 8.0 |
| Timeline | Robert Doniger | 2003 | 5.733 |
| Goodbye Charlie Bright | Charlie's Dad | 2001 | 6.13 |
| Gangster No. 1 | Freddie Mays | 2000 | 6.397 |
| The Miracle Maker | Judas Iscariot (voice) | 2000 | 6.12 |
| Divorcing Jack | Dan Starkey | 1998 | 5.971 |
| Besieged | Jason Kinsky | 1998 | 6.664 |
| Seven Years in Tibet | Peter Aufschnaiter | 1997 | 7.164 |
| James and the Giant Peach | Earthworm (voice) | 1996 | 6.591 |
| DragonHeart | King Einon | 1996 | 6.55 |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | Douglas | 1996 | 4.903 |
| Restoration | John Pearce | 1995 | 6.1 |
| Total Eclipse | Paul Verlaine | 1995 | 6.442 |
| Black Beauty | Jerry Barker | 1994 | 6.73 |
| Naked | Johnny | 1993 | 7.3 |
| Damage | Detective | 1992 | 6.57 |
| Life Is Sweet | Nicola's Lover | 1991 | 6.991 |
| Afraid of the Dark | Locksmith / Tom Miller | 1991 | 5.5 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1963 |
| From | Blackpool, Lancashire, England, … |