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David Thewlis

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
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1963
FromBlackpool, Lancashire, England, …