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David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Birthday: 1963-03-20 | Place of Birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis, is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and author. Thewlis rose to prominence when he starred in the film Naked (1993), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. His most commercially successful roles have been Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter franchise (2004–2011) and Sir Patrick Morgan / Ares in Wonder Woman (2017). Other film roles include Total Eclipse (1995), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Dragonheart (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Anomalisa (2015), and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). He will appear in Enola Holmes 2 (2022) and Avatar 3 (2024). Thewlis' most notable television roles are Cyrus Crabb in the miniseries Dinotopia (2002), V. M. Varga in the third series of Fargo (2017), the voice of the Shame Wizard in the animated sitcom Big Mouth (2017–present), and Christopher Edwards in the miniseries Landscapers (2021). His performance in Fargo earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
The Amazing Maurice

as    Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

2022
Human Resources

as    Lionel St. Swithens (voice)

2021
Landscapers

as    Christopher Edwards

2021
Val

as    Self (archive footage)

2021
Rare Beasts

as    Vic

2020
Barkskins

as    Claude Trepagny

2020
2020
Guest of Honour

as    Jim

2020
Eternal Beauty

as    Mike

2019
The Feed

as    Lawrence Hatfield

2018
The Mercy

as    Rodney Hallworth

2017
Wonder Woman

as    Sir Patrick / Ares

2016
Regression

as    Professor Kenneth Raines

2015
Macbeth

as    Duncan

2015
An Inspector Calls

as    Inspector Goole - The Inspector

2015
Legend

as    Leslie Payne

2015
Anomalisa

as    Michael Stone (voice)

2015
Queen & Country

as    Sargeant Major Bradley

2014
The Theory of Everything

as    Dennis Sciama

2014
The Zero Theorem

as    Joby

2014
Stonehearst Asylum

as    Mickey Finn

2013
The Fifth Estate

as    Nick Davies

2013
RED 2

as    The Frog

2012
The Lady

as    Michael Aris

2011
Mr. Nice

as    Jim McCann

2011
War Horse

as    Lyons

2011
Anonymous

as    William Cecil

2010
London Boulevard

as    Jordan