1963-03-20 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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The Thing with Feathers | Crow (voice) | 2025-11-07 |
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Avatar: Fire and Ash | Peylak | 2025-12-17 |
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Enola Holmes 2 | Grail | 2022-11-30 |
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The Amazing Maurice | Boss Man / Rat King (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
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Rare Beasts | Vic | 2021-05-21 |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Ares | 2021-03-18 |
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Val | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 |
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Guest of Honour | Jim | 2020-07-09 |
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Father | 2020-08-28 |
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Eternal Beauty | Mike | 2020-08-21 |
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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
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The Mercy | Rodney Hallworth | 2018-02-09 |
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Wonder Woman | Sir Patrick / Ares | 2017-05-30 |
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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic | Himself | 2017-10-28 |
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Justice League | Ares | 2017-11-15 |
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None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa | Self | 2016-06-07 |
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Regression | Professor Kenneth Raines | 2015-10-01 |
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Macbeth | Duncan | 2015-09-22 |
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An Inspector Calls | Inspector Goole - The Inspector | 2015-09-13 |
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Legend | Leslie Payne | 2015-09-09 |
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Anomalisa | Michael Stone (voice) | 2015-12-30 |
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The Theory of Everything | Dennis Sciama | 2014-11-07 |
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Queen & Country | Sargeant Major Bradley | 2014-09-14 |
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Sunday Roast | Dick Puck | 2014-01-01 |
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Stonehearst Asylum | Mickey Finn | 2014-10-23 |
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The Zero Theorem | Joby | 2013-09-20 |
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RED 2 | The Frog | 2013-07-18 |
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Separate We Come, Separate We Go | Norman | 2013-10-25 |
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The Fifth Estate | Nick Davies | 2013-10-11 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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The Lady | Michael Aris | 2011-11-30 |
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Anonymous | William Cecil | 2011-10-21 |
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War Horse | Lyons | 2011-12-25 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Remus Lupin | 2011-07-12 |
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How to Get a Head in Sculpture | Self | 2011-02-23 |
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The Organ Grinder's Monkey | Pablo (voice) | 2011-06-06 |
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London Boulevard | Jordan | 2010-11-10 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Remus Lupin | 2010-11-17 |
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Mr. Nice | Jim McCann | 2010-10-07 |
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Athena | Chuck | 2010-04-21 |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Remus Lupin | 2009-07-15 |
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Veronika Decides to Die | Dr. Blake | 2009-05-16 |
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Father | 2008-05-07 |
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The Inner Life of Martin Frost | Martin Frost | 2007-10-11 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Remus Lupin | 2007-07-08 |
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The Omen | Keith Jennings | 2006-06-06 |
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Basic Instinct 2 | Roy Washburn | 2006-03-29 |
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Kingdom of Heaven | Hospitaler | 2005-05-03 |
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The New World | Wingfield | 2005-12-25 |
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Les enfants invisibles | Jonathan (segment "Jonathan") | 2005-09-01 |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Remus Lupin | 2004-05-31 |
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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter | Self | 2004-06-11 |
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Little Wolf's Book of Badness | Mr. Twister (voice) | 2003-12-08 |
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Timeline | Robert Doniger | 2003-11-26 |
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Cheeky | Harry Sankey | 2003-09-08 |
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Discovering Dinotopia | Cyrus | 2002-05-07 |
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Hamilton Mattress | Hamilton Mattress (voice) | 2002-01-01 |
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D.I.Y. Hard | Man | 2002-09-30 |
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Dinotopia | Cyrus Crabb | 2002-02-12 |
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Goodbye Charlie Bright | Charlie's Dad | 2001-05-11 |
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Gangster No. 1 | Freddie Mays | 2000-06-09 |
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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Nesbit | 2000-03-10 |
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The Miracle Maker | Judas Iscariot (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
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Endgame | Clov | 2000-09-10 |
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Love Story | Dealer | 1999-01-01 |
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The Big Lebowski | Knox Harrington | 1998-03-06 |
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Divorcing Jack | Dan Starkey | 1998-10-01 |
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L'assedio | Jason Kinsky | 1998-02-05 |
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The Making of 'DragonHeart' | Self | 1997-01-14 |
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Seven Years in Tibet | Peter Aufschnaiter | 1997-09-12 |
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American Perfekt | Santini | 1997-06-11 |
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The Island of Dr. Moreau | Douglas | 1996-08-23 |
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James and the Giant Peach | Earthworm (voice) | 1996-04-12 |
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DragonHeart | King Einon | 1996-05-31 |
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Restoration | John Pearce | 1995-12-29 |
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Total Eclipse | Paul Verlaine | 1995-11-03 |
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Black Beauty | Jerry Barker | 1994-07-29 |
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Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool | Self | 1994-08-29 |
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Naked | Johnny | 1993-09-14 |
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The Trial | Franz | 1993-06-18 |
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Black and Blue | Crematorium Attendant | 1992-09-27 |
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Swords at Teatime | Mike | 1992-04-14 |
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Damage | Detective | 1992-12-02 |
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Afraid of the Dark | Locksmith / Tom Miller | 1991-10-10 |
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Skulduggery | Tony | 1991-06-29 |
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Journey to Knock | Terry | 1991-09-17 |
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Filipina Dreamgirls | Tim Shanks | 1991-09-15 |
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Life Is Sweet | Nicola's Lover | 1990-11-15 |
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Resurrected | Kevin Deakin | 1989-03-12 |
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Deep Red Instant Love | 1988-01-01 | |
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Vroom | Ringe | 1988-11-11 |
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Road | Joey | 1987-10-07 |
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Little Dorrit | George Braddle | 1987-12-11 |
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The Short & Curlies | Clive | 1987-12-01 |
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