1963-03-20 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
David Wheeler (born 20 March 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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Avatar 3 | Peylak | 2025-12-19 |
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The Amazing Maurice | Boss Man / Rat King (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
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Enola Holmes 2 | Grail | 2022-11-04 |
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Rare Beasts | Vic | 2021-05-21 |
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Val | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Ares | 2021-03-18 |
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Eternal Beauty | Mike | 2020-08-21 |
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Father | 2020-08-28 |
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Guest of Honour | Jim | 2020-07-09 |
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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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Justice League | Ares | 2017-11-15 |
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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic | Himself | 2017-10-28 |
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None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa | Self | 2016-06-07 |
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Macbeth | Duncan | 2015-09-22 |
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Legend | Leslie Payne | 2015-09-09 |
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An Inspector Calls | Inspector Goole - The Inspector | 2015-09-13 |
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Queen & Country | Sargeant Major Bradley | 2015-01-07 |
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Anomalisa | Michael Stone (voice) | 2015-12-30 |
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Regression | Professor Kenneth Raines | 2015-10-01 |
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The Theory of Everything | Dennis Sciama | 2014-11-26 |
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Stonehearst Asylum | Mickey Finn | 2014-10-23 |
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The Fifth Estate | Nick Davies | 2013-10-11 |
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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 Zero Theorem | Joby | 2013-09-20 |
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How to Get a Head in Sculpture | Self | 2011-02-23 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Remus Lupin | 2011-07-12 |
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The Organ Grinder's Monkey | Pablo (voice) | 2011-06-06 |
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The Lady | Michael Aris | 2011-11-30 |
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War Horse | Lyons | 2011-12-25 |
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Anonymous | William Cecil | 2011-10-21 |
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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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Veronika Decides to Die | Dr. Blake | 2009-05-16 |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Remus Lupin | 2009-07-15 |
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Ralf Hoess | 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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Basic Instinct 2 | Roy Washburn | 2006-03-29 |
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The Omen | Keith Jennings | 2006-06-06 |
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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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Kingdom of Heaven | Hospitaler | 2005-05-03 |
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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 | Himself | 2004-06-11 |
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Cheeky | Harry Sankey | 2003-09-08 |
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Timeline | Robert Doniger | 2003-11-26 |
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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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Goodbye Charlie Bright | Charlie's Dad | 2001-05-11 |
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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Nesbit | 2000-03-10 |
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Gangster No. 1 | Freddie Mays | 2000-06-09 |
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The Miracle Maker | Judas Iscariot | 2000-03-31 |
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Endgame | Clov | 2000-09-10 |
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The Big Lebowski | Knox Harrington | 1998-03-06 |
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L'assedio | Jason Kinsky | 1998-02-05 |
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Divorcing Jack | Dan Starkey | 1998-10-01 |
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American Perfekt | Santini | 1997-06-11 |
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Seven Years in Tibet | Peter Aufschnaiter | 1997-09-12 |
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The Making of 'DragonHeart' | Self | 1997-01-14 |
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James and the Giant Peach | Earthworm (voice) | 1996-04-12 |
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The Island of Dr. Moreau | Douglas | 1996-08-23 |
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DragonHeart | King Einon | 1996-05-31 |
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Total Eclipse | Paul Verlaine | 1995-11-03 |
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Restoration | John Pearce | 1995-12-29 |
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Black Beauty | Jerry Barker | 1994-07-29 |
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Naked | Johnny | 1993-09-14 |
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The Trial | Franz | 1993-06-18 |
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Damage | Detective | 1992-12-02 |
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Black and Blue | Crematorium Attendant | 1992-09-27 |
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Filipina Dreamgirls | Tim Shanks | 1991-09-15 |
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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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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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Little Dorrit | George Braddle | 1987-12-11 |
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Road | Joey | 1987-10-07 |
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The Short & Curlies | Clive | 1987-12-01 |
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