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) | 2025-10-17 |
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Avatar: Fire and Ash | Peylak | 2025-12-17 |
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The Amazing Maurice | Boss Man / Rat King (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
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Enola Holmes 2 | Grail | 2022-11-30 |
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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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Eternal Beauty | Mike | 2020-08-21 |
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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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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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Regression | Professor Kenneth Raines | 2015-10-01 |
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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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Stonehearst Asylum | Mickey Finn | 2014-10-23 |
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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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The Theory of Everything | Dennis Sciama | 2014-11-07 |
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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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The Fifth Estate | Nick Davies | 2013-10-11 |
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Separate We Come, Separate We Go | Norman | 2013-10-25 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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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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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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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Remus Lupin | 2011-07-12 |
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London Boulevard | Jordan | 2010-11-10 |
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Athena | Chuck | 2010-04-21 |
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Mr. Nice | Jim McCann | 2010-10-07 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Remus Lupin | 2010-11-17 |
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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 | Father | 2008-05-07 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Remus Lupin | 2007-07-08 |
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The Inner Life of Martin Frost | Martin Frost | 2007-10-11 |
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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 | Self | 2004-06-11 |
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Timeline | Robert Doniger | 2003-11-26 |
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Little Wolf's Book of Badness | Mr. Twister (voice) | 2003-12-08 |
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Cheeky | Harry Sankey | 2003-09-08 |
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Dinotopia | Cyrus Crabb | 2002-02-12 |
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Hamilton Mattress | Hamilton Mattress (voice) | 2002-01-01 |
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Discovering Dinotopia | Cyrus | 2002-05-07 |
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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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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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L'assedio | Jason Kinsky | 1998-02-05 |
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Divorcing Jack | Dan Starkey | 1998-10-01 |
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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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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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Total Eclipse | Paul Verlaine | 1995-11-03 |
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Restoration | John Pearce | 1995-12-29 |
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Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool | Self | 1994-08-29 |
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Black Beauty | Jerry Barker | 1994-07-29 |
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Naked | Johnny | 1993-08-06 |
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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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Swords at Teatime | Mike | 1992-04-14 |
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Skulduggery | Tony | 1991-06-29 |
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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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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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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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Radio Pictures | JIM 'Grams' | 1985-07-16 |
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