David Thewlis
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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Movies (99)
Signal One
2026 · Perry
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Peylak
Esa cosa con alas
2025 · Crow (voice)
Las aventuras de Maurice
2022 · Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · Grail
Val
2021 · Self (archive)
Rare Beasts
2021 · Vic
La Liga de la Justicia de Zack Snyder
2021 · Ares
Pienso en el final
2020 · Father
Plantada en el altar
2020 · Mike
Guest of Honour
2020 · Jim
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Una viaje extraordinario
2018 · Rodney Hallworth
Liga de la Justicia
2017 · Ares
Harry Potter - A History Of Magic
2017 · Himself
Mujer Maravilla
2017 · Sir Patrick
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016 · Self
Anomalisa
2015 · Michael Stone (voice)
Regresión
2015 · Professor Kenneth Raines
Macbeth
2015 · Duncan
An Inspector Calls
2015 · Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Leyendas del crimen
2015 · Leslie Payne
Queen & Country
2015 · Sargeant Major Bradley
La Teoría del Todo
2014 · Dennis Sciama
Los secretos de Stonehearst
2014 · Mickey Finn
Sunday Roast
2014 · Dick Puck, Writer
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
2013 · Norman
El quinto poder
2013 · Nick Davies
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Joby
RED 2
2013 · The Frog
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Caballo de Guerra
2011 · Lyons
The Lady
2011 · Michael Aris
Anonymous
2011 · William Cecil
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011 · Self - Remus Lupin
Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte: Parte 2
2011 · Remus Lupin
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
2011 · Pablo (voice)
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
2011 · Self
Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte (1ª parte)
2010 · Remus Lupin
El Guardaespaldas 2
2010 · Jordan
Mr. Nice
2010 · Jim McCann
Athena
2010 · Chuck
Harry Potter y el misterio del príncipe
2009 · Remus Lupin
Veronika Decide Morir
2009 · Dr. Blake
El niño con el pijama de rayas
2008 · Father
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007 · Martin Frost
Harry Potter y la orden del Fénix
2007 · Remus Lupin
La profecía
2006 · Keith Jennings
Bajos Instintos 2
2006 · Roy Washburn
All the Invisible Children
2006 · Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
El Nuevo Mundo
2005 · Wingfield
Cruzada
2005 · Hospitaler
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004 · Self - Professor Lupin
Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban
2004 · Remus Lupin
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003 · Mr. Twister (voice)
Rescate En El Tiempo
2003 · Robert Doniger
Cheeky
2003 · Harry Sankey, Director, Writer
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Self - Clov (archive footage)
D.I.Y. Hard
2002 · Man
Discovering Dinotopia
2002 · Cyrus
Dinotopia
2002 · Cyrus Crabb
Hamilton Mattress
2002 · Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001 · Charlie's Dad
Endgame
2000 · Clov
Gangster No. 1
2000 · Freddie Mays
El Señor de los milagros
2000 · Judas Iscariot (voice)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · Nesbit
Love Story
1999 · Dealer
Divorcing Jack
1998 · Dan Starkey
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Knox Harrington
Besieged
1998 · Jason Kinsky
Seven Years in Tibet
1997 · Peter Aufschnaiter
American Perfekt
1997 · Santini
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997 · Self
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996 · Douglas
DragonHeart
1996 · King Einon
James and the Giant Peach
1996 · Earthworm (voice)
Restoration
1995 · John Pearce
Total Eclipse
1995 · Paul Verlaine
Hello, Hello, Hello
1995 · Director, Writer
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
1994 · Self
Black Beauty
1994 · Jerry Barker
Naked
1993 · Johnny
The Trial
1993 · Franz
Damage
1992 · Detective
Black and Blue
1992 · Crematorium Attendant
Swords at Teatime
1992 · Mike
Afraid of the Dark
1992 · Locksmith / Tom Miller
Journey to Knock
1991 · Terry
Filipina Dreamgirls
1991 · Tim Shanks
Skulduggery
1991 · Tony
Life Is Sweet
1991 · Nicola's Lover
Resurrected
1989 · Kevin Deakin
Vroom
1988 · Ringe
Deep Red Instant Love
1988
Little Dorrit
1987 · George Braddle
The Short & Curlies
1987 · Clive
Road
1987 · Joey
Radio Pictures
1985 · JIM 'Grams'
TV shows (27)
Dirty Business
2026 · Ash Smith
Sherlock & Daughter
2025 · Sherlock Holmes
KAOS
2024 · Hades
El maestro de la evasión
2023 · Norbert Fagin
Sandman
2022 · John Dee
Recursos humanos
2022 · Memory Bank Manager (voice), Lionel St. Swithens (voice)
Landscapers
2021 · Christopher Edwards
Barkskins
2020 · Claude Trepagny
La Fuente
2019 · Lawrence Hatfield
Big Mouth
2017 · Shame Wizard (voice), Lionel St. Swithens (voice), Actor (voice)
Fargo
2014 · V.M. Vargas
The Street
2006 · Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson
Dinotopia
2002 · Cyrus Crabb
Dandelion Dead
1994 · Oswald Martin
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · Mike Bence
Naked
1993 · Johnny
Prime Suspect
1991 · James Jackson
Shrinks
1991 · Terry Slater
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 · Doctor
Screen One
1989 · Tim Shanks
A Bit of a Do
1989 · Paul Simcock
Valentine Park
1987 · Max
The Singing Detective
1986 · Soldier
ScreenPlay
1986 · Joey, Terry
Summer Season
1985 · Keith, Jim 'Grams' Dench
Screen Two
1985 · Franz
Only Fools and Horses
1981 · Stew