David Thewlis

Acting

Né·e en 1963 · Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

119 titres

▸ Biographie

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.

★ 6.6
Signal One
Film · 2026
Perry
★ 9.1
Dirty Business
TV series · 2026
Ash Smith
★ 7.7
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Film · 2025
Peylak
★ 6.5
The Thing with Feathers
Film · 2025
Crow
★ 6.7
Sherlock & Daughter
TV series · 2025
Sherlock Holmes
★ 7.3
KAOS
TV series · 2024
Hades
★ 8.1
The Artful Dodger
TV series · 2023
Norbert Fagin
★ 6.7
The Amazing Maurice
Film · 2022
Boss Man / Rat King
★ 7.4
Enola Holmes 2
Film · 2022
Grail
★ 7.9
The Sandman
TV series · 2022
John Dee
★ 6.5
Human Resources
TV series · 2022
Memory Bank Manager
★ 6.8
Landscapers
TV series · 2021
Christopher Edwards
★ 7.2
Val
Film · 2021
Self (archive)
★ 5.5
Rare Beasts
Film · 2021
Vic
★ 8.1
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Film · 2021
Ares
★ 6.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Film · 2020
Father
★ 6.2
Eternal Beauty
Film · 2020
Mike
★ 5.4
Guest of Honour
Film · 2020
Jim
★ 6.4
Barkskins
TV series · 2020
Claude Trepagny
★ 6.7
The Feed
TV series · 2019
Lawrence Hatfield
★ 5.4
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Film · 2018
Self (archive footage)
★ 5.9
The Mercy
Film · 2018
Rodney Hallworth
★ 6.1
Justice League
Film · 2017
Ares
★ 7.3
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Film · 2017
Himself
★ 7.6
Big Mouth
TV series · 2017
Shame Wizard
★ 7.2
Wonder Woman
Film · 2017
Sir Patrick / Ares
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Film · 2016
Self
★ 7.1
Anomalisa
Film · 2015
Michael Stone
★ 5.6
Regression
Film · 2015
Professor Kenneth Raines
★ 6.4
Macbeth
Film · 2015
Duncan
★ 7.4
An Inspector Calls
Film · 2015
Inspector Goole - The Inspector
★ 7.0
Legend
Film · 2015
Leslie Payne
★ 6.1
Queen & Country
Film · 2015
Sargeant Major Bradley
★ 7.8
The Theory of Everything
Film · 2014
Dennis Sciama
★ 6.8
Stonehearst Asylum
Film · 2014
Mickey Finn
★ 8.3
Fargo
TV series · 2014
V.M. Vargas
★ 6.5
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Film · 2013
Norman
★ 6.0
The Fifth Estate
Film · 2013
Nick Davies
★ 6.1
The Zero Theorem
Film · 2013
Joby
★ 6.5
RED 2
Film · 2013
The Frog
★ 7.5
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Film · 2012
(archive footage)
★ 7.3
War Horse
Film · 2011
Lyons
★ 6.8
The Lady
Film · 2011
Michael Aris
★ 6.4
Anonymous
Film · 2011
William Cecil
★ 8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011
Remus Lupin
★ 5.0
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Film · 2011
Pablo
★ 8.0
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Film · 2011
Self
★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
Remus Lupin
★ 5.9
London Boulevard
Film · 2010
Jordan
★ 6.1
Mr. Nice
Film · 2010
Jim McCann
Athena
Film · 2010
Chuck
★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Film · 2009
Remus Lupin
★ 5.8
Veronika Decides to Die
Film · 2009
Dr. Blake
★ 7.8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Film · 2008
Father
★ 4.5
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Film · 2007
Martin Frost
★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
Remus Lupin
★ 5.6
The Omen
Film · 2006
Keith Jennings
★ 7.6
The Street
TV series · 2006
Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson
★ 5.0
Basic Instinct 2
Film · 2006
Roy Washburn
★ 7.0
All the Invisible Children
Film · 2006
Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
★ 6.5
The New World
Film · 2005
Wingfield
★ 7.1
Kingdom of Heaven
Film · 2005
Hospitaler
★ 7.6
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Film · 2004
Self
★ 8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Film · 2004
Remus Lupin
★ 8.0
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Film · 2003
Mr. Twister
★ 5.7
Timeline
Film · 2003
Robert Doniger
★ 6.6
Cheeky
Film · 2003
Harry Sankey
★ 10.0
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Film · 2003
Self - Clov (archive footage)
★ 9.0
D.I.Y. Hard
Film · 2002
Man
★ 6.5
Dinotopia
TV series · 2002
Cyrus Crabb
★ 6.4
Discovering Dinotopia
Film · 2002
Cyrus
★ 7.6
Dinotopia
Film · 2002
Cyrus Crabb
★ 6.8
Hamilton Mattress
Film · 2002
Hamilton Mattress
★ 5.9
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Film · 2001
Charlie's Dad
★ 7.3
Endgame
Film · 2000
Clov
★ 6.4
Gangster No. 1
Film · 2000
Freddie Mays
★ 6.2
The Miracle Maker
Film · 2000
Judas Iscariot
★ 6.2
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Film · 2000
Nesbit
★ 9.0
Love Story
Film · 1999
Dealer
★ 5.9
Divorcing Jack
Film · 1998
Dan Starkey
★ 7.8
The Big Lebowski
Film · 1998
Knox Harrington
★ 6.7
Besieged
Film · 1998
Jason Kinsky
★ 7.2
Seven Years in Tibet
Film · 1997
Peter Aufschnaiter
★ 6.5
American Perfekt
Film · 1997
Santini
★ 7.3
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Film · 1997
Self
★ 4.9
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Film · 1996
Douglas
★ 6.6
DragonHeart
Film · 1996
King Einon
★ 6.6
James and the Giant Peach
Film · 1996
Earthworm
★ 6.1
Restoration
Film · 1995
John Pearce
★ 6.4
Total Eclipse
Film · 1995
Paul Verlaine
★ 5.8
Hello, Hello, Hello
Film · 1995
Director
★ 9.0
Dandelion Dead
TV series · 1994
Oswald Martin
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Film · 1994
Self
★ 6.7
Black Beauty
Film · 1994
Jerry Barker
★ 7.3
Naked
Film · 1993
Johnny
★ 7.5
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TV series · 1993
Mike Bence
★ 6.0
The Trial
Film · 1993
Franz
★ 6.6
Damage
Film · 1992
Detective
★ 9.0
Swords at Teatime
Film · 1992
Mike
★ 5.7
Afraid of the Dark
Film · 1991
Locksmith / Tom Miller
★ 7.3
Filipina Dreamgirls
Film · 1991
Tim Shanks
★ 7.8
Prime Suspect
TV series · 1991
James Jackson
★ 7.0
Life Is Sweet
Film · 1991
Nicola's Lover
Shrinks
TV series · 1991
Terry Slater
★ 6.6
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
TV series · 1990
Doctor
★ 7.2
Screen One
TV series · 1989
Tim Shanks
★ 6.4
Resurrected
Film · 1989
Kevin Deakin
★ 6.3
A Bit of a Do
TV series · 1989
Role
★ 6.5
Vroom
Film · 1988
Ringe
Deep Red Instant Love
Film · 1988
Role
★ 6.4
Little Dorrit
Film · 1987
George Braddle
★ 6.4
The Short & Curlies
Film · 1987
Clive
★ 7.2
Road
Film · 1987
Joey
Valentine Park
TV series · 1987
Max
★ 7.5
The Singing Detective
TV series · 1986
Soldier
★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
TV series · 1986
Joey
Radio Pictures
Film · 1985
JIM 'Grams'
★ 7.1
Screen Two
TV series · 1985
Franz
★ 8.1
Only Fools and Horses
TV series · 1981
Stew

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David Thewlis

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