David Thewlis
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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ActingBirthday
March 20, 1963Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
94Place of birth
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UKAlso known as
데이빗 듈리스, Дэвид Тьюлис, David Wheeler, 大卫·休里斯Cast credits
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Remus LupinHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Remus LupinThe Omen
Keith JenningsSeven Years in Tibet
Peter AufschnaiterKingdom of Heaven
HospitalerGangster No. 1
Freddie MaysJames and the Giant Peach
Earthworm (voice)Basic Instinct 2
Roy WashburnDamage
DetectiveNaked
JohnnyThe Miracle Maker
Judas Iscariot (voice)Goodbye Charlie Bright
Charlie's DadDragonHeart
King EinonHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Remus LupinThe Island of Dr. Moreau
DouglasHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Remus LupinVeronika Decides to Die
Dr. BlakeTimeline
Robert DonigerRestoration
John PearceBlack Beauty
Jerry BarkerThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Father