Acting
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.
Filmography
Signal One
Film · 2026
Dirty Business
Series · 2026
The Thing with Feathers
Film · 2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Film · 2025
Sherlock & Daughter
Series · 2025
KAOS
Series · 2024
The Artful Dodger
Series · 2023
Enola Holmes 2
Film · 2022
The Amazing Maurice
Film · 2022
Human Resources
Series · 2022
Human Resources
Series · 2022
The Sandman
Series · 2022
Rare Beasts
Film · 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Film · 2021
Val
Film · 2021
Landscapers
Series · 2021
Eternal Beauty
Film · 2020
Guest of Honour
Film · 2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Film · 2020
Barkskins
Series · 2020
The Feed
Series · 2019
The Mercy
Film · 2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Film · 2018
Wonder Woman
Film · 2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Film · 2017
Justice League
Film · 2017
Big Mouth
Series · 2017
Big Mouth
Series · 2017
Big Mouth
Series · 2017
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Film · 2016
Queen & Country
Film · 2015
Macbeth
Film · 2015
Regression
Film · 2015
Legend
Film · 2015
An Inspector Calls
Film · 2015
Anomalisa
Film · 2015
The Theory of Everything
Film · 2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Film · 2014
Sunday Roast
Film · 2014
Fargo
Series · 2014
RED 2
Film · 2013
The Zero Theorem
Film · 2013
The Fifth Estate
Film · 2013
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Film · 2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Film · 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011
Anonymous
Film · 2011
War Horse
Film · 2011
The Lady
Film · 2011
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Film · 2011
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Film · 2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Film · 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
Mr. Nice
Film · 2010
London Boulevard
Film · 2010
Athena
Film · 2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Film · 2009
Veronika Decides to Die
Film · 2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Film · 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Film · 2007
The Omen
Film · 2006
Basic Instinct 2
Film · 2006
All the Invisible Children
Film · 2006
The Street
Series · 2006
Kingdom of Heaven
Film · 2005
The New World
Film · 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Film · 2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Film · 2004
Timeline
Film · 2003
Cheeky
Film · 2003
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Film · 2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Film · 2003
D.I.Y. Hard
Film · 2002
Hamilton Mattress
Film · 2002
Dinotopia
Film · 2002
Discovering Dinotopia
Film · 2002
Dinotopia
Series · 2002
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Film · 2001
Gangster No. 1
Film · 2000
The Miracle Maker
Film · 2000
Endgame
Film · 2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Film · 2000
Love Story
Film · 1999
Divorcing Jack
Film · 1998
Besieged
Film · 1998
The Big Lebowski
Film · 1998
Seven Years in Tibet
Film · 1997
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Film · 1997
American Perfekt
Film · 1997
James and the Giant Peach
Film · 1996
DragonHeart
Film · 1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Film · 1996
Restoration
Film · 1995
Total Eclipse
Film · 1995
Black Beauty
Film · 1994
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Film · 1994
Dandelion Dead
Series · 1994
Naked
Film · 1993
The Trial
Film · 1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Series · 1993
Naked
Series · 1993
Damage
Film · 1992
Afraid of the Dark
Film · 1992
Swords at Teatime
Film · 1992
Black and Blue
Film · 1992
Life Is Sweet
Film · 1991
Filipina Dreamgirls
Film · 1991
Journey to Knock
Film · 1991
Skulduggery
Film · 1991
Prime Suspect
Series · 1991
Shrinks
Series · 1991
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Series · 1990
Resurrected
Film · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
A Bit of a Do
Series · 1989
Vroom
Film · 1988
Deep Red Instant Love
Film · 1988
Road
Film · 1987
The Short & Curlies
Film · 1987
Little Dorrit
Film · 1987
Valentine Park
Series · 1987
The Singing Detective
Series · 1986
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
Radio Pictures
Film · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Summer Season
Series · 1985
Summer Season
Series · 1985
Only Fools and Horses
Series · 1981