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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-03-20 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

데이빗 듈리스

David Wheeler

大卫·休里斯

دیوید تیولیس

David Thewlis

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Seven Years in Tibet

1997

Seven Years in Tibet

as

Peter Aufschnaiter

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

Kingdom of Heaven

as

Hospitaler

The Omen

2006

The Omen

as

Keith Jennings

James and the Giant Peach

1996

James and the Giant Peach

as

Earthworm (voice)

Basic Instinct 2

2006

Basic Instinct 2

as

Roy Washburn

Gangster No. 1

2000

Gangster No. 1

as

Freddie Mays

Enola Holmes 2

2022

Enola Holmes 2

as

Grail

Damage

1992

Damage

as

Detective

The Miracle Maker

2000

The Miracle Maker

as

Judas Iscariot (voice)

Naked

1993

Naked

as

Johnny

Goodbye Charlie Bright

2001

Goodbye Charlie Bright

as

Charlie's Dad

DragonHeart

1996

DragonHeart

as

King Einon

Timeline

2003

Timeline

as

Robert Doniger

Restoration

1995

Restoration

as

John Pearce

Black Beauty

1994

Black Beauty

as

Jerry Barker

Total Eclipse

1995

Total Eclipse

as

Paul Verlaine

Life Is Sweet

1990

Life Is Sweet

as

Nicola's Lover

Afraid of the Dark

1991

Afraid of the Dark

as

Locksmith / Tom Miller

Anonymous

2011

Anonymous

as

William Cecil

Divorcing Jack

1998

Divorcing Jack

as

Dan Starkey

Besieged

1998

Besieged

as

Jason Kinsky

All the Invisible Children

2005

All the Invisible Children

as

Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")

Mr. Nice

2010

Mr. Nice

as

Jim McCann

Endgame

2000

Endgame

as

Clov

London Boulevard

2010

London Boulevard

as

Jordan

The Trial

1993

The Trial

as

Franz

War Horse

2011

War Horse

as

Lyons

Resurrected

1989

Resurrected

as

Kevin Deakin

The Lady

2011

The Lady

as

Michael Aris

Cheeky

2003

Cheeky

as

Harry Sankey

RED 2

2013

RED 2

as

The Frog

Filipina Dreamgirls

1991

Filipina Dreamgirls

as

Tim Shanks

The Fifth Estate

2013

The Fifth Estate

as

Nick Davies

D.I.Y. Hard

2002

D.I.Y. Hard

as

Man

Road

1987

Road

as

Joey

Vroom

1988

Vroom

as

Ringe

The New World

2005

The New World

as

Wingfield

Queen & Country

2014

Queen & Country

as

Sargeant Major Bradley

The Theory of Everything

2014

The Theory of Everything

as

Dennis Sciama

Macbeth

2015

Macbeth

as

Duncan

Regression

2015

Regression

as

Professor Kenneth Raines

The Organ Grinder's Monkey

2011

The Organ Grinder's Monkey

as

Pablo (voice)

Stonehearst Asylum

2014

Stonehearst Asylum

as

Mickey Finn

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as

(archive footage)

Legend

2015

Legend

as

Leslie Payne

The Big Lebowski

1998

The Big Lebowski

as

Knox Harrington

An Inspector Calls

2015

An Inspector Calls

as

Inspector Goole - The Inspector

Love Story

1999

Love Story

as

Dealer

Sunday Roast

2014

Sunday Roast

as

Dick Puck

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

2003

Little Wolf's Book of Badness

as

Mr. Twister (voice)

Wonder Woman

2017

Wonder Woman

as

Sir Patrick / Ares

Journey to Knock

1991

Journey to Knock

as

Terry

American Perfekt

1997

American Perfekt

as

Santini

The Mercy

2018

The Mercy

as

Rodney Hallworth

Little Dorrit

1987

Little Dorrit

as

George Braddle

Hamilton Mattress

2002

Hamilton Mattress

as

Hamilton Mattress (voice)

Dinotopia

2002

Dinotopia

as

Cyrus Crabb

Justice League

2017

Justice League

as

Ares

Eternal Beauty

2020

Eternal Beauty

as

Mike

Rare Beasts

2021

Rare Beasts

as

Vic

Skulduggery

1991

Skulduggery

as

Tony

Black and Blue

1992

Black and Blue

as

Crematorium Attendant

Athena

2010

Athena

as

Chuck

Anomalisa

2015

Anomalisa

as

Michael Stone (voice)

The Amazing Maurice

2022

The Amazing Maurice

as

Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

Val

2021

Val

as

Self (archive footage)

The Thing with Feathers

2025

The Thing with Feathers

as

Crow (voice)

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect

as

James Jackson

Landscapers

Landscapers

as

Christopher Edwards

Dandelion Dead

Dandelion Dead

as

Oswald Martin

Human Resources

Human Resources

as

Memory Bank Manager (voice)

Human Resources

Human Resources

as

Lionel St. Swithens (voice)

The Street

The Street

as

Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson

Fargo

Fargo

as

V.M. Vargas

Dinotopia

Dinotopia

as

Cyrus Crabb

The Sandman

The Sandman

as

John Dee

Sherlock & Daughter

Sherlock & Daughter

as

Sherlock Holmes

The Singing Detective

The Singing Detective

as

Second Soldier

The Artful Dodger

The Artful Dodger

as

Norbert Fagin

The Feed

The Feed

as

Lawrence Hatfield

Big Mouth

Big Mouth

as

Shame Wizard (voice)

Barkskins

Barkskins

as

Claude Trepagny

KAOS

KAOS

as

Hades

Production

Crew

Directing