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.

Geburtstag: 20.03.1963

Geburtsort: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Anzahl der Filme, die wir schon mit David Thewlis gesehen haben: 6

Anzahl aller Filme, in denen David Thewlis mitgespielt hat: 92

2025
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
    Rolle: Peylak
2022
  • The Amazing Maurice
    Rolle: Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
  • Enola Holmes 2
    Rolle: Grail
2021
  • Val
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • Rare Beasts
    Rolle: Vic
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League
    Rolle: Ares
2020
  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things
    Rolle: Father
  • Eternal Beauty
    Rolle: Mike
  • Guest of Honour
    Rolle: Jim
2018
  • Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • The Mercy
    Rolle: Rodney Hallworth
2017
  • Justice League
    Rolle: Ares
  • Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
    Rolle: Himself
  • Wonder Woman
    Rolle: Sir Patrick / Ares
2016
  • None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
    Rolle: Self
2015
  • Anomalisa
    Rolle: Michael Stone (voice)
  • Regression
    Rolle: Professor Kenneth Raines
  • Macbeth
    Rolle: Duncan
  • An Inspector Calls
    Rolle: Inspector Goole - The Inspector
  • Legend
    Rolle: Leslie Payne
  • Queen & Country
    Rolle: Sargeant Major Bradley
2014
  • The Theory of Everything
    Rolle: Dennis Sciama
  • Stonehearst Asylum
    Rolle: Mickey Finn
  • Sunday Roast
    Rolle: Dick Puck
2013
  • Separate We Come, Separate We Go
    Rolle: Norman
  • The Fifth Estate
    Rolle: Nick Davies
  • The Zero Theorem
    Rolle: Joby
  • RED 2
    Rolle: The Frog
2012
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
    Rolle: (archive footage)
2011
  • War Horse
    Rolle: Lyons
  • The Lady
    Rolle: Michael Aris
  • Anonymous
    Rolle: William Cecil
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    Rolle: Remus Lupin
  • The Organ Grinder's Monkey
    Rolle: Pablo (voice)
  • How to Get a Head in Sculpture
    Rolle: Self
2010
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    Rolle: Remus Lupin
  • London Boulevard
    Rolle: Jordan
  • Mr. Nice
    Rolle: Jim McCann
  • Athena
    Rolle: Chuck
2009
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    Rolle: Remus Lupin
  • Veronika Decides to Die
    Rolle: Dr. Blake
2008
  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
    Rolle: Father
2007
  • The Inner Life of Martin Frost
    Rolle: Martin Frost
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    Rolle: Remus Lupin
2006
  • The Omen
    Rolle: Keith Jennings
  • Basic Instinct 2
    Rolle: Roy Washburn
2005
  • The New World
    Rolle: Wingfield
  • All the Invisible Children
    Rolle: Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
  • Kingdom of Heaven
    Rolle: Hospitaler
2004
  • The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
    Rolle: Self
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Rolle: Remus Lupin
2003
  • Little Wolf's Book of Badness
    Rolle: Mr. Twister (voice)
  • Timeline
    Rolle: Robert Doniger
  • Cheeky
    Rolle: Harry Sankey
2002
  • D.I.Y. Hard
    Rolle: Man
  • Dinotopia
    Rolle: Cyrus Crabb
  • Hamilton Mattress
    Rolle: Hamilton Mattress (voice)
2001
  • Goodbye Charlie Bright
    Rolle: Charlie's Dad
2000
  • Endgame
    Rolle: Clov
  • Gangster No. 1
    Rolle: Freddie Mays
  • The Miracle Maker
    Rolle: Judas Iscariot (voice)
  • Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
    Rolle: Nesbit
1999
  • Love Story
    Rolle: Dealer
1998
  • Divorcing Jack
    Rolle: Dan Starkey
  • The Big Lebowski
    Rolle: Knox Harrington
  • Besieged
    Rolle: Jason Kinsky
1997
  • Seven Years in Tibet
    Rolle: Peter Aufschnaiter
  • American Perfekt
    Rolle: Santini
  • The Making of 'DragonHeart'
    Rolle: Self
1996
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
    Rolle: Douglas
  • DragonHeart
    Rolle: King Einon
  • James and the Giant Peach
    Rolle: Earthworm (voice)
1995
  • Restoration
    Rolle: John Pearce
  • Total Eclipse
    Rolle: Paul Verlaine
1994
  • Black Beauty
    Rolle: Jerry Barker
1993
  • Naked
    Rolle: Johnny
  • The Trial
    Rolle: Franz
1992
  • Damage
    Rolle: Detective
  • Black and Blue
    Rolle: Crematorium Attendant
  • Swords at Teatime
    Rolle: Mike
1991
  • Afraid of the Dark
    Rolle: Locksmith / Tom Miller
  • Journey to Knock
    Rolle: Terry
  • Filipina Dreamgirls
    Rolle: Tim Shanks
  • Skulduggery
    Rolle: Tony
1990
  • Life Is Sweet
    Rolle: Nicola's Lover
1989
  • Resurrected
    Rolle: Kevin Deakin
1988
  • Vroom
    Rolle: Ringe
  • Deep Red Instant Love
    Rolle:
1987
  • Little Dorrit
    Rolle: George Braddle
  • The Short & Curlies
    Rolle: Clive
  • Road
    Rolle: Joey
  • Littlemouth
    Rolle: