Signal One
2026 · Movie
as Perry
David Thewlis
1963-03-20
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Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Writers:
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
Dirty Business
2026 · TV Show
as Ash Smith
The Thing with Feathers
2025 · Movie
as Crow (voice)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Movie
as Peylak
Sherlock & Daughter
2025 · TV Show
as Sherlock Holmes
KAOS
2024 · TV Show
as Hades
The Artful Dodger
2023 · TV Show
as Norbert Fagin
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · Movie
as Grail
The Amazing Maurice
2022 · Movie
as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Human Resources
2022 · TV Show
as Memory Bank Manager (voice), Lionel St. Swithens (voice)
The Sandman
2022 · TV Show
as John Dee
Rare Beasts
2021 · Movie
as Vic
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Movie
as Ares
Landscapers
2021 · TV Show
as Christopher Edwards
Eternal Beauty
2020 · Movie
as Mike
Guest of Honour
2020 · Movie
as Jim
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 · Movie
as Father
Barkskins
2020 · TV Show
as Claude Trepagny
The Feed
2019 · TV Show
as Lawrence Hatfield
The Mercy
2018 · Movie
as Rodney Hallworth
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Wonder Woman
2017 · Movie
as Sir Patrick / Ares
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017 · Movie
as Himself
Justice League
2017 · Movie
as Ares
Big Mouth
2017 · TV Show
as Shame Wizard (voice)
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016 · Movie
as Self
Queen & Country
2015 · Movie
as Sargeant Major Bradley
Macbeth
2015 · Movie
as Duncan
Regression
2015 · Movie
as Professor Kenneth Raines
Legend
2015 · Movie
as Leslie Payne
An Inspector Calls
2015 · Movie
as Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Anomalisa
2015 · Movie
as Michael Stone (voice)
The Theory of Everything
2014 · Movie
as Dennis Sciama
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Movie
as Mickey Finn
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Sunday Roast
2014 · Movie
as Dick Puck
Fargo
2014 · TV Show
as V.M. Vargas
RED 2
2013 · Movie
as The Frog
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Movie
as Joby
The Fifth Estate
2013 · Movie
as Nick Davies
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
2013 · Movie
as Norman
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Movie
as Remus Lupin
Anonymous
2011 · Movie
as William Cecil
War Horse
2011 · Movie
as Lyons
The Lady
2011 · Movie
as Michael Aris
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
2011 · Movie
as Pablo (voice)
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
2011 · Movie
as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
as Remus Lupin
Mr. Nice
2010 · Movie
as Jim McCann
London Boulevard
2010 · Movie
as Jordan
Athena
2010 · Movie
as Chuck
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Movie
as Remus Lupin
Veronika Decides to Die
2009 · Movie
as Dr. Blake
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 · Movie
as Father
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
as Remus Lupin
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007 · Movie
as Martin Frost
The Omen
2006 · Movie
as Keith Jennings
Basic Instinct 2
2006 · Movie
as Roy Washburn
All the Invisible Children
2006 · Movie
as Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
The Street
2006 · TV Show
as Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Movie
as Hospitaler
The New World
2005 · Movie
as Wingfield
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
as Remus Lupin
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004 · Movie
as Self
Timeline
2003 · Movie
as Robert Doniger
Cheeky
2003 · Movie
as Harry Sankey
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003 · Movie
as Mr. Twister (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Movie
as Self - Clov (archive footage)
D.I.Y. Hard
2002 · Movie
as Man
Hamilton Mattress
2002 · Movie
as Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Dinotopia
2002 · Movie
as Cyrus Crabb
Discovering Dinotopia
2002 · Movie
as Cyrus
Dinotopia
2002 · TV Show
as Cyrus Crabb
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001 · Movie
as Charlie's Dad
Gangster No. 1
2000 · Movie
as Freddie Mays
The Miracle Maker
2000 · Movie
as Judas Iscariot (voice)
Endgame
2000 · Movie
as Clov
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · Movie
as Nesbit
Love Story
1999 · Movie
as Dealer
Divorcing Jack
1998 · Movie
as Dan Starkey
Besieged
1998 · Movie
as Jason Kinsky
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Movie
as Knox Harrington
Seven Years in Tibet
1997 · Movie
as Peter Aufschnaiter
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997 · Movie
as Self
American Perfekt
1997 · Movie
as Santini
James and the Giant Peach
1996 · Movie
as Earthworm (voice)
DragonHeart
1996 · Movie
as King Einon
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996 · Movie
as Douglas
Restoration
1995 · Movie
as John Pearce
Total Eclipse
1995 · Movie
as Paul Verlaine
Black Beauty
1994 · Movie
as Jerry Barker
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
1994 · Movie
as Self
Dandelion Dead
1994 · TV Show
as Oswald Martin
Naked
1993 · Movie
as Johnny
The Trial
1993 · Movie
as Franz
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · TV Show
as Mike Bence
Damage
1992 · Movie
as Detective
Swords at Teatime
1992 · Movie
as Mike
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Black and Blue
1992 · Movie
as Crematorium Attendant
Life Is Sweet
1991 · Movie
as Nicola's Lover
Afraid of the Dark
1991 · Movie
as Locksmith / Tom Miller
Filipina Dreamgirls
1991 · Movie
as Tim Shanks
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Journey to Knock
1991 · Movie
as Terry
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Skulduggery
1991 · Movie
as Tony
Prime Suspect
1991 · TV Show
as James Jackson
Shrinks
1991 · TV Show
as Terry Slater
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 · TV Show
as Doctor
Resurrected
1989 · Movie
as Kevin Deakin
A Bit of a Do
1989 · TV Show
Screen One
1989 · TV Show
as Tim Shanks
Vroom
1988 · Movie
as Ringe
Deep Red Instant Love
1988 · Movie
Road
1987 · Movie
as Joey
The Short & Curlies
1987 · Movie
as Clive
Little Dorrit
1987 · Movie
as George Braddle
Valentine Park
1987 · TV Show
as Max
The Singing Detective
1986 · TV Show
as Soldier
ScreenPlay
1986 · TV Show
as Joey, Terry
Radio Pictures
1985 · Movie
as JIM 'Grams'
Screen Two
1985 · TV Show
as Franz
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Summer Season
1985 · TV Show
as Keith
Only Fools and Horses
1981 · TV Show
as Stew
