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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Character:Peylak
Release Date:17/12/2025
The Thing with Feathers
Character:Crow (voice)
Release Date:17/10/2025
The Amazing Maurice
Character:Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Release Date:16/12/2022
Enola Holmes 2
Character:Grail
Release Date:30/11/2022
Rare Beasts
Character:Vic
Release Date:21/05/2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Character:Ares
Release Date:18/03/2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Character:Father
Release Date:28/08/2020
Eternal Beauty
Character:Mike
Release Date:21/08/2020
Guest of Honour
Character:Jim
Release Date:09/07/2020
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/08/2018
The Mercy
Character:Rodney Hallworth
Release Date:09/02/2018
Justice League
Character:Ares
Release Date:15/11/2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/10/2017
Wonder Woman
Character:Sir Patrick / Ares
Release Date:30/05/2017
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Character:Self
Release Date:07/06/2016
Anomalisa
Character:Michael Stone (voice)
Release Date:30/12/2015
Regression
Character:Professor Kenneth Raines
Release Date:01/10/2015
Macbeth
Character:Duncan
Release Date:22/09/2015
An Inspector Calls
Character:Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Release Date:13/09/2015
Legend
Character:Leslie Payne
Release Date:09/09/2015
Queen & Country
Character:Sargeant Major Bradley
Release Date:07/01/2015
The Theory of Everything
Character:Dennis Sciama
Release Date:07/11/2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Character:Mickey Finn
Release Date:23/10/2014
Sunday Roast
Character:Dick Puck
Release Date:01/01/2014
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Character:Norman
Release Date:25/10/2013
The Fifth Estate
Character:Nick Davies
Release Date:11/10/2013
The Zero Theorem
Character:Joby
Release Date:20/09/2013
RED 2
Character:The Frog
Release Date:18/07/2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
War Horse
Character:Lyons
Release Date:25/12/2011
The Lady
Character:Michael Aris
Release Date:30/11/2011
Anonymous
Character:William Cecil
Release Date:21/10/2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character:Remus Lupin
Release Date:12/07/2011
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Character:Pablo (voice)
Release Date:06/06/2011
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
Character:Self
Release Date:23/02/2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character:Remus Lupin
Release Date:17/11/2010
London Boulevard
Character:Jordan
Release Date:10/11/2010
Mr. Nice
Character:Jim McCann
Release Date:07/10/2010
Athena
Character:Chuck
Release Date:21/04/2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character:Remus Lupin
Release Date:15/07/2009
Veronika Decides to Die
Character:Dr. Blake
Release Date:16/05/2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Character:Father
Release Date:07/05/2008
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Character:Martin Frost
Release Date:11/10/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character:Remus Lupin
Release Date:08/07/2007
The Omen
Character:Keith Jennings
Release Date:06/06/2006
Basic Instinct 2
Character:Roy Washburn
Release Date:29/03/2006
All the Invisible Children
Character:Jonathan (segment "Jonathan")
Release Date:03/03/2006
The New World
Character:Wingfield
Release Date:25/12/2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Character:Hospitaler
Release Date:03/05/2005
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character:Remus Lupin
Release Date:31/05/2004
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Character:Mr. Twister (voice)
Release Date:08/12/2003
Timeline
Character:Robert Doniger
Release Date:26/11/2003
Cheeky
Character:Harry Sankey
Release Date:08/09/2003
D.I.Y. Hard
Character:Man
Release Date:30/09/2002
Discovering Dinotopia
Character:Cyrus
Release Date:07/05/2002
Dinotopia
Character:Cyrus Crabb
Release Date:12/02/2002
Hamilton Mattress
Character:Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2002
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Character:Charlie's Dad
Release Date:11/05/2001
Endgame
Character:Clov
Release Date:10/09/2000
Gangster No. 1
Character:Freddie Mays
Release Date:09/06/2000
The Miracle Maker
Character:Judas Iscariot (voice)
Release Date:31/03/2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Character:Nesbit
Release Date:10/03/2000
Love Story
Character:Dealer
Release Date:01/01/1999
Divorcing Jack
Character:Dan Starkey
Release Date:01/10/1998
The Big Lebowski
Character:Knox Harrington
Release Date:06/03/1998
Besieged
Character:Jason Kinsky
Release Date:05/02/1998
Seven Years in Tibet
Character:Peter Aufschnaiter
Release Date:12/09/1997
American Perfekt
Character:Santini
Release Date:11/06/1997
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/1997
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Douglas
Release Date:23/08/1996
DragonHeart
Character:King Einon
Release Date:31/05/1996
James and the Giant Peach
Character:Earthworm (voice)
Release Date:12/04/1996
Restoration
Character:John Pearce
Release Date:29/12/1995
Total Eclipse
Character:Paul Verlaine
Release Date:03/11/1995
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Character:Self
Release Date:29/08/1994
Black Beauty
Character:Jerry Barker
Release Date:29/07/1994
Naked
Character:Johnny
Release Date:06/08/1993
The Trial
Character:Franz
Release Date:18/06/1993
Damage
Character:Detective
Release Date:02/12/1992
Black and Blue
Character:Crematorium Attendant
Release Date:27/09/1992
Swords at Teatime
Character:Mike
Release Date:14/04/1992
Afraid of the Dark
Character:Locksmith / Tom Miller
Release Date:10/10/1991
Journey to Knock
Character:Terry
Release Date:17/09/1991
Filipina Dreamgirls
Character:Tim Shanks
Release Date:15/09/1991
Skulduggery
Character:Tony
Release Date:29/06/1991
Life Is Sweet
Character:Nicola's Lover
Release Date:15/11/1990
Resurrected
Character:Kevin Deakin
Release Date:12/03/1989
Vroom
Character:Ringe
Release Date:11/11/1988
Deep Red Instant Love
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1988
Little Dorrit
Character:George Braddle
Release Date:11/12/1987
The Short & Curlies
Character:Clive
Release Date:01/12/1987
Road
Character:Joey
Release Date:07/10/1987
Radio Pictures
Character:JIM 'Grams'
Release Date:16/07/1985
Television Appearances
Sherlock & Daughter
Character:Sherlock Holmes
KAOS
Character:Hades
The Artful Dodger
Character:Norbert Fagin
The Sandman
Character:John Dee
Human Resources
Character:Memory Bank Manager (voice)
Human Resources
Character:Lionel St. Swithens (voice)
Landscapers
Character:Christopher Edwards
Barkskins
Character:Claude Trepagny
The Feed
Character:Lawrence Hatfield
Big Mouth
Character:Shame Wizard (voice)
Big Mouth
Character:
Fargo
Character:V.M. Vargas
The Street
Character:Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson
Dinotopia
Character:Cyrus Crabb
Dandelion Dead
Character:Oswald Martin
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Character:Mike Bence
Prime Suspect
Character:James Jackson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Character:Doctor
A Bit of a Do
Character:
Valentine Park
Character:Max
The Singing Detective
Character:Soldier
Screen Two
Character:Franz
Only Fools and Horses
Character:Stew
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