David Thewlis
Known for
Acting
Born
March 20, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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...
Best known work
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Wonder Woman
2017
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Justice League
2017
The Big Lebowski
1998
The Theory of Everything
2014
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021Filmography
2026
Signal Oneas Perry
2026
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ashas Peylak
2025
The Thing with Feathersas Crow (voice)
2025
2024
2023
2022
The Amazing Mauriceas Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
2022
Enola Holmes 2as Grail
2022
2022
Human ResourcesTVas Memory Bank Manager (voice) (1 episode), as Lionel St. Swithens (voice) (20 episodes)
2021
2021
Valas Self (archive)
2021
Rare Beastsas Vic
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice Leagueas Ares
2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Thingsas Father
2020
Eternal Beautyas Mike
2020
Guest of Honouras Jim
2020
2019
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandalas Self (archive footage)
2018
The Mercyas Rodney Hallworth
2017
Justice Leagueas Ares
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magicas Himself
2017