Acting
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.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Movie
Fargo
2014 · TV
Damage
1992 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · TV
Big Mouth
2017 · TV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
The Sandman
2022 · TV
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
ScreenPlay
1986 · TV
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Movie
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Movie
Human Resources
2022 · TV
Prime Suspect
1991 · TV
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Movie
Sherlock & Daughter
2025 · TV
Justice League
2017 · Movie
The Artful Dodger
2023 · TV
Only Fools and Horses
1981 · TV
Wonder Woman
2017 · Movie
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 · Movie
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · Movie
RED 2
2013 · Movie
War Horse
2011 · Movie
Screen One
1989 · TV
KAOS
2024 · TV
The Theory of Everything
2014 · Movie
Signal One
2026 · Movie
Legend
2015 · Movie
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Movie
James and the Giant Peach
1996 · Movie
Basic Instinct 2
2006 · Movie
Timeline
2003 · Movie
Seven Years in Tibet
1997 · Movie
The Omen
2006 · Movie
Dinotopia
2002 · TV
The Street
2006 · TV
DragonHeart
1996 · Movie
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · TV
The New World
2005 · Movie
The Feed
2019 · TV
Barkskins
2020 · TV
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 · Movie
Landscapers
2021 · TV
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Movie
The Singing Detective
1986 · TV
The Fifth Estate
2013 · Movie
The Amazing Maurice
2022 · Movie
Total Eclipse
1995 · Movie
Regression
2015 · Movie
Naked
1993 · Movie
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996 · Movie
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 · TV
Anomalisa
2015 · Movie
London Boulevard
2010 · Movie
Dirty Business
2026 · TV
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
Valentine Park
1987 · TV
The Thing with Feathers
2025 · Movie
Macbeth
2015 · Movie
Black Beauty
1994 · Movie
A Bit of a Do
1989 · TV
The Mercy
2018 · Movie
The Lady
2011 · Movie
Life Is Sweet
1991 · Movie
An Inspector Calls
2015 · Movie
The Miracle Maker
2000 · Movie
Anonymous
2011 · Movie
Restoration
1995 · Movie
Dandelion Dead
1994 · TV
Gangster No. 1
2000 · Movie
Veronika Decides to Die
2009 · Movie
Queen & Country
2015 · Movie
Vroom
1988 · Movie
Eternal Beauty
2020 · Movie
Mr. Nice
2010 · Movie
Cheeky
2003 · Movie
Little Dorrit
1987 · Movie
Shrinks
1991 · TV
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Movie
Discovering Dinotopia
2002 · Movie
All the Invisible Children
2006 · Movie
Dinotopia
2002 · Movie
Afraid of the Dark
1991 · Movie
Guest of Honour
2020 · Movie
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Movie
The Trial
1993 · Movie
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004 · Movie
Radio Pictures
1985 · Movie
Swords at Teatime
1992 · Movie
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017 · Movie
The Organ Grinder's Monkey
2011 · Movie
Deep Red Instant Love
1988 · Movie
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001 · Movie
The Short & Curlies
1987 · Movie
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997 · Movie
Rare Beasts
2021 · Movie
Divorcing Jack
1998 · Movie
American Perfekt
1997 · Movie
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · Movie
Besieged
1998 · Movie
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007 · Movie
Hamilton Mattress
2002 · Movie
Resurrected
1989 · Movie
D.I.Y. Hard
2002 · Movie
Road
1987 · Movie
Filipina Dreamgirls
1991 · Movie
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
2003 · Movie
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016 · Movie
Athena
2010 · Movie
Endgame
2000 · Movie
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
2011 · Movie
Love Story
1999 · Movie
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
1994 · Movie
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
2013 · Movie
