David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday20 March 1963 (63 years old)
Place of birthBlackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Known credits126

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 …

Signal One
Signal One
2026 · Perry
Dirty Business
Dirty Business
2026 · Ash Smith
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Peylak
The Thing with Feathers
The Thing with Feathers
2025 · Crow (voice)
Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock & Daughter
2025 · Sherlock Holmes
KAOS
KAOS
2024 · Hades
The Artful Dodger
The Artful Dodger
2023 · Norbert Fagin
The Amazing Maurice
The Amazing Maurice
2022 · Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · Grail
The Sandman
The Sandman
2022 · John Dee
Human Resources
Human Resources
2022 · Memory Bank Manager (voice)
Human Resources
Human Resources
2022 · Lionel St. Swithens (voice)
Landscapers
Landscapers
2021 · Christopher Edwards
Val
Val
2021 · Self (archive)
Rare Beasts
Rare Beasts
2021 · Vic
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Ares
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 · Father
Eternal Beauty
Eternal Beauty
2020 · Mike
Guest of Honour
Guest of Honour
2020 · Jim
Barkskins
Barkskins
2020 · Claude Trepagny
The Feed
The Feed
2019 · Lawrence Hatfield
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Mercy
The Mercy
2018 · Rodney Hallworth
Justice League
Justice League
2017 · Ares
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017 · Himself
Big Mouth
Big Mouth
2017 · Shame Wizard (voice)
Big Mouth
Big Mouth
2017
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
2017 · Sir Patrick / Ares
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016 · Self
Anomalisa
Anomalisa
2015 · Michael Stone (voice)
Regression
Regression
2015 · Professor Kenneth Raines
Macbeth
Macbeth
2015 · Duncan
An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls
2015 · Inspector Goole - The Inspector
Legend
Legend
2015 · Leslie Payne
Queen & Country
Queen & Country
2015 · Sargeant Major Bradley
The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything
2014 · Dennis Sciama
Stonehearst Asylum
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Mickey Finn
Fargo
Fargo
2014 · V.M. Vargas
Sunday Roast
2014 · Dick Puck
Sunday Roast
2014 · Writer
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
2013 · Norman
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate
2013 · Nick Davies
The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Joby
RED 2
RED 2
2013 · The Frog
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
War Horse
War Horse
2011 · Lyons
The Lady
The Lady
2011 · Michael Aris
Anonymous
Anonymous
2011 · William Cecil
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