David Thewlis
Acting
Born: 1963-03-20 · 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 Nake
🎬 Movies (20)
Signal One
2026
Perry
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
Peylak
The Thing with Feathers
2025
Crow (voice)
The Amazing Maurice
2022
Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
Enola Holmes 2
2022
Grail
Rare Beasts
2021
Vic
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Ares
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020
Father
Eternal Beauty
2020
Mike
Guest of Honour
2020
Jim
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
Self (archive footage)
The Mercy
2018
Rodney Hallworth
Justice League
2017
Ares
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
Himself
Wonder Woman
2017
Sir Patrick / Ares
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016
Self
Anomalisa
2015
Michael Stone (voice)
Regression
2015
Professor Kenneth Raines
Macbeth
2015
Duncan
An Inspector Calls
2015
Inspector Goole - The Inspector
📺 TV Shows (20)
Dirty Business
2026
Ash Smith
Sherlock & Daughter
2025
Sherlock Holmes
KAOS
2024
Hades
The Artful Dodger
2023
Norbert Fagin
The Sandman
2022
John Dee
Human Resources
2022
Memory Bank Manager (voice)
Human Resources
2022
Lionel St. Swithens (voice)
Landscapers
2021
Christopher Edwards
Barkskins
2020
Claude Trepagny
The Feed
2019
Lawrence Hatfield
Big Mouth
2017
Shame Wizard (voice)
Big Mouth
2017
Fargo
2014
V.M. Vargas
The Street
2006
Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson
Dinotopia
2002
Cyrus Crabb
Dandelion Dead
1994
Oswald Martin
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
Mike Bence
Prime Suspect
1991
James Jackson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
Doctor
Screen One
1989
Tim Shanks