David Thewlis

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 20, 1963 (62 years old)

David Thewlis

Known For

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie 2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.

The Thing with Feathers
1h 38m
Movie 2025

The Thing with Feathers

A young father hold on reality crumbles following his wife’s death as a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons. This mysterious creature, known as “Crow”, seemingly brought to life from the pages of his work as an illustrator, becomes a very real part of all their lives, ultimately guiding them towards the new shape family must take.

Sherlock & Daughter
0h 42m
TV Show 2025

Sherlock & Daughter

Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American Amelia joins, seeking her father after her mother's murder. Despite differences, they solve a conspiracy and her mother's case.

The Artful Dodger
TV Show 2023

The Artful Dodger

It's a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption, and love with a twist. Jack Dawkins is The Artful Dodger, whose pickpocketing fingers have become the skilled hands of a surgeon. He is torn between an impossible love and the criminal underworld he secretly craves. This will require Artfulness.

The Amazing Maurice
1h 33m
Movie 2022

The Amazing Maurice

Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.

Enola Holmes 2
2h 11m
Movie 2022

Enola Holmes 2

Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.

Human Resources
TV Show 2022

Human Resources

Lovebugs, Hormone Monsters and a parade of other creatures juggle romance, workplace drama and their human clients' needs in this "Big Mouth" spinoff.

Landscapers
TV Show 2021

Landscapers

A seemingly ordinary British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.

Val
1h 49m
Movie 2021

Val

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

Rare Beasts
1h 32m
Movie 2021

Rare Beasts

Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents' separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete, who’s searching for a sense of worth, belonging and ‘restored’ Male identity.

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 (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.

Acting

2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
The Thing with Feathers
2025
Sherlock & Daughter
2023
The Artful Dodger
2022
The Amazing Maurice
2022
Enola Holmes 2
2022
Human Resources
2021
Landscapers
2021
Val
2021
Rare Beasts
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020
Eternal Beauty
2020
Guest of Honour
2020
Barkskins
2019
The Feed
2018
The Mercy
2017
Justice League
2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
Wonder Woman
2015
Anomalisa
2015
An Inspector Calls
2014
The Theory of Everything
2014
Queen & Country
2014
Sunday Roast
2013
Separate We Come, Separate We Go
2013
The Fifth Estate
2013
The Zero Theorem
2013
RED 2
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2011
War Horse
2011
Anonymous
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
How to Get a Head in Sculpture
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
London Boulevard
2010
Athena
2009
Creating the World of Harry Potter
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2006
The Omen
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2002
Dinotopia
1998
Divorcing Jack
1998
The Big Lebowski
1998
Besieged
1997
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
American Perfekt
1997
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
DragonHeart
1994
Dandelion Dead
1994
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
1994
Black Beauty
1993
Naked
1993
The Trial
1992
Damage
1992
Black and Blue
1992
Swords at Teatime
1991
Afraid of the Dark
1991
Journey to Knock
1991
Skulduggery
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1989
A Bit of a Do
1988
Deep Red Instant Love
1987
Little Dorrit
1987
Road
1987
Valentine Park
1986
The Singing Detective

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