"I had no idea how one became an actor. I didn't know things such as drama schools existed. It all just sort of happened accidentally."
David Thewlis (born David Wheeler on 20 March 1963 in Blackpool, England) is a British character actor, and also everybody's favourite werewolf. No, not that one. He is a highly prolific and talented actor, with a body of work that extends from serious drama to superhero films.
Selected Filmography
- Damage (1992) as a detective
- Prime Suspect (1993) as James Jackson
- Naked (1993) as Johnny
- Black Beauty (1994) as Jerry Barker
- Restoration (1995) as John Pearce
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) as Edward Douglas
- Dragonheart (1996) as Einon
- James and the Giant Peach (1996) as Earthworm
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997) as Peter Aufschnaiter
- The Big Lebowski (1998) as Knox Harrington
- Endgame (2000) as Clov
- Gangster No. 1 (2001) as Freddie Mays
- Dinotopia (2002) as Cyrus Crabb
- Timeline (2003) as Robert Doniger
- Harry Potter film series as Remus Lupin
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One (2010) and Part Two (2011)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as the Hospitaller
- Basic Instinct 2 (2006) as Roy Washburn
- The Omen (2006) as Keith Jennings
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) as SS-Obersturmbannführer Ralph
- War Horse (2011) as Lyons
- Anonymous (2011) as William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
- The Zero Theorem (2013) as Joby
- The Fifth Estate (2013) as Nick Davies
- The Theory of Everything (2014) as Dennis Sciama
- Queen and Country (2014) as Sergeant-Major Bradley
- Legend (2015) as Leslie Payne
- Macbeth (2015) as King Duncan
- Anomalisa (2015) as Michael Stone
- The Mercy (2017) as Rodney Hallworth
- DC Extended Universe as Sir Patrick Morgan/Ares
- Wonder Woman (2017)
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) note
- Fargo (2017) as V.M. Varga
- Big Mouth (2018-present) as Lionel the Shame Wizard (voice)
- Human Resources (2022)
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) as Jake's Father
- The Sandman (2022) as John Dee
- Enola Holmes 2 (2022) as Superintendent Grail
- The Amazing Maurice (2022) as Boss Man (voice)
- The Artful Dodger (2023) as Norbert Fagin
