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English actor (born 1963)

David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis ('/θj//uː//l//ɪ//s/), 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's 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 (2022–2023), Christopher Edwards in the HBO miniseries Landscapers (2021), John Dee in the Netflix drama series The Sandman (2022), and Fagin in the Disney+ tv series The Artful Dodger (2023). His performance in Fargo earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award.

Thewlis was born David Wheeler in Blackpool on 20 March 1963, the son of Maureen (née Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler. He has an older and a younger sibling. As a teenager, he played in a rock band called QED and played lead guitar with a punk rock band called Door 66. He was educated at Highfield High School in Blackpool's Marton area. He later enrolled in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1984.

He changed his surname to Thewlis, his mother's maiden name, after attempting to register with the actors' union and discovering that his birth name was already being used by someone else. His first professional role after doing so was in the play Buddy Holly at the Regal in Greenwich Thewlis reprised the role in four other films in the series. He appeared as an SS Commandant of a Nazi death camp and father of the main character in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which was well received. Other credits include Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Terrence Malick's The New World (2005), and The Omen (2006). Thewlis played the late Dr Michael Aris, husband of Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, with Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh as Suu Kyi, in the biopic The Lady directed by Luc Besson. In 2012, he received an International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Plus Camera Award. In the same year, he also played in Separate We Come, Separate We Go, directed by Harry Potter co star Bonnie Wright. In June 2015, Thewlis was reported to be filming scenes for a Donald Crowhurst biopic, The Mercy, on the beach at Teignmouth, Devon, playing Donald Crowhurst's press agent, Rodney Hallworth, while Colin Firth would play Donald Crowhurst. He also starred in Regression, a thriller released in autumn 2015. In September 2015, Thewlis starred as Inspector Goole in Helen Edmundson's BBC TV adaptation of J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls. In October 2015, he played King Duncan in the film Macbeth. Thewlis portrayed Ares in Wonder Woman (2017), the DC Comics film featuring the character of the same name. He briefly reprised his role as Ares in Justice League (2017). That same year, he appeared as V. M. Varga, the main antagonist of the third season of Fargo. His performance was critically acclaimed, and earned him nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award, Critics' Choice Television Award and Golden Globe Award as a supporting actor. He has voiced the Shame Wizard in the Netflix animated sitcom Big Mouth (2017–present) and its spin off Human Resources (2022–2023). Thewlis starred in the Netflix film I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), the HBO miniseries Landscapers (2021), the Netflix drama series The Sandman (2022), the Netflix film Enola Holmes 2 (2022), and the animated film The Amazing Maurice (2022). In 2023, he played Fagin in The Artful Dodger.

Thewlis directed Hello, Hello, Hello in 1995, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. He also wrote, directed and starred in the feature Cheeky (2003).

Thewlis's black comedy novel set in the art world, The Late Hector Kipling, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007. His second book, Shooting Martha, was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2021.

Thewlis will appear in the film Littlemouth, and has been cast as Peylak in the third, fourth and fifth installments in the Avatar film series. He will also portray the Greek god Hades in the Netflix series Kaos, and star as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock & Daughter for The CW.

Thewlis was married to Welsh director and actress Sara Sugarman from 1992 until 1994. He then had a relationship with the English actress Kate Hardie for 3 years. He was in a relationship with the English actress Anna Friel from 2001 until late 2010. Their daughter, Gracie, was born on 9 July 2005. Thewlis married the French designer and artist Hermine Poitou on 5 August 2016. They live in Sunningdale, Berkshire.

Year Title RoleNotes1985 Up the Elephant and Round the Castle The Mugger Episode: "A Taxing Problem" (non speaking) Summer Season Jim Dench Episode: "Radio Pictures" Only Fools and Horses Stew Episode: "It's Only Rock and Roll" 1986 Second Soldier Miniseries 1987–1988 Valentine Park Max 12 episodes 1987–1991 ScreenPlay Joey / Terry 2 episodes1989 Paul Simcock 6 episodes Skulduggery Tony Television film 1990 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Doctor Miniseries 1991 Shrinks Terry Slater Episode #1.5 1991–1992 Screen One Crematorium Attendant / Tim Shanks 2 episodes1993 Frank Stubbs Promotes Mike Bence Episode: "Striker" Prime Suspect 3 James Jackson Episode: "Keeper of Souls: Parts 1 and 2" 1994 Dandelion Dead Oswald Martin Miniseries 2001 Endgame Clov Television film Hammilton Mattress Hammilton Mattress Voice role, television film 2002 Dinotopia Cyrus Crabb Miniseries 2007 Harry Jennerson / Joe Jennerson Episode: "Twins" 2014 Family Guy British Father Voice role, Episode: "Chap Stewie" 2015 An Inspector Calls The Inspector Television film 2017 Fargo V. M. Varga / Robot 10 episodes 2018–present Big Mouth Shame Wizard Voice role, 13 episodes 2019 The Feed Lawrence Hatfield 6 episodes 2020 Barkskins Monsieur Claude Trepagny 8 episodes 2021 Landscapers Christopher Edwards Miniseries 2022–2023 Human Resources Lionel St. Swithens / Shame Wizard Voice role, 14 episodes 2022 The Sandman John Dee Co starring; 4 episodes 2023 The Artful Dodger Fagin Main role 2024 Kaos Hades Filming; Regular role 2025 Sherlock & Daughter Sherlock Holmes Lead role, filming