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.
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| 1 | Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Most waited movies 2023 and after | Peylak | - | - |
| 2 | The Amazing Maurice (2022) | Boss Man / Rat King (voice) | 6 | |
| 3 | Enola Holmes 2 (2022) | Grail | 7.5 | |
| 4 | Rare Beasts (2021) | Vic | - | - |
| 5 | Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) Top movies in 2021 | Ares | 7.9 | |
| 6 | Eternal Beauty (2020) | Mike | 8 | |
| 7 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) | Father | 7.3 | |
| 8 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 9 | The Mercy (2018) | Rodney Hallworth | 4.8 | |
| 10 | Wonder Woman (2017) | Sir Patrick / Ares | 7.9 | |
| 11 | Justice League (2017) | Ares | 6.4 | |
| 12 | Harry Potter: A History Of Magic (2017) | Himself | 8.3 | |
| 13 | Anomalisa (2015) Oscars 2016 | Michael Stone (voice) | 8.1 | |
| 14 | An Inspector Calls (2015) | Inspector Goole - The Inspector | 8 | |
| 15 | Regression (2015) | Professor Kenneth Raines | 5.5 | |
| 16 | Macbeth (2015) | Duncan | 6.4 | |
| 17 | Legend (2015) | Leslie Payne | 6.5 | |
| 18 | The Theory of Everything (2014) Oscars 2015 | Dennis Sciama | 7.9 | |
| 19 | Stonehearst Asylum (2014) | Mickey Finn | 6.5 | |
| 20 | Queen & Country (2014) | Sargeant Major Bradley | - | - |
| 21 | The Fifth Estate (2013) | Nick Davies | 6.3 | |
| 22 | The Zero Theorem (2013) | Joby | 6.5 | |
| 23 | RED 2 (2013) | The Frog | 6.9 | |
| 24 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) | (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 25 | Anonymous (2011) Oscars 2012 | William Cecil | 6.4 | |
| 26 | War Horse (2011) Oscars 2012 | Lyons | 7.3 | |
| 27 | The Lady (2011) | Michael Aris | 6.8 | |
| 28 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) Top 100 by FilmGator | Remus Lupin | 8.3 | |
| 29 | Mr. Nice (2010) | Jim McCann | 7 | |
| 30 | London Boulevard (2010) | Jordan | 6.1 | |
| 31 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Top 100 by FilmGator | Remus Lupin | 7.9 | |
| 32 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Oscars 2010 | Remus Lupin | 7.7 | |
| 33 | Veronika Decides to Die (2009) | Dr. Blake | 5.5 | |
| 34 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) | Father | 7.6 | |
| 35 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) | Remus Lupin | 7.7 | |
| 36 | The Omen (2006) | Keith Jennings | 6.1 | |
| 37 | Basic Instinct 2 (2006) | Roy Washburn | 5.7 | |
| 38 | The New World (2005) Oscars 2006 | Wingfield | 6.1 | |
| 39 | Kingdom of Heaven (2005) | Hospitaler | 7 | |
| 40 | All the Invisible Children (2005) | Jonathan (segment "Jonathan") | 10 | |
| 41 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Top 100 by FilmGator | Remus Lupin | 7.9 | |
| 42 | Timeline (2003) | Robert Doniger | 6.1 | |
| 43 | Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001) | Charlie's Dad | 9 | |
| 44 | The Miracle Maker (2000) | Judas Iscariot (voice) | 2 | |
| 45 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000) | Nesbit | - | - |
| 46 | Gangster No. 1 (2000) | Freddie Mays | 6 | |
| 47 | Divorcing Jack (1998) | Dan Starkey | - | - |
| 48 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | Knox Harrington | 8 | |
| 49 | Besieged (1998) | Jason Kinsky | 6.5 | |
| 50 | American Perfekt (1997) | Santini | - | - |
| 51 | Seven Years in Tibet (1997) | Peter Aufschnaiter | 6.9 | |
| 52 | The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) | Douglas | 5.9 | |
| 53 | James and the Giant Peach (1996) | Earthworm (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 54 | DragonHeart (1996) | King Einon | 6.6 | |
| 55 | Total Eclipse (1995) | Paul Verlaine | 6.5 | |
| 56 | Restoration (1995) | John Pearce | 7 | |
| 57 | Black Beauty (1994) | Jerry Barker | 5.6 | |
| 58 | Naked (1993) | Johnny | 8 | |
| 59 | The Trial (1993) | Franz | - | - |
| 60 | Damage (1992) | Detective | 6.7 | |
| 61 | Life Is Sweet (1990) | Nicola's Lover | 6 | |
| 62 | Resurrected (1989) | Kevin Deakin | 3 | |
| 63 | Road (1987) | Joey | 8 |
