Josh Hutcherson
Actor · 2026
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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.
Filmography
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Interesting facts
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In 1999 he published his first novel - "This Man's a Legend".
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David's first commercial acting job was filming a commercial for Kellogg's bran flakes, but meanwhile he did not forget about music: performing Simon and Garfunkel songs in clubs earned him an Equity card - the actors' union.
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David Thewlis has a daughter from his common-law marriage to Anna Friel - Gracie Ellen Mary Thewlis (07/09/05).
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For his role in the film "Seven Years in Tibet" he was declared persona non grata in China.
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Real name - David Wheeler.
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He studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Baricon) in London and graduated from it in 1984.
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He could have played the role of Simon Gruber in the film 'Die Hard with a Vengeance' (1995).
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During the filming of 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' (1996), he fell off a horse and broke his leg. Because of this incident, he vowed never to watch the film and skipped the premiere.
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Before becoming a professional actor, David founded a punk rock band. His bandmates decided to study acting, and he soon followed their example.
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Like most British actors, he gained stage experience by acting in theater, mainly in regional theaters in London.
Family & relationships
Sarah Sugarman
wife · divorced
Kate Hardy
wife · divorced
Frequent collaborators
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