David Thewlis
David Thewlis
David Thewlis has appeared in 47 movies on CringeMDb. 19 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 28 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
- Most recent with adult content: I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Born March 20, 1963 · Known for acting
40.4% Featured Movie Cringe Score (47 movies)
David Thewlis Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Seven Years in Tibet
...as Peter Aufschnaiter
Kingdom of Heaven
...as Hospitaler
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
...as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
...as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
...as Remus Lupin
The Omen
...as Keith Jennings
James and the Giant Peach
...as Earthworm (voice)
Enola Holmes 2
...as Grail
DragonHeart
...as King Einon
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
...as Remus Lupin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
...as Remus Lupin
The Island of Dr. Moreau
...as Douglas
Timeline
...as Robert Doniger
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
...as Father
Life Is Sweet
...as Nicola's Lover
Afraid of the Dark
...as Locksmith / Tom Miller
War Horse
...as Lyons
The Lady
...as Michael Aris
RED 2
...as The Frog
The Fifth Estate
...as Nick Davies
The New World
...as Wingfield
The Theory of Everything
...as Dennis Sciama
Wonder Woman
...as Sir Patrick / Ares
Justice League
...as Ares
The Amazing Maurice
...as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)
The Thing with Feathers
...as Crow (voice)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
...as Peylak
Val
...as Self (archive)
Certified Cringeworthy
Basic Instinct 2
...as Roy Washburn
Gangster No. 1
...as Freddie Mays
Damage
...as Detective
Veronika Decides to Die
...as Dr. Blake
Restoration
...as John Pearce
Total Eclipse
...as Paul Verlaine
Anonymous
...as William Cecil
Besieged
...as Jason Kinsky
London Boulevard
...as Jordan
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
...as Nesbit
The Trial
...as Franz
The Zero Theorem
...as Joby
Regression
...as Professor Kenneth Raines
Stonehearst Asylum
...as Mickey Finn
The Big Lebowski
...as Knox Harrington
American Perfekt
...as Santini
Eternal Beauty
...as Mike
Anomalisa
...as Michael Stone (voice)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
...as Father
About David Thewlis
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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