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David Wheeler, known professionally as David Thewlis, is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and author.

Birth Name

David Wheeler

Born

Wednesday, 20 March 1963

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Avatar 3	Peylak	2024
Zack Snyder's Justice League	Ares	2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Father	2020
Barkskins	Monsieur Claude Trepagny	2020
Eternal Beauty	Mike	2019
Guest of Honour	Jim	2019
The Feed	Lawrence Hatfield	2019
Rare Beasts	Vic	2019
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal	Himself - Red Carpet Interviewee (archive footage)	2018
75th Golden Globe Awards	Himself - Nominee	2018

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Avatar 3	Peylak	2024
Zack Snyder's Justice League	Ares	2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Father	2020
Barkskins	Monsieur Claude Trepagny	2020
Eternal Beauty	Mike	2019
Guest of Honour	Jim	2019
The Feed	Lawrence Hatfield	2019
Rare Beasts	Vic	2019
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal	Himself - Red Carpet Interviewee (archive footage)	2018
75th Golden Globe Awards	Himself - Nominee	2018
The Mercy	Rodney Hallworth	2017
Big Mouth	Shame Wizard	2017
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself - Nominee	2017
Wonder Woman	Sir Patrick Morgan	2017
Anomalisa	Michael Stone (voice)	2015
Regression	Kenneth Raines	2015
Macbeth	Duncan	2015
An Inspector Calls	The Inspector	2015
Legend	Leslie Payne	2015
The Theory of Everything	Dennis Sciama	2014
Stonehearst Asylum	Mickey Finn	2014
Queen & Country	Sargeant Major Bradley	2014
Fargo	V.M. Varga, Federation of United Planets Leader	2014
The Fifth Estate	Nick Davies	2013
The Zero Theorem	Joby	2013
Red 2	The Frog	2013
War Horse	Lyons	2011
The Lady	Michael Aris	2011
Anonymous	William Cecil	2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Remus Lupin	2011
The Organ Grinder's Monkey	Pablo	2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Remus Lupin	2010
London Boulevard	Jordan	2010
Mr. Nice	Jim McCann	2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Remus Lupin	2009
Veronika Decides to Die	Dr. Blake	2009
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	Father	2008
The Inner Life of Martin Frost	Martin Frost	2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Remus Lupin	2007
The Omen	Keith Jennings	2006
The Street	Joe Jennerson / Harry Jennerson, Joe Jennerson	2006
Basic Instinct 2	Roy Washburn	2006
All the Invisible Children	Jonathan (segment "Jonathan") / Jonathan	2006
The New World	Wingfield	2005
Kingdom of Heaven	Hospitaler	2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Professor Lupin	2004
Timeline	Robert Doniger	2003
Cheeky	Harry Sankey	2003
Dinotopia	Cyrus Crabb	2002
D.I.Y. Hard	Man	2002
Dinotopia	Cyrus Crabb	2002
Hamilton Mattress	Hamilton Mattress (voice)	2001
Goodbye Charlie Bright	Charlie's Dad / Dad	2001
Gangster No. 1	Freddie Mays	2000
The Miracle Maker	Judas Iscariot (voice)	2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?	Nesbit	2000
Family Guy	British Father	1999
Divorcing Jack	Dan Starkey	1998
The Big Lebowski	Knox Harrington	1998
Besieged	Jason Kinsky	1998
Seven Years in Tibet	Peter Aufschnaiter	1997
American Perfekt	Santini	1997
The Island of Dr. Moreau	Edward Douglas	1996
Dragonheart	King Einon	1996
James And The Giant Peach	Earthworm (voice)	1996
Restoration	Pearce / John Pearce	1995
Total Eclipse	Paul Verlaine	1995
Black Beauty	Jerry Barker	1994
Prime Suspect 3	James Jackson	1993
Naked	Johnny	1993
The Trial	Franz	1993
Damage	Detective	1992
HBO First Look	Himself	1992
Afraid of the Dark	Tom Miller / Locksmith	1991
Life Is Sweet	Nicola's Lover	1991
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	Doctor	1989
Screen One	Crematorium Attendant, Tim Shanks	1989
A Bit of a Do	Paul Simcock	1989
Vroom	Ringe	1988
Little Dorrit	George Braddle	1987
The Short & Curlies	Clive	1987
The Singing Detective	Second Soldier	1986
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle	The Mugger	1983
Only Fools and Horses....	Stew	1981

Director Filmography

Title	Year

Cheeky

2003

Year	Type	Category	Won

2018	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
2017	Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Nominated