David Thewlis
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David Thewlis (born David Wheeler March 20, 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is a British actor.
Thewlis studied at the Guildhall School of Drama in London. His first major film role was as the rambling street philosopher Johnny in Naked (1993; dir. Mike Leigh), for which he was named best actor by the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics (United States), the London Critics Circle, the Evening Standard, and the Cannes Film Festival. The same year he appeared on television as the sexual predator James Jackson in Prime Suspect 3, opposite Helen Mirren and Ciaran Hinds.
Through the 1990s, Thewlis appeared in a variety of films, mostly fantasy and period, including Restoration (1995), Dragonheart (1996), and Seven Years in Tibet (1997), opposite Brad Pitt (because of this film, Thewlis is barred from entering China). He was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Divorcing Jack (1998), and played Clov in a (2000) television film of Samuel Beckett's Endgame. Notable appearances also include Bernardo Bertolucci's Besieged (1998) and Paul McGuigan's Gangster No. 1 (2000), opposite Malcolm McDowell. In 2004 he starred as Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (dir. Alfonso Cuaron), and he is set to appear in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and Terrence Malick's The New World (2005).
As a director, he was nominated for a BAFTA for best short film for Hello, Hello, Hello (1995); he has also written, directed and starred in the feature Cheeky (2003).
In 1992 he married director Sara Sugarman but they divorced in 1993. He is currently living with the acctress Anna Friel.
Filmography
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) .... Hospitaller
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) .... Remus Lupin
- Timeline (2003) .... Robert Doniger
- Cheeky (2003) .... Harry Sankey
- D.I.Y. Hard (2002) (TV)
- Dinotopia (2002) (TV) .... Cyrus Crabb
- Hamilton Mattress (2001) (TV) .... Hamilton Mattress (voice)
- Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001) .... Dad
- Endgame (2000) (TV) .... Clov
- Gangster No. 1 (2000) .... Freddie Mays
- The Miracle Maker (2000) (TV) .... Judas (voice)
- Love Story (1999) (TV)
- Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999) .... Nesbit
- Besieged (1998) .... Jason Kinsky
- Divorcing Jack (1998) .... Dan Starkey
- The Big Lebowski (1998) .... Knox Harrington
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997) .... Peter Aufschnaiter
- American Perfekt (1997) .... Santini
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) .... Edward Douglas
- Dragonheart (1996) .... King Einon
- James and the Giant Peach (1996) .... Earthworm (voice)
- Restoration (1995) .... John Pearce
- Total Eclipse (1995) .... Paul Verlaine
- Black Beauty (1994) .... Jerry Barker
- Dandelion Dead (1994) (TV) .... Oswald Martin
- Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV) .... James Jackson
- Naked (1993) .... Johnny
- The Trial (1993) .... Franz
- Black and Blue (1992) (TV) .... Crematorium Attendant
- Damage (1992) .... Detective
- Journey to Knock (1991) (TV) .... Terry
- Screen One: Filipina Dreamgirls (1991) (TV) .... Tim Shanks
- Afraid of the Dark (1991) .... Locksmith/Tom Miller
- Life is Sweet (1990) .... Nicola's Lover
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990) (TV) .... Doctor
- Skullduggery (1989) (TV) .... Tony
- Resurrected (1989) .... Kevin Deakin
- Vroom (1988) .... Ringe
- Little Dorrit (1988) .... George Braddle
- Road (1987) Joey
- Shorts and Curlies (1987) (TV) .... Clive
- The Singing Detective (1986) (TV) .... 2nd Soldierde:David Thewlis