David Thewlis
Born 1963 · British actor
David Wheeler, better known by his stage name David Thewlis, is an English actor and filmmaker. He has won one Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and received nominations for two BAFTA Awards, one Golden Globe Award, one Primetime Emmy Award, and one Screen Actors Guild Award.
David Thewlis, in order
- 1987 The Short and Curlies (short film): acted · directed by Mike Leigh
- 1988 Little Dorrit: acted · directed by Christine Edzard
- 1989 Resurrected: acted · directed by Paul Greengrass
- 1990 Life Is Sweet: acted · directed by Mike Leigh
- 1991 Afraid of the Dark: acted · directed by Mark Peploe
- 1992 Damage: acted · directed by Louis Malle
- 1993 Naked: acted · directed by Mike Leigh
- 1993 The Trial: acted · directed by David Hugh Jones
- 1994 Black Beauty: acted · directed by Caroline Thompson
- 1995 Restoration: acted · directed by Michael Hoffman
- 1995 Total Eclipse: acted · directed by Agnieszka Holland
- 1996 Dragonheart: acted · directed by Rob Cohen · critics 45%, audiences 60%
- 1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer and Richard Stanley · critics 24%, audiences 20% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
- 1997 American Perfekt: acted · directed by Paul Chart
- 1997 Seven Years in Tibet: acted · directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1998 Besieged: acted · directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
- 1998 Divorcing Jack: acted · directed by David Caffrey
- 1998 The Big Lebowski: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 79%, audiences 93% · streaming on Pluto TV
- 1999 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?: acted · directed by Peter Hewitt
- 2000 Gangster No. 1: acted · directed by Paul McGuigan
- 2003 Cheeky: directed, acted
- 2003 Timeline: acted · directed by Richard Donner · critics 13%, audiences 45% · streaming on MGM+, Hoopla
- 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: acted · directed by Alfonso Cuarón · critics 91%, audiences 86% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2005 All the Invisible Children: acted · directed by Emir Kusturica and John Woo
- 2005 Kingdom of Heaven: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 39%, audiences 72%
- 2006 Basic Instinct 2: acted · directed by Michael Caton-Jones · critics 6%, audiences 26%
- 2006 The New World: acted · directed by Terrence Malick
- 2006 The Omen: acted · directed by John Moore
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: acted · directed by David Yates · critics 78%, audiences 81% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2007 The Inner Life of Martin Frost: acted · directed by Paul Auster
- 2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: acted · directed by Mark Herman
- 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: acted · directed by David Yates · critics 83%, audiences 78% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2009 Veronika Decides to Die: acted · directed by Emily Young
- 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1: acted · directed by David Yates · critics 77%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2010 London Boulevard: acted · directed by William Monahan
- 2010 Mr. Nice: acted · directed by Bernard Rose
- 2011 Anonymous: acted · directed by Roland Emmerich · critics 47%, audiences 53%
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2: acted · directed by David Yates · critics 96%, audiences 89% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
- 2011 The Lady: acted · directed by Luc Besson
- 2011 War Horse: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 74%, audiences 74%
- 2012 Separate We Come, Separate We Go (short film): acted · directed by Bonnie Wright
- 2013 RED 2: acted · directed by Dean Parisot
- 2013 The Fifth Estate: acted · directed by Bill Condon · critics 34%, audiences 36%
- 2013 The Zero Theorem: acted · directed by Terry Gilliam · critics 49%, audiences 43% · streaming on Prime Video, AMC+, Roku Channel
- 2014 Queen and Country: acted · directed by John Boorman · critics 76%, audiences 48%
- 2014 Stonehearst Asylum: acted · directed by Brad Anderson
- 2014 The Theory of Everything: acted · directed by James Marsh · critics 81%, audiences 84%
- 2015 Legend: acted · directed by Brian Helgeland
- 2015 Macbeth: acted · directed by Justin Kurzel
- 2015 Regression: acted · directed by Alejandro Amenábar
- 2017 Fargo (TV series): acted
- 2017 Justice League: acted · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 39%, audiences 66% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2017 Wonder Woman: acted · directed by Patty Jenkins · critics 93%, audiences 83% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2018 The Mercy: acted · directed by James Marsh
- 2019 Rare Beasts: acted · directed by Billie Piper
- 2020 I'm Thinking of Ending Things: acted · directed by Charlie Kaufman
- 2021 Landscapers (TV series): acted · directed by Will Sharpe
- 2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League: acted · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 71%, audiences 92% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2022 The Sandman (TV series): acted · directed by Andrés Baiz and Jamie Childs
- 2023 The Artful Dodger (TV series): acted · directed by Corrie Chen and Gracie Otto
- 2024 Kaos (TV series): acted
- 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash: acted · directed by James Cameron · critics 66%, audiences 90% · streaming on Disney+
- 2025 Sherlock & Daughter (TV series): acted · directed by Bryn Higgins
- 2026 Signal One: acted · directed by Jonathan Sobol
- 2029 Avatar 4: acted · directed by James Cameron