David Thewlis

David Wheeler (born 20 March 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, a Golden Globe Award, a 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), ''Seven Years in Tibet'' (1997), and ''Gangster No. 1'' (2001). 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's 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'' (2022–2023), Christopher Edwards in the HBO miniseries ''Landscapers'' (2021), John Dee in the Netflix drama series ''The Sandman'' (2022), and Fagin in the Disney+ TV series ''The Artful Dodger'' (2023). His performance in ''Fargo'' earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award. Provided by Wikipedia