Thewlis was born David Wheeler in Blackpool on 20 March 1963, the son of Maureen (née Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler. His parents ran a toy and wallpaper shop. He has an older and a younger sibling. As a teenager, he played in a rock band called QED and played lead guitar with a punk rock band called Door 66. He was educated at Highfield High School in Blackpool's Marton area. He later enrolled in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1984.
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David Thewlis
March 20, 1963 • 61 y.o.
Full Name | David Wheeler |
Place of Birth | Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Career | 1985 — ... |
Genres | Drama, Comedy, Crime |
Height | 1.93 m |
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Characters
- Drama 21%
- Comedy 8%
- Thriller 8%
- Adventure 8%
- Mystery 7%
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Sci-Fi, Mystery
Canada • Jonathan Sobol
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hour
United States
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action
United States • James Cameron
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, 1 hour
United Kingdom • Georgi Banks-Davies...
Crime, Drama, History, 1 hour
Australia • Jeffrey Walker...
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 29 min
United Kingdom, Germany • Toby Genkel...
Action, Adventure, Crime, 2 hr 9 min
United States, United Kingdom • Harry Bradbeer
Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, 45 min
United States • Jamie Childs...
Animation, Comedy, Romance, 30 min
United States • Henrique Jardim...
Drama, Crime, Comedy, 47 min
United States, United Kingdom • Will Sharpe
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, 4 hr 2 min
United States • Zack Snyder
Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 14 min
United States • Charlie Kaufman
Drama, History, 48 min
United States • Lukas Ettlin...
Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 27 min
United Kingdom • Billie Piper
Drama, 1 hr 45 min
Canada • Atom Egoyan
Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 35 min
United Kingdom • Craig Roberts
Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, 55 min
United States • Tinge Krishnan...
Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1 hr 42 min
United Kingdom, France, United States • James Marsh
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, 2 hours
United States, Canada, United Kingdom • Zack Snyder
Animation, Comedy, Romance, 30 min
United States, Canada, Mexico • Bryan Francis...
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, 2 hr 21 min
United States, China • Patty Jenkins
Drama, History, War, 1 hr 53 min
United Kingdom, France, United States • Justin Kurzel
Animation, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 30 min
United States, United Kingdom • Duke Johnson...
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 46 min
Spain, Canada, United States • Alejandro Amenábar
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 27 min
United Kingdom • Aisling Walsh
Biography, Crime, Drama, 2 hr 11 min
United Kingdom, France, United States • Brian Helgeland
Short, Comedy, Drama, 25 min
United Kingdom • Kevin Thomas
Biography, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 54 min
Ireland, France, United Kingdom • John Boorman
Biography, Drama, Romance, 2 hr 3 min
United Kingdom, Japan • James Marsh
Horror, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 52 min
United States • Brad Anderson
Crime, Drama, Thriller, 53 min
United States • Noah Hawley...
Biography, Crime, Drama, 2 hr 8 min
United States, United Kingdom, Belgium • Bill Condon
Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama, 1 hr 46 min
United Kingdom, Romania, France • Terry Gilliam
Action, Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 56 min
United States, Canada, Russia • Dean Parisot
Short, 12 min
United Kingdom • Bonnie Wright
Short, Drama, 15 min
United Kingdom • Dinos Chapman
Action, Adventure, Drama, 2 hr 26 min
United States, India • Steven Spielberg
Biography, Drama, History, 2 hr 12 min
United Kingdom, France, Thailand • Luc Besson
Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 10 min
Germany, United Kingdom, United States • Roland Emmerich
Fantasy, Adventure, Family, 2 hr 10 min
United Kingdom, United States • David Yates
Documentary, 1 hour (in credits: David Thlewis)
United Kingdom • Adrian Sibley
Short, 27 min
United States • Max Hoffman
Crime, Drama, 1 hr 40 min
United Kingdom, United States • William Monahan
Fantasy, Adventure, Family, 2 hr 26 min
United Kingdom, United States • David Yates
Biography, Comedy, Crime, 2 hr 1 min
United Kingdom, Spain • Bernard Rose
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 39 min
United States • Emily Young
Fantasy, Adventure, Action, 2 hr 33 min
United Kingdom, United States • David Yates
Drama, War, 1 hr 34 min
United Kingdom, United States • Mark Herman
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, 1 hr 34 min
Spain, Portugal, France • Paul Auster
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, 2 hr 18 min
United Kingdom, United States • David Yates
Horror, Drama, Fantasy, 1 hr 50 min
United States, United Kingdom, Hungary • John Moore
Drama, 43 min
United Kingdom • David Blair...
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 54 min
United Kingdom, Germany, Spain • Michael Caton-Jones
Drama, 2 hr 4 min
France, Italy • Mehdi Charef...
Biography, Drama, History, 2 hr 15 min
United States, United Kingdom • Terrence Malick
Action, Adventure, Drama, 2 hr 25 min
Spain, United States • Ridley Scott
Fantasy, Adventure, Family, 2 hr 22 min
United Kingdom, United States • Alfonso Cuarón
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 35 min
United Kingdom, France • David Thewlis
Animation, Short, 24 min
United Kingdom, Denmark • Karsten Kiilerich
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, 1 hr 56 min
United States • Richard Donner
Short, Comedy, 10 min
United Kingdom • Pat Holden
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, 1 hr 25 min
United Kingdom, Germany, United States • Marco Brambilla
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 31 min
United Kingdom • Barry Purves
Drama, 1 hr 27 min
United Kingdom • Nick Love
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 24 min
United Kingdom, Ireland • Conor McPherson
Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 43 min
United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland • Paul McGuigan
Documentary
United Kingdom • Simon Chu...
Short, 15 min
United Kingdom • Nick Love
Comedy, 1 hr 35 min
United Kingdom, United States • Peter Hewitt
Animation, Biography, Drama, 1 hr 30 min
United Kingdom, Russia • Derek W. Hayes...
Animation, Comedy, 22 min
United States • James Purdum...
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 33 min
Italy, United Kingdom • Bernardo Bertolucci
Thriller, Comedy, 1 hr 50 min
United Kingdom • David Caffrey
Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 57 min
United States, United Kingdom • Joel Coen...
Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2 hr 16 min
United States, United Kingdom • Jean-Jacques Annaud
Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 40 min
United States • Paul Chart
Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, 1 hr 36 min
United States • John Frankenheimer...
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, 1 hr 43 min
United States • Rob Cohen
Animation, Adventure, Family, 1 hr 19 min
United States, United Kingdom • Henry Selick
Biography, Drama, History, 1 hr 57 min
United States, United Kingdom • Michael Hoffman
Biography, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 51 min
France, United Kingdom, Belgium • Agnieszka Holland
Adventure, Drama, Family, 1 hr 28 min
United States, United Kingdom • Caroline Thompson
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hour
United Kingdom • Mike Hodges
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 3 hr 26 min
United Kingdom • David Drury
Comedy, Drama, 2 hr 12 min
United Kingdom • Mike Leigh
Comedy, Drama, 1 hour
United Kingdom • Richard Standeven...
Short, Comedy, 15 min
United Kingdom • David Freeman
Short, 19 min
United Kingdom • Richard Laxton
Drama, Thriller, 2 hours
United Kingdom • David Hugh Jones
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 51 min
United Kingdom, France • Louis Malle
Horror, Drama, Fantasy, 1 hr 31 min
United Kingdom, France • Mark Peploe
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2 hours
United Kingdom • Christopher Menaul...
Drama, 1 hour
United Kingdom • Colin Gregg...
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 43 min
United Kingdom • Mike Leigh
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 29 min
United Kingdom • Beeban Kidron
Drama, 1 hr 30 min
United Kingdom • Phil Davis
Drama, 55 min
United Kingdom • Beeban Kidron
Drama, War, 1 hr 36 min
United Kingdom • Paul Greengrass
Comedy, Drama, 40 min
United Kingdom • David Reynolds...
Short, Family, 1 min
United Kingdom • David Richards...
Short, Comedy, 17 min
United Kingdom • Mike Leigh
Drama, Romance, 5 hours
United Kingdom • Christine Edzard
Comedy, 30 min
United Kingdom • Nic Phillips...
Musical, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 10 min
United Kingdom, Australia • Jon Amiel
Drama, 1 hr 30 min
United Kingdom • David Wheatley...
Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 15 min
United Kingdom • Les Blair...
Drama, 2 hr 25 min
United Kingdom • Nicholas Renton
Drama, 55 min
United Kingdom • Nicholas Renton...
Comedy, 22 min
United Kingdom • Anthony Parker
Comedy, 22 min
United Kingdom • Tony Dow...
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 35 min
United Kingdom, France • David Thewlis
Short, 11 min
United Kingdom • David Thewlis
Short, Comedy, Drama, 25 min
United Kingdom • Kevin Thomas
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 35 min
United Kingdom, France • David Thewlis
Short, 11 min
United Kingdom • David Thewlis