AKA David Wheeler

Born: 20-Mar-1963
Birthplace: Blackpool, Lancashire, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In childhood, David Thewlis was a quiet boy who scribbled poetry into his diary, and as a teen he played lead guitar with a punk band called Door 66. His first professional work as an actor was in a commercial for Kellogg's Bran Flakes. After several small roles on British television, Thewlis' first leading role was in a starkly political 1987 BBC drama titled Road, about poverty in England under the Thatcher administration. He licked chocolate off Jane Horrocks' naked body in Life is Sweet, and played the vulgar rapist ex-boyfriend in Mike Leigh's Naked. In Besieged he played a reclusive pianist, and in Total Eclipse he played Leonardo DiCaprio's long-term bisexual lover. He also played an earthworm in James and the Giant Peach, a mountain climber who escaped prison in Seven Years in Tibet, and the kindly Professor Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films.

He wrote, directed, and starred in Cheeky (2003), the bizarrely heartwarming story of a young father who deals with his grief after his wife is killed in a house fire by competing on a game show where contestants insult each other.

His stage name, Thewlis, is his mother's maiden name.

Father: Alec Wheeler (toy shop owner)
Mother: Maureen Wheeler (homemaker)
Wife: Sara Sugarman (film director, m. 1992, div. 1995)
Girlfriend: Fairuza Balk (actress, dated 1996-97)
Girlfriend: Kate Hardie (actress, b. 1969, dated late 1990s)
Girlfriend: Anna Friel (actress, cohabited since 2001, one daughter)
Daughter: Gracie Thewlis (b. 9-Jul-2005 with Friel)

    University: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

    Risk Factors: Vegetarian

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (3-Jul-2007)
    The Omen (6-Jun-2006)
    Basic Instinct 2 (21-Mar-2006)
    The New World (25-Dec-2005)
    Kingdom of Heaven (4-May-2005)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (31-May-2004)
    Timeline (19-Nov-2003)
    Dinotopia (12-May-2002)
    Goodbye Charlie Bright (11-May-2001)
    Gangster No. 1 (9-Jun-2000)
    The Miracle Maker (31-Mar-2000) [VOICE]
    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (13-Nov-1999)
    Besieged (14-Sep-1998)
    Divorcing Jack (14-Aug-1998)
    The Big Lebowski (15-Feb-1998)
    Seven Years in Tibet (13-Sep-1997)
    American Perfekt (11-Sep-1997)
    The Island of Dr. Moreau (23-Aug-1996)
    Dragonheart (31-May-1996)
    James and the Giant Peach (12-Apr-1996) [VOICE]
    Restoration (29-Dec-1995)
    Total Eclipse (3-Nov-1995)
    Black Beauty (29-Jul-1994)
    Prime Suspect 3 (19-Dec-1993)
    Naked (14-Sep-1993)
    The Trial (13-May-1993)
    Damage (2-Dec-1992)
    Afraid of the Dark (1991)
    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (10-Jan-1990)
    Life Is Sweet (1990)
    Resurrected (1989)
    Little Dorrit (11-Sep-1988)
    The Singing Detective (16-Nov-1986)

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