| David Thewlis  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
War Horse (4-Dec-2011)
Anonymous (11-Sep-2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (7-Jul-2011)
London Boulevard (26-Nov-2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (11-Nov-2010) · Remus Lupin
Mr. Nice (14-Mar-2010)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (6-Jul-2009) · Remus Lupin
Veronika Decides to Die (16-May-2009)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (28-Aug-2008)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (3-Jul-2007)
The Inner Life of Martin Frost (10-Feb-2007) · Martin Frost
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) · Freddie Mays
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) · Knox Harrington
Seven Years in Tibet (13-Sep-1997)
American Perfekt (11-Sep-1997) · Santini
The Island of Dr. Moreau (23-Aug-1996)
Dragonheart (31-May-1996) · Einon
James and the Giant Peach (12-Apr-1996) [VOICE]
Restoration (29-Dec-1995) · Pearce
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)
Life Is Sweet (22-Mar-1991)
Afraid of the Dark (1991) · Locksmith -- Tom Miller
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (10-Jan-1990)
Resurrected (1989)
Little Dorrit (11-Sep-1988)
Vroom (1988)
The Singing Detective (16-Nov-1986)
Author of books:
The Late Hector Kipling (2007, novel)
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