David Thewlis

David Thewlis
Biographical information
Birth name	David Wheeler
Born	20 March, 1963 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Nationality	British
Current residence	America
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Brown
Height	6' 3"
Family	Sara Sugarman (wife, 1992-1993) Kate Hardie (Domestic Partner ????-????) Anna Friel (Domestic Partner, 2001-present) Gracie (daughter)
Website	davidthewlis.net
Career
Years active	1985 to present
In Harry Potter	Remus Lupin
Other roles	Johnny in Naked (1993) Earthworm in James and the Giant Peach (1996) King Einon in Dragonheart (1996) Edward Douglas in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) Peter Aufschnaiter in Seven Years in Tibet (1997) Knox Harrington in The Big Lebowski (1997) Roy Washburn in Basic Instinct 2 (2006) Keith Jennings in The Omen (2006)

David Thewlis is the actor who portrays Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films. His first appearance was in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Life and career

Thewlis was born David Wheeler on the 20 March, 1963, in Blackpool, England. He moved to London with his band, Door 66, but chose to pursue an acting career along with his friends and entered the Guildhall School of Drama. His first major role was in the film, Naked (1993) which won him high acclaim and many awards, including the New York critics award. He lived with English actress Anna Friel with whom he has one child, a girl named Gracie. They broke up in late 2010 and now lives in Clerkenwell.

In 2007, Thewlis wrote and published his first novel, The Late Hector Kipling.

David is banned from entering China due to his role in Seven Years in Tibet. Despite this, the Harry Potter films have been shown in China, so apparently images of Thewlis are permitted to enter China even if he himself is not.

Thewlis in the Mike Leigh film Naked.

David Thewlis also played a role in Black Beauty.

David Thewlis presenting The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

David also played the role of Ralph, Bruno's father, in the film adaption of "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Pajamas)"

David also had the role of King Einon in the movie Dragon Heart.

Thewlis also had a small role in the Steven Speilberg film, War Horse (2012).

Thewlis was in the film Total Eclipse as a main character, where he had to kiss Leonardo DiCaprio

He appeared as the main role of Johnny in the movie Naked in 1993

He also appeared in the film Timeline (2003) as a minor role.

Behind the scenes

• Like Adrian Rawlins, David Thewlis was born almost at the same date as his character, though they only share the same birth month: March.
• Thewlis was originally considered to play Professor Quirrell in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, although the role went to Ian Hart.
• David's childhood dreams was to once play a werewolf. He was glad he was able to make that dream come true in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

External links

• David Thewlis at the Internet Movie Database
• David Thewlis on Wikipedia

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