David Thewlis

David Thewlis
Thewlis at the 2008 San Sebastian Film Festival
Born	David Wheeler (1963-03-20) 20 March 1963 (age 53) Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actor, author, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Sara Sugarman (m. 1992; div. 1993)
Partner(s)	Anna Friel (2001–2010)
Children	1

David Thewlis (born David Wheeler; born 20 March 1963) is an English actor. His most commercially successful role to date has been that of Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series. Other notable performances include the films Naked (for which he won the Best Actor award at Cannes Film Festival), Dragonheart, Kingdom of Heaven, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Theory of Everything, Black Beauty and Macbeth, in which he played King Duncan, and will play Ares in Wonder Woman. He has also done voice work in the films James and the Giant Peach (1996), The Miracle Maker (2000) and Anomalisa (2015). He is also known for the role of Cyrus Crabb in the TV mini series Dinotopia.

Thewlis, the second of three children, was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, the son of Maureen (née Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler. Both parents worked at his father's shop. 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, a state secondary school in South Shore, Blackpool. Later, he enrolled in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1984.