David Thewlis

Acclaimed internationally, DAVID THEWLIS is one of the UK‘s most versatile actors.

His breakthrough performance came in Mike Leigh‘s Naked, for which he won awards for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, the New York Film Critics Awards, the National Society of Film Critics Awards, the London Critics Circle Film Awards and the Evening Standard British Film Awards. He has starred in a range of critically acclaimed roles since.

Thewlis starred in Warhorse, directed by Steven Spielberg, and in The Lady, directed Luc Besson. Other film work includes: London Boulevard, directed by Bill Monahan; Mr. Nice, directed by Bernard Rose; Veronika Decides to Die, directed by Emily Young; and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, directed by Mark Herman. Thewlis also plays the returning character of Professor Lupin in the Harry Potter films: The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows, parts 1 and 2.

Other film credits include: Paul Auster‘s The Inner Life of Martin Frost, John Moore‘s The Omen, Jordan Scott‘s All the Invisible Children, Terrence Malick‘s The New World, Ridley Scott‘s The Kingdom of Heaven, Richard Donner‘s Timeline, Paul McGuigan‘s Gangster No. 1, Peter Hewitt‘s Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Bernardo Bertolucci‘s Besieged, Joel and Ethan Cohen‘s The Big Lebowski, Jean Jaques Annaud‘s Seven Years in Tibet and John Frankenheimer‘s The Island of Dr Moreau, Agnieszka Holland‘s Total Eclipse, Rob Cohen‘s Dragonheart, Mike Hoffman‘s Restoration, Caroline Thompson‘s Black Beauty, David Jones‘ The Trial, Paul Greengrass‘ Resurrected, Beeban Kidron‘s Vroom David Caffrey‘s Divorcing Jack and Short and Curlies and Life is Sweet, both for Mike Leigh.

On television, Thewlis played the twin roles of Joe and Harry in ―The Street for which he was nominated as Outstanding Actor in a TV Series Drama at the 2008 Monte Carlo TV Festival. Other TV credits include Dinotopia, Endgame, Dandelion Dead, the award-winning Prime Suspect III, Frank Stubbs, Journey to Knock, Filipino Dreamgirls, Skulduggery, A Bit of a Do, Road, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, and The Singing Detective.

In addition to his screen work, Thewlis has also starred on stage in Sam Mendes‘ The Sea at the Royal National Theatre, Max Stafford-Clark‘s Ice Cream at the Royal Court, Buddy Holly at the Regal in Greenwich, Ruffian on the Stairs/The Woolley at Farnham, and Lady and the Clarinet at the Kings Head.

Thewlis is also known for his work as a director. His feature film Cheeky, which he also wrote and starred in was released by Guerilla Pictures in 2007, and previously his short film Hello, Hello, Hello, which he wrote and directed, was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.

Thewlis‘ many achievements were recognised at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards when he received the prestigious Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film.

Outside of his screen work, Thewlis is also a recognized author. His first novel The Late Hector Kipling was published in 2007 to great critical acclaim.

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