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David Thewlis

David Wheeler (born March 20, 1963), better known as David Thewlis (), is an English actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in a variety of genres in both film and television. He has received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Thewlis made his film debut in ''Little Dorrit'' (1987) and had his breakthrough with roles in the Mike Leigh films ''Life Is Sweet'' (1990) and ''Naked'' (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the latter. He appeared in films such as ''Black Beauty'' (1994), ''Restoration'' (1995), ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), ''Dragonheart'' (1996), ''Seven Years in Tibet'' (1997), ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998), ''Gangster No. 1'' (2000), and as Remus Lupin in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise (2004–2011). Other film roles include ''Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005), ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (2008), ''War Horse'' (2011), ''The Theory of Everything'' (2014), ''Anomalisa'' (2015), ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), ''I'm Thinking of Ending Things'' (2020), and ''Enola Holmes 2'' (2022).

Thewlis's most notable television roles include V. M. Varga in the third season of FX's ''Fargo'' (2017), the voice of the Shame Wizard in the Netflix animated sitcoms ''Big Mouth'' (2017–2025) and ''Human Resources'' (2022–2023), Christopher Edwards in the HBO miniseries ''Landscapers'' (2021), John Dee in the Netflix drama series ''The Sandman'' (2022), and Fagin in the Disney+ TV series ''The Artful Dodger'' (2023). His performance in ''Fargo'' earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award. Provided by Wikipedia