David Thewlis was born David Wheeler in 1963 and lived with his parents above their combination wallpaper and toy shop in Blackpool during his childhood. Originally he came to London with his band Door 66, however he changed his plans and entered Guildhall School of Drama. He had minor roles in films and TV until he took the main role in Naked in 1993. The film won him several awards including the New York Critics Award. He has since been in many other films including Dragonheart, Restoration, Black Beauty and recently took the part of Professor Remus John Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He has lived with the British actress Anna Friel since 2001.


Banned from entering China because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet (1997). With girlfriend, Anna Friel, became The Faces Of Mulberry for Spring 2002. Graduated from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England in 1984. Turned down the role of Simon Gruber in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), which was later given to Jeremy Irons.