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Acting

David Thewlis

Career: Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 2015 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 53
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Dirty Business
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 88 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Thewlis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Pop Culture
1.3, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 8
Character Study 6
Psychological Thriller 5
Historical Drama 5
Biographical Drama 5
Character-Driven 4
Existential Dread 4
Melancholic Tone 3
Quirky 3
Family-Friendly 3
Emotional Journey 3
Political Intrigue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

115

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

18 titles · average score 68

Signal One

56

as Perry

Dirty Business

86

TV show · as Ash Smith

Sherlock & Daughter

71

TV show · as Sherlock Holmes

The Thing with Feathers

53

as Crow (voice)

The Artful Dodger

84

TV show · as Norbert Fagin

Enola Holmes 2

74

as Grail

The Amazing Maurice

64

as Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

Landscapers

80

TV show · as Christopher Edwards

Barkskins

68

TV show · as Claude Trepagny

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

71

as Father

Eternal Beauty

68

as Mike

Guest of Honour

42

as Jim

2010s

29 titles · average score 65

The Feed

61

TV show · as Lawrence Hatfield

The Mercy

60

as Rodney Hallworth

Wonder Woman

79

as Sir Patrick

Regression

35

as Professor Kenneth Raines

Anomalisa

81

as Michael Stone (voice)

Legend

62

as Leslie Payne

Stonehearst Asylum

57

as Mickey Finn

The Theory of Everything

76

as Dennis Sciama

The Zero Theorem

53

as Joby

Anonymous

54

as William Cecil

The Lady

53

as Michael Aris

London Boulevard

49

as Jordan

2000s

25 titles · average score 60

Veronika Decides to Die

60

as Dr. Blake

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

68

as Father

Basic Instinct 2

28

as Roy Washburn

The Omen

42

as Keith Jennings

Kingdom of Heaven

62

as Hospitaler

The New World

67

as Wingfield

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

84

as Remus Lupin

Timeline

37

as Robert Doniger

Cheeky

62

as Harry Sankey

Dinotopia

65

TV show · as Cyrus Crabb

Dinotopia

70

as Cyrus Crabb

Gangster No. 1

65

as Freddie Mays

1990s

29 titles · average score 65

Divorcing Jack

60

as Dan Starkey

Besieged

73

as Jason Kinsky

Seven Years in Tibet

63

as Peter Aufschnaiter

American Perfekt

61

as Santini

DragonHeart

56

as King Einon

The Island of Dr. Moreau

34

as Douglas

Total Eclipse

46

as Paul Verlaine

Restoration

66

as John Pearce

Hello, Hello, Hello

Director, Writer

Black Beauty

71

as Jerry Barker

Naked

83

as Johnny

Life Is Sweet

83

as Nicola's Lover

1980s

14 titles · average score 67

Resurrected

55

as Kevin Deakin

Screen One

TV show · as Tim Shanks

A Bit of a Do

67

TV show · as Paul Simcock

Vroom

55

as Ringe

The Short & Curlies

65

as Clive

Little Dorrit

67

as George Braddle

Road

75

as Joey

The Singing Detective

65

TV show · as Soldier

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Joey / Terry

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Franz

TV show · as Keith / Jim 'Grams' Dench

Only Fools and Horses

85

TV show · as Stew