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David Thewlis: Biography

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  • Birth Name: David Wheeler
  • Birth Place: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/20/1963, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor; director; writer
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David Thewlis Fast Facts:
  • Thewlis is his mother's maiden name.
  • At 16, he joined the punk rock group Door 66. Enrolled in drama school when his fellow band members decided to study drama.
  • Won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993 for Naked.
  • After filming Seven Years in Tibet with Brad Pitt, he was banned for life from entering China.
  • Originally considered for the role of Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, before he was cast as Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
  • David Thewlis Relationships:
  • Alec Wheeler - Father
  • Anna Friel - Significant Other
  • Gracie Ellen Mary Thewlis - Daughter
  • Maureen Wheeler - Mother
  • Sara Sugarman - Ex-wife
  • College:
  • Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, England (1984)

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