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David Thewlis
David Thewlis was born on 20 March 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, the second child of Maureen (née Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler. He spent his teengage years playing guitar in severla rock and punk bands before enrolling at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
His first major film role was as the rambling street philosopher Johnny in Naked (1993; dir. Mike Leigh), in which he was critically accalimed and is considered by many of his fan to be his best roles. Since, he has starred in a variety of films, including Divorcing Jack, Seven Years In Tibet, Total Eclipse and The Island of Doctor Moreau. To the younger audience, he is best known as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series.
As of January 2009, he lives with his partner of 7 years, Anna Friel and their daughter Gracie (born 9 July, 2005)
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Street, The - Series 3 - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins
Director: David Blair
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From acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, Hillsborough, Priest) The Street follows the lives and passions of neighbours in a North of England street.
This BAFTA, RTS and International Emmy award winning drama sees Timothy Spall reprise his role and will be joined by an all new cast ..read more »
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78%
from 29 members
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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend
Director: Mark Herman
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Based on the novel by John Boyne and set during World War 2, "The Boy In Striped Pyjamas" tells the story of Bruno, when his life is forever changed after he and his family move to a remote new home, and he strikes up a friendship with the only boy who appears to be around.
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78%
from 32,919 members
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The Inner Life Of Martin Frost
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Michael Imperioli, Sophie Auster, David Thewlis
Director: Paul Auster
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A successful American novelist who has retreated into the country following the publication of his most recent book meets a most mysterious muse in director/screenwriter Paul Auster's elliptic psychological drama. His latest novel an instant success, famous author Martin Frost (David Thewlis) ..read more »
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44%
from 14 members
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The Omen
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow
Director: John Moore
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A remake of the 1976 horror classic The Omen, an American official realises that his young son may literally be the devil incarnate.
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56%
from 18,950 members
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The New World
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer
Director: Terrence Malick
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The New World is an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas, acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick transforms this classic story into a sweeping ..read more »
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46%
from 19,810 members
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Kingdom Of Heaven - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
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69%
from 2,238 members
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Kingdom Of Heaven
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
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59%
from 61,440 members
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Cheeky
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharpe, Ian Hart
Director: David Thewlis
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The simple lives of toyshop owner Harry Sankey and his son Sam are thrown upside down by the tragic death of their beloved wife and idolized mother, Nancy. Believing it to be his wife's last wish, Sankey takes part in the popular but bizarre TV show "Cheeky", where he accidentally meets another ..read more »
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56%
from 72 members
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Timeline
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler
Director: Richard Donner
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The archaeological excavation at La Roque Castle in Castelgard, France, appears to be like any other dig. At least it does until archaeology student Kate (Frances O'Connor) and assistant professor Andre Marek (Gerard Butler) discover a note from their boss Professor Edward Johnston (Billy Connolly) ..read more »
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53%
from 12,748 members
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Dinotopia
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Alice Krige, David Thewlis, Colin Salmon
Director: Marco Brambilla
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Combining live action with cutting-edge computer animation, this mega-sized miniseries tells the fantastical story of humans living in peace with dinosaurs. When two brothers get shipwrecked on an island called Dinotopia, they discover the pleasures and surprises of a land in which humans and ..read more »
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65%
from 624 members
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Hamilton Mattress
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: David Thewlis, Henry Goodman, William Hootkins
Director: Barry Purves
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Sludger is that rarest of creatures, an interesting aardvark, who along with his best friend, a caterpillar called Feldwick, heads off to the bright lights of Beak City, the glamorous world of the birds. There he becomes a rock drummer and changes his name to Hamilton Mattress but not all the birds ..read more »
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47%
from 95 members
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Gangster No. 1
(2000)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany
Director: Paul McGuigan
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When a young gangster (Paul Bettany) starts working for gang leader Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), known as the Butcher of Mayfair, he dreams of being everything that Freddie is: smooth, sophisticated, impeccably dressed, always with the right women, and driving the fanciest cars. Freddie takes the ..read more »
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62%
from 2,768 members
Not currently released
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Big Lebowski, The - HD DVD Version
(1998)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Director: Joel Coen
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The Coen brothers have done it again. Mixing in Leninist philosophy, mistaken identity, crazy characters, a kidnapping plot, and a deep love of bowling, they have unleashed upon an unsuspecting world the many glories of THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski, known as the Dude, a laid-..read more »
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80%
from 683 members
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Besieged
(1998)
Starring: Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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A young African woman takes lodgings with a reclusive English pianist in the heart of Rome. She is slowly drawn into his life within the elegant and delapidated hous and alive with the music of Bach, Mozart and Grieg.
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64%
from 41 members
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Divorcing Jack
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths, Jason Isaacs
Director: David Caffrey
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A comedy thriller which follows the antics of a cynical newspaper columnist who meets up with a young women whilst covering a country's first election. When he finds the women dead his own alibi is a nun... Set on a double sided disc. Simply turn the disc over to play side B, after watching side A.
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60%
from 601 members
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American Perfekt
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Robert Forster, David Thewlis
Director: Paul Chart
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The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions...A violent, darkly humourous road movie. Based on a mere coin toss, Jake (Robert Forster), a psychiatrist on the road to Utah, decides to kill someone.
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50%
from 129 members
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Seven Years In Tibet
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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In the autumn of 1939, Heinrich Harrer, the famous Austrian mountaineer, and his countryman Peter Aufschnaiter, set out to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas. The self-centered Harrer, whose sole pre-occupation was the achievement of fame and glory, would experience an ..read more »
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68%
from 4,094 members
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Dragonheart - HD DVD Version
(1996)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Rob Cohen
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Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ..read more »
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62%
from 157 members
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Dragonheart
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Rob Cohen
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Bowen, a young knight dedicated to the Old Code of Honor of King Arthur, serves his queen by tutoring her son Einon in ethics, morality and swordsmanship. The king is slain during a massacre of rebellious villagers, and a peasant girl causes Einon to fall on a wooden stake which impales his heart. ..read more »
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62%
from 7,265 members
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The Island Of Dr Moreau
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Marlon Brando
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Marlon Brando stars as the eponymous scientist in the third adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. The archetypal mad scientist, the good doctor has been conducting a number of experiments in his remote island kindom, producing a race of genetic mutants both man and beast in his quest to produce a ..read more »
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42%
from 1,319 member
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James And The Giant Peach
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Henry Selick
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After James's parents are killed by a rogue rhinoceros, he is forced to live with his nasty aunts far from any kind of fun. But when a gigantic peach begins growing in the yard and James befriends the large insects who live inside, he sees a way to escape from his wicked aunts to New York City. ..read more »
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62%
from 4,450 members
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Total Eclipse
(1995)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer
Director: Agnieszka Holland
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Director Agnieszka Holland (OLIVIER OLIVIER, WASHINGTON SQUARE) presents this probing period piece that examines the nihilistic relationship between bad-boy French poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and writer Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis). After Rimbaud sends Verlaine a series of poems, ..read more »
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56%
from 336 members
Not available for rental
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Black Beauty
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Sean Bean, Andrew Knott, David Thewlis
Director: Caroline Thompson
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This fifth feature adaptation of Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel comes to life, told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself -- who narrates the film. Set in England, Black Beauty (who has a British accent) tells us the details surrounding his birth, his "colt-hood", and his perception of ..read more »
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53%
from 1,645 member
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Naked
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge
Director: Mike Leigh
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David Thewlis is Johnny the ultimate anti-hero of the nineties - cold, cynical and immoral, yet at times both caring and passionate. His complex existence is sketched with the hand of a master, as violence and gentleness, comedy and tragedy go hand in hand through a landscape inhabited by the sort ..read more »
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65%
from 4,138 members
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Prime Suspect 3
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Peter Capaldi
Director: David Drury
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PRIME SUSPECT 3 takes detective Superintendent Jane Tennison to the Soho Vice Squad, where she is involved in cleaning up the neighborhood known for male and female prostitutes. A young boy-for-hire dies in a fire at the home of transsexual cabaret artiste Vera (Peter Capaldi) and Jane again must ..read more »
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76%
from 1,840 member
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Life Is Sweet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall
Director: Mike Leigh
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Director Mike Leigh escapes the confines of direct-to-television films with this incredibly bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about a blue-collar family living in modern-day England. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) are a good-natured couple with two daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) ..read more »
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66%
from 6,548 members
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Dandelion Dead
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Sarah Miles, David Thewlis
Director: Mike Hodges
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"Dandelion Dead" is the a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Armstrong, a solicitor equally proud of his work in the justice system as he was of his beloved garden. Life seemed good for Herbert, a respected solicitor with a country estate, the love of his three children and a devout ..read more »
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73%
from 88 members
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Small Wonders - Vol. 1 - British Short Films
Starring: Mark Benton, David Thewlis, Celia Imrie
Director: Rodney Butcher, Misha Manson-Smith, Patrick Cade
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A collection of twelve British short films featuring a host of popular actors and actresses including David Tennant, Alison Steadman, Jenny Agutter, Celia Imrie, Mark Benton, David Thewlis and Simon Shepherd. Films include: 'At Dawning', 'D.I.Y. Hard', 'Dumping Elaine', 'Exposure', 'The Fishmonger'..read more »
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56%
from 41 members
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Excellent Brit Flick based in Northern Ireland 17 March 2004
...an) i was interested to see how the film compared and was pleasantly suprised. David Thewlis is excellent as Dan Starkey, the drunken cynical and sarcastic Reporter who is ...
Makes you wonder why you ever watch Hollywood 13 August 2004
