David Thewlis Net Worth

What Is David Thewlis' Net Worth?

David Thewlis is an English actor and musician who has a net worth of $2 million. David Thewlis originally came to London with his band Door 66, but he changed his plans and entered the Guildhall School of Drama. He had minor roles in films and TV until he landed the main role in 1993's "Naked." The film earned him several awards, including the New York Critics Award. He has since appeared in films such as "DragonHeart" (1996), "Restoration" (1995), "Black Beauty" (1994), "Timeline" (2003), "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005), "The Omen" (2006), "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008), "London Boulevard" (2010), "Mr. Nice" (2010), "Anonymous" (2011), War Horse (2011), "The Theory of Everything" (2014), and "Wonder Woman" (2017), and he played Remus Lupin in the "Harry Potter" film series. On television, David has portrayed Max on "Valentine Park" (1987–1988), V. M. Varga / Robot on "Fargo" (2017), Monsieur Claude Trepagny on "Barkskins" (2020), Fagin on "The Artful Dodger" (2023–present), Hades on "Kaos" (2024), and Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock & Daughter" (2025). He also voiced the Shame Wizard on the animated Netflix series "Big Mouth" (2018–2025) and "Human Resources" (2022–2023). Thewlis wrote and directed the 2003 feature film "Cheeky" and the 1995 short film "Hello, Hello, Hello."

Early Life

David Thewlis was born David Wheeler on March 20, 1963, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. He is the second of three children of Maureen and Alec Raymond Wheeler. His parents ran a shop that sold toys in the summer and wallpaper and paint in the winter. During his teenage years, David played in the rock band QED, for which he, Cliff Ashcroft, Mark Fawl, and Chris Swift wrote most of their own music and lyrics. QED played at Blackpool hotels to earn money for equipment and to help pay for their first recording session at Storm Studios in Blackpool. Thewlis also played lead guitar for the punk rock band Door 66. He attended Highfield High School, and he graduated from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1984.

Career

David began using the last name "Thewlis" (his mother's maiden name) after he tried to register with the actors' union and discovered that there was already an actor named David Wheeler. Thewlis made his TV debut in 1985, guest-starring on "Only Fools and Horses," "Summer Season," and "Up the Elephant and Round the Castle." His first film was 1987's "Little Dorrit," and that year he also began playing Max on "Valentine Park." Next, Thewlis appeared in the films "Vroom" (1988) and "Resurrected" (1989) and portrayed Paul Simcock on the ITV series "A Bit of a Do" (1989). In the '90s, he was in the films "Life Is Sweet" (1991), "Afraid of the Dark" (1991), "Damage" (1992), "The Trial" (1993), "Black Beauty" (1994), "Total Eclipse" (1995), "Restoration" (1995),  "Dragonheart" (1996), "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1996), "American Perfekt" (1997), "Seven Years in Tibet" (1997), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "Divorcing Jack" (1998), "Besieged" (1998), and "Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?" (1999), and he won several awards for his performance in 1993's "Naked."

David began the 2000s with roles in the films "Gangster No. 1" (2000) and "Goodbye Charlie Bright" (2001) and the miniseries "Dinotopia" (2002). Next, he wrote, directed, and starred in 2003's "Cheeky" and appeared in the films "Timeline" (2003), "Kingdom of Heaven" (2004), "All the Invisible Children" (2005), "The New World" (2005), "Basic Instinct 2" (2006), "The Omen" (2006), "The Inner Life of Martin Frost" (2007), "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" (2008), and "Veronika Decides to Die" (2009). He also played Remus Lupin in 2004's "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," 2007's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," 2009's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," 2010's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1," and 2011's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2." Around this time, Thewlis appeared in the films "Mr. Nice" (2010), "London Boulevard" (2010), "The Lady" (2011), "Anonymous" (2011), "War Horse" (2011), "RED 2" (2013), "The Fifth Estate" (2013), and "The Zero Theorem" (2013). In 2014, he co-starred with Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in the film "The Theory of Everything," which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. David then starred in "Queen and Country" (2014), "Legend" (2015), "Macbeth" (2015), "The Mercy" (2018), "Rare Beasts" (2019), "Guest of Honour" (2019), "Eternal Beauty" (2019), "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" (2020), "Enola Holmes 2" (2022), and "The Thing with Feathers" (2025), and he played Sir Patrick Morgan / Ares in 2017's "Wonder Woman."

David received a Primetime Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as V. M. Varga / Robot on the FX series "Fargo," which he starred on in 2017. He played Lawrence Hatfield in the 2019 miniseries "The Feed," Monsieur Claude Trepagny on the 2020 National Geographic drama "Barkskins," and Christopher Edwards in the 2021 miniseries "Landscapers," and he had a recurring role as John Dee on Netflix's "The Sandman" in 2022. In 2023, Thewlis started playing Fagin on the Disney+ historical drama "The Artful Dodger," and the following year, he portrayed Hades on the Netflix Greek mythology series "Kaos." In 2025, he began starring as Sherlock Holmes on The CW / Discovery+ series "Sherlock & Daughter."

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Personal Life

David married director/actress Sara Sugarman in April 1992. They divorced in 1994. Thewlis dated actress Kate Hardie for three years, then from 2000 to 2010, he was in a relationship with actress Anna Friel. David and Anna welcomed a daughter, Gracie, in 2005. Thewlis married designer/artist Hermine Poitou in August 2016, and they live in Sunningdale, a village in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Awards and Nominations

For "Fargo," Thewlis received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. The show also earned him awards from the Online Film & Television Association Awards and International Online Cinema Awards and nominations from the Critics' Choice Television Awards and Gold Derby Television Awards. In 1993, David won Best Actor awards for "Naked" from the Cannes Film Festival, Evening Standard British Film Awards, London Film Critics' Circle, National Society of Film Critics, and New York Film Critics Circle. He earned a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Short Film for "Hello, Hello, Hello" in 1995, and at the British Independent Film Awards, he received a Best Performance by a British Actor in an Independent Film nomination for "Divorcing Jack" in 1998 and the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film in 2008. In 2009, the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" cast won a Scream Award for Best Ensemble.

In 2010, Thewlis earned an Evening Standard British Film Award nomination for the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy for "London Boulevard." In 2014, David and his "The Theory of Everything" co-stars received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and in 2015, he earned a CinEuphoria Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor – International Competition for "Queen and Country." In 2019, Thewlis received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film for "Guest of Honour," and he earned a Chlotrudis Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" in 2021 and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor for "Landscapers" in 2022.

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