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David Thewlis

デヴィッド・シューリス　/　でゔぃっど・しゅーりす

Actor from United Kingdom

March 20, 1963 (age 63)　・　Blackpool, United Kingdom

actor
voice actor
stage actor

My Take

David Thewlis is my favorite kind of actor: the one who quietly raises the quality of everything he touches. A Cannes Best Actor winner from Blackpool who never chased conventional stardom, he became cinema's great supplier of weathered intelligence, carrying warmth and melancholy into even minor roles. The range is absurd: stage, voice work, directing, blockbusters, art-house. What I admire most is that despite BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Emmy nominations, he still feels like a working actor rather than a brand. Directors cast him when they need a film to feel human, and that, to me, is the highest compliment the industry can pay.

Overview

David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis (), is an English actor and filmmaker. He has won one Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and received nominations for two BAFTA Awards, one Golden Globe Award, one Primetime Emmy Award, and one Screen Actors Guild Award.

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1. Profile

Name (English): David Thewlis
Name (Japanese): デヴィッド・シューリス
Reading: でゔぃっど・しゅーりす
Born: March 20, 1963 (age 63)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Rabbit
Origin: Blackpool, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / voice actor / stage actor / film actor / film director

2. Background

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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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