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David Thewlis/Remus Lupin
Full name: David Thewlis
Date of birth: March 20,1963
Height: 6' 3"
City of birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography: David Thewlis was born in 1963 in Blackpool, England. The second of three children, he spent the first eight years of his life in an apartment above the family's toy store. Before he began professional acting, he was in a punk-rock music band. He was accepted and educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Baricon, in London and graduated in 1985. His first documented professional acting job after school was in a Kellogg's Bran Flakes commercial. Showing his musical skills he played Simon and Garfunkel in the clubs and bars of Blackpool to get his Equity Card. He gained acting experience on the stage mostly in the London regional theatres. He soon began acting on television movies and shorts on the BBC. He won a Best Actor award at the Rheim Film Festival for the BBC prduction "Journey to Knock". His first feature film performance was in director Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet. Leigh soon wrote scripts for another of his films, "Naked", a showcase for David. It was a successful film and gained international acclaim. Thewlis wrote and directed a short film called "Hello, Hello, Hello". David went on to star in many well-known films, such as "The Island of Dr. Moreau", "Dragonheart", and "Seven Years in Tibet". Perhaps most enchanting was his portrayal as Mr. Kinsky in "Bernardo Bertolucci's film Besieged."
Quotes
"Two weeks ago I was in a pink leotard being smeared with Nivea by three old men."
"I'm playing Professor Lucas in the next Harry Potter film. It's a great thing to do after this, because I know it'll get seen and I've got loads of kiddie friends. If you say, 'You'll never guess what I'm doing,' and tell them, they start screaming. And then you tell them, 'You can come to the set and meet Harry Potter,' and they get short of breath. It's worth it just for that."
Interesting Facts:
Banned from entering China because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Living with British actress Anna Friel
With girlfiend Anna Friel became The Faces Of Mulberry for Spring 2002
David Thewlis is a vegetarian.
Poetry written by David Thewlis:
Descent
He'd been let down so often
His brow was on the floor
But then they found
A small hole in the ground
And let him down some more.
Fly
Where, and when, and if,
I die
I desire to revisit this filth
As a fly
and on some squalid afternoon
Fly smack into your bathroom,
Small and black,
And crawl all over
Your naked young back.
I know you imagine I'm a sensitive man,
But I'm afraid that's just
The kind of fly
I am.
Rain
And,
After the rain,
Our umbrella
Becomes a cane,
And, "Whatever will become of us?"
Becomes "...became."
Actor - Filmography:
-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2008)
-The Omen 666 (2006)
-Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
-The New World (2005)
-All the Invisible Children (2005)
-Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
-Timeline (2003)
-Cheeky (2003)
-D.I.Y. Hard (2002)
-Hamilton Mattress (2001) (TV) (voice)
-Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001)
-Gangster No. 1 (2000)
-Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
-Besieged (1998)
-Divorcing Jack (1998)
-Big Lebowski, The (1998)
-Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
-American Perfekt (1997)
-Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996)
-Dragonheart (1996)
-James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice)
-Restoration (1995)
-Total Eclipse (1995)
-Black Beauty (1994)
-Naked (1993)
-Trial, The (1993)
-Fatale (1992)
-Afraid of the Dark (1991)
-Life Is Sweet (1990)
-Resurrected (1989)
-Vroom (1988)
-Little Dorrit (1988)
-Road (1987)
Director - Filmography:
-Cheeky (2003) (completed)
-Hello, Hello, Hello (1995)
Writer - Filmography:
-Cheeky (2003) (completed)
-Hello, Hello, Hello (1995)
Himself - filmography:
-Discovering Dinotopia (2002) (TV) .... Cyrus
Notable TV Guest Appearances:
-"Frank Stubbs Promotes" (1993) playing "Mike Bence" in episode: "Striker" (episode # 1.6) 16 August 1993
-"Only Fools and Horses" (1981) playing "Stew" in episode: "It's Only Rock and Roll" (episode # 4.4) 14 March 1985
Contact information:
Writing Address:
David Thewlis
c/o ICM
76 Oxford St.
London W1N OAX
United Kingdom
Sources:
The David Thewlis Website
IMDb
The Guardian
All things Moony
Potter World Online
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