Known For: English actor (born 1963)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, voice actor, stage actor, film actor, film director, television actor
Country: United Kingdom
City: Blackpool
Date of Birth: Wednesday, 20 March 1963
Language English
David Wheeler, better known as David Thewlis, is an English actor and filmmaker. He is known as a character actor and has appeared in a wide variety of genres in both film and television. He has received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
BirthPlace | Blackpool |
Education | Q1419737, Q5758496 |
Spouses | Sara Sugarman |
Children | Gracie Friel |
Wikipedia | David_Thewlis |
Thewlis was born David Wheeler in Blackpool on 20 March 1963, the son of Maureen (née Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler. His parents ran a toy and wallpaper shop. He has an older and a younger sibling. As a teenager, he played in a rock band called QED and played lead guitar with a punk rock band called Door 66. He was educated at Highfield High School in Blackpool's Marton area. He later enrolled in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1984.