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David Wheeler (born March 20, 1963), 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, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Thewlis made his film debut in Little Dorrit (1987) and acted in the Mike Leigh films Life is Sweet (1990) and Naked (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the latter. He then appeared in films such as Black Beauty (1994), Restoration (1995), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Dragonheart (1996), and Seven Years in Tibet (1997). He became more widely known to film audiences for his roles as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter franchise (2004–2011) and Ares / Sir Patrick Morgan in Wonder Woman (2017). Other film roles include Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Anomalisa (2015), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), and Enola Holmes 2 (2022). Thewlis' most notable television roles include V. M. Varga in the third season of FX's Fargo (2017), the voice of the Shame Wizard in the Netflix animated sitcoms Big Mouth (2017–present) and Human Resources (2022–present), Christopher Edwards in the HBO miniseries Landscapers (2021), and John Dee in the Netflix drama series The Sandman (2022). His performance in Fargo earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award.
David Thewlis
Watson
for Watson in Sherlock Holmes and the Iron Hound of Baskerville
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In an alternate Victorian Britain powered by steam and clockwork, the ancient Baskerville family is once again haunted by its legendary curse. Following the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, his heir arrives at the family estate only to learn of a terrifying beast said to stalk the fog-covered moors—a monstrous black hound with glowing eyes and a roar like a steam whistle. Fearing that the curse has returned, Dr. Mortimer turns to the world’s greatest consulting detective. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson journey to the remote Baskerville estate and uncover a web of superstition, greed, and hidden machinery. Strange footprints appear in the mud, mechanical parts are found where no machine should be, and the locals whisper that the Devil himself walks the moor. As the bodies begin to mount, Holmes must determine whether the Iron Hound is a weapon, a guardian, or something even more sinister before the curse claims another victim. But on the lonely moors of Devon, where steam mingles with fog and every shadow hides a secret, even Sherlock Holmes may find himself hunted.
