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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
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
for Cletus Kasady / Carnage in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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In the aftermath of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker has all but disappeared, throwing himself into life as Spider-Man to escape crushing grief and isolation. By night, he relentlessly hunts criminals across New York, growing increasingly brutal as he battles rising threats like the Inner Demons gang. By day, he drifts through Empire State University and volunteers at F.E.A.S.T., where he meets the compassionate Martin Lee—unaware that Lee is secretly the mastermind behind a trafficking operation that’s brainwashing vulnerable teens into soldiers. As Peter crosses paths with the lethal vigilante Frank Castle, the two form a tense alliance, clashing over morality as Peter begins to lose himself to anger and violence. When Peter discovers the truth—that the people he’s been hurting are victims, and that Lee has corrupted even the hope F.E.A.S.T. represents—he spirals to his lowest point. Pulled back from the edge by Frank, who finally confronts him not as the Punisher but as a broken father, Peter chooses to fight forward instead of giving in to darkness. After Lee unleashes a savage Hulk to tear through the city, Spider-Man proves he can control his rage, ultimately leading a final stand against Mr. Negative that saves the trafficked teens without sacrificing his morals. In the end, Peter begins reclaiming his identity, opening himself up to others—especially fellow student Carli Cooper—and taking his first steps back toward being Peter Parker, not just the mask.
