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David Thewlis is undoubtedly one of the most versatile of British actors, first shooting to critical and public acclaim for his powerful performance in Mike Leigh's Naked. His other most recent main credits include Nick Love's Goodbye Charlie Bright, Paul McGuigan's Gangster No. 1, Peter Hewitt's Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?, Bernardo Bertolucci's Besieged, the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski, David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack, Jean Jaques Annaud's Seven Years in Tibet and John Frankenheimer's The Island of Dr Moreau.

Other film credits include Agnieszka Holland's Total Eclipse, Rob Cohen's Dragonheart, Mike Hoffman's Restoration, Caroline Thompson's Black Beauty, David Jones' The Trial, Paul Greengrass' Resurrected, Beeban Kidron's Vroom and Short and Curlies and Life is Sweet, both for Mike Leigh.

Thewlis' many television credits include Dinotopia, Endgame, Dandelion Dead, the award-winning Prime Suspect III, Frank Stubbs, Journey to Knock, Filipino Dreamgirls, Skulduggery, A Bit of a Do, Road and The Singing Detective opposite Michael Gambon.

In addition to his film and television work, Thewlis has also starred in Sam Mendes' The Sea at the Royal National Theatre, Max Stafford-Clark's Ice Cream at the Royal Court, Buddy Holly at the Regal in Greenwich, Ruffian on the Stairs/The Woolley at Farnham and Lady and the Clarinet at the Kings Head.

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