David Thewlis

David Thewlis was born on March 20, 1963 in Blackpool. 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."

Miscellaneous Info:

-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.

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