David ThewlisAKA:
David Wheeler
Nationality:
British Birthdate:
03/20/1963 Birthplace:
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Actor David Thewlis has pursued his creative passions all his life. As a true artist, Thewlis has delved deeply into forms of expression other than the one that has earned him a living. Born in Blackpool, England, Thewlis spent a happy childhood filling diaries with “words and sentences and poems”—his first foray into an artistic life. Thewlis then explored music by playing in a punk band called Door 66. When the time came to decide his future, Thewlis chose to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and graduated in 1985. It was while in school that Thewlis turned to acting.A slave to
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milestones
Year
Milestone
Grew up in Blackpool, England
Played lead guitar with a punk band based in Manchester
1984
First professional performing job, in a Kellogg's Branflakes commercial shot in Miami (Thewlis's first trip to the USA)
1987
Acted in Mike Leigh's comic short film, "The Short and Curlies"
1988
Played a bit part as the "second soldier" on the PBS musical mystery miniseries, "The Singing Detective"
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