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David Thewlis      

English actor known for his portrayal of Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series

David Thewlis is an English actor best known for his performance as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series, his most commercially successful role to date. Other notable performances include roles in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Theory of Everything, and Naked, for which he won the Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival.

Naked was Thewlis' breakout role, for which he was named Best Actor by the National Society of Film Critics, the London Film Critics' circle, and several others. During the 1990s, Thewlis appeared in a variety of films, including Restoration, Black Beauty, and Total Eclipse. in 2004, he appeared as Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Thewlis reprised the role in four other films in the series. Other credits include The New World, The Omen, and Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven.

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2017 Emmy Nominations Announced: See the Full List
What does an Emmy ceremony without Game of Thrones—which begins its seventh season too late to meet eligibility requirements—look like? We found out Thursday morning, when Veep star Anna Chlumsky and former Criminal Minds lead Shemar Moore announced the nominees for the 2017 Emmy Awards.
Actor David Thewlis on the ‘Fargo’ Season Finale, V.M. Varga and Greed
“Fargo,” Noah Hawley’s crime anthology series on FX, introduced memorable villains in its first two seasons. But in the third, which aired its final episode Wednesday, a different beast emerged. David Thewlis’s turn as V.M. Varga, a bulimic loan shark with decaying teeth and far-right political leanings, has been a hilariously chilling aspect of this season’s exploration of “alternative facts” and magical realism. Reached by telephone in London the day after the British elections, Mr. Thewlis discussed bingeing, purging and politics. Following are edited excerpts from the conversation.

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