- Films
- 46
- Avg rating
- 6.42
- Peak run
- 2008’11
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
David by the numbers
Average
6.42
44 rated films
Vote weighted
6.48
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.74
rating spread
Career
38y
1989 to 2026
Total votes
3.73M
across every film
Best
7.7
The Theory of Everything
Worst
4.4
Basic Instinct 2
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Signal One | Perry Glassner | 5.6 | 3,643 |
| 2025 |  The Thing with Feathers | Voice of Crow | 5.6 | 3,072 |
| 2022 | The Amazing Maurice | Boss Man | 6.2 | 6,798 |
| 2022 |  Enola Holmes 2 | Grail | 6.8 | 127K |
| 2020 |  I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Father | 6.5 | 112K |
| 2019 | Rare Beasts | Vic | 5.4 | 1,655 |
| 2019 | Guest of Honour | Jim | 5.9 | 1,276 |
| 2017 |  Wonder Woman | Sir Patrick | 7.3 | 743K |
| 2015 |  Anomalisa | Michael Stone | 7.2 | 79,248 |
| 2015 |  Regression | Kenneth Raines | 5.6 | 45,441 |
| 2014 |  Stonehearst Asylum | Mickey Finn | 6.8 | 65,568 |
| 2014 | Queen & Country | Sargeant Major Bradley | 6.2 | 2,056 |
| 2014 |  The Theory of Everything | Dennis Sciama | 7.7 | 511K |
| 2013 |  RED 2 | The Frog | 6.6 | 190K |
| 2013 |  The Fifth Estate | Nick Davies | 6.2 | 44,346 |
| 2013 |  The Zero Theorem | Joby | 6.0 | 52,138 |
| 2011 |  Anonymous | William Cecil | 6.8 | 43,574 |
| 2011 |  War Horse | Lyons | 7.2 | 175K |
| 2011 |  The Lady | Michael Aris | 7.0 | 11,736 |
| 2010 | Mr. Nice | Jim McCann | 6.4 | 8,309 |
Better together?
David Thewlis's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On David Thewlis
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.