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5 unusual facts about David Thewlis


David Wheeler

David Thewlis (David Wheeler, born 1963), English actor and writer

Lhakpa Tsamchoe

She is the first Tibetan woman ever to break into mainstream film; most famous for starring alongside Brad Pitt and David Thewlis in the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster Seven Years in Tibet, in which she played Pema Lhaki, a Tibetan tailor and wife of Austrian mountaineer, Peter Aufschnaiter.

Meg and Mog

And in the USA version, it features the voice talents of Jon Kydd and Dave Thewlis as Owl, Avril Lavigne as Meg, and David Holt as Mog.

Seven Years in Tibet

Two films have been based on the book: one in 1956, Seven Years in Tibet, a 76-minute documentary directed by Hans Nieter which included both movies taken by Harrer during his stay in Tibet and various scenes from his adventures reconstructed by Harrer himself; and Seven Years in Tibet (1997), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud starring Brad Pitt as Harrer and David Thewlis as Aufschnaiter.

The Baskerville Hounds

They have one movie soundtrack to their credit, "Hurtin' Kind", as the Tulu Babies, in the British-made crime thriller "Gangster No. 1", starring Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany, and David Thewlis.



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The Short and Curlies

Joy works in a chemist's shop and is chatted up by Clive (David Thewlis - in the first of his three Leigh roles) over the Durex counter.