· Birth Name | David Wheeler (‘Thewlis’ is his mother’s maiden name)

· Date of Birth | 20 March 1963

· Place of Birth | Blackpool, England, United Kingdom

· Sign | Pisces

· Height | 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)

· Eye Color | Blue

· Children | A daughter, Gracie Ellen Mary Friel

· Professions | Actor, Director, Musician, Novelist, Painter, Poet, Writer

· First Professional Performing Job | 1984 in a Kellogg’s Bran Flakes commercial shot in Miami (his first trip to the United States)

· Favorite Food | Sushi

· Eating Preference | Vegetarian

· Favorite Music | Eminem, Oasis, Snow Patrol, The Streets and The White Stripes

· Favorite Smell | Basil

· Favorite Actor | Sean Penn

· Favorite Country to Visit | Brazil

· Random | David was banned from entering China for his role in Seven Years in Tibet

· Random | David has been beheaded in three of his films, he keeps the prosthetic heads in his home to ward off intruders