Career
His first acting job was in a play entitled Buddy Holly at the Regal in Greenwich.
Thewlis' first major film role was as the rambling street philosopher Johnny in Naked (1993; dir. Mike Leigh), for which he was named best actor by the National Society of Film Critics (United States), the London Film Critics Circle, the Evening Standard, the New York Film Critics' Circle and the Cannes Film Festival. Despite the dark nature of the film, he has been critically acclaimed for the role and it is seen as one of his best performances. The same year he appeared on television as the sexual predator James Jackson in Prime Suspect 3, opposite Helen Mirren and Ciaran Hinds. Prior to this Thewlis's first television appearance was alongside Ken Jones in Valentine Park.
演艺事业
他的第一份表演工作是在皇家格林威治剧院扮演享有盛誉的Buddy
Holly(译者注:似乎是英国的老一代流行乡村歌手)。
Thewlis的第一个主要电影角色是电影《赤裸裸》中像哲学家一般漫步街头的Johnny (1993; Mike Leigh导演),他因这部作品问鼎美国国家影评人协会,伦敦影评人协会,旗帜晚报,纽约影评人协会和戛纳电影节的最佳男演员奖。尽管影片始终散发出晦暗的气息,但他仍因这个角色在评论界颇受好评,同时,这被看作是他迄今为止最好的表演。同年他在电视剧《头号嫌疑犯3》中饰演性侵害犯James Jackson,与Helen Mirren 和Ciaran
Hinds演对手戏。在此之前,Thewlis在电视中第一次亮相是和演员Ken Jones在电视剧《情人节公园》中。