He also starred in "Regression", a thriller released in autumn 2015. In September 2015, Thewlis starred as Inspector Goole in Helen Edmundson's BBC TV adaptation of J. B. Priestley's "An Inspector Calls". In October 2015, he played King Duncan in the film "Macbeth". Thewlis portrayed Ares in "Wonder Woman" (2017), the DC Comics film featuring the character of the same name. He briefly reprised his role as Ares in "Justice League" (2017). That same year, he appeared as V. M. Varga, the main antagonist of the third season of "Fargo". His performance was critically acclaimed, and earned him nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Thewlis directed "Hello, Hello, Hello" in 1995, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. He also wrote, directed and starred in the feature "Cheeky" (2003). Thewlis' debut novel, "The Late Hector Kipling", is a black comedy set in the art world and was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007. Thewlis married Welsh actress Sara Sugarman in 1992, and they divorced in 1994. He then had a brief relationship with English actress Kate Hardie. In 2001, he began a relationship with English actress Anna Friel. Their daughter, actress Gracie, was born in 2005. Thewlis and Friel split up in late 2010. Thewlis married his second wife, a French artist whose name has not been publicly revealed, in 2017. They live in Sunningdale, Berkshire. He also owns a converted Victorian ballroom in the London district of Clerkenwell.