James and the Giant Peach includes an actor.
David Thewlis ( born David Wheeler ; born 20 March 1963 ) is an English actor , director , screenwriter , author . James and the Giant Peach (film) . It was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi , directed by Henry Selick , and starred Paul Terry as James . Co-stars Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes played James 's aunts in the live-action segments , and Simon Callow , Richard Dreyfuss , Susan Sarandon , Jane Leeves , David Thewlis , and Margoyles voiced his insect friends in the animation sequences .