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David Dawson
Actor
Born September 7, 1982 (41 years)
David Robert Dawson (born 7 September 1982) is an English actor. He has had a varied career on television, including roles in The Road to Coronation Street (2010), series 2 of Luther (2011), Ripper Street (2012–2016), The Secret Agent (2016), as King Alfred in The Last Kingdom (2015–2018) and as Joseph Merrick ("The Elephant Man") in Year of the Rabbit (2019).
On stage, Dawson received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for playing Smike in the 2007 production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Other notable performances have been in the 2009 production of Comedians, the 2010 production of Posh, and the 2011 production of Luise Miller.
On stage, Dawson received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for playing Smike in the 2007 production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Other notable performances have been in the 2009 production of Comedians, the 2010 production of Posh, and the 2011 production of Luise Miller.
Filmography
| 2024 | This Town (2024) (TV Series) · as Robbie Carmen |
| 2023 | The Burning Girls (TV Series) · as Aaron Marsh |
| 2022 | My Policeman · as Patrick Hazlewood |
| 2022 | All the Old Knives · as Owen Lassiter |
| 2019 | Year of the Rabbit (TV Series) · as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man |
| 2017 | The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (TV Series) · as Prince Svan |
| 2016 | The Secret Agent (2016) (TV Series) · as Vladimir |
| 2016 | Maigret (2016) (TV Series) · as Marcel Moncin |
| 2015 | The Last Kingdom (TV Series) · as King Alfred |
| 2015 | Banished (TV Series) · as Captain Collins |
| 2014 | The Duchess of Malfi · as Ferdinand |
| 2014 | In Search of Chopin · as Voice Of Chopin |
| 2014 | The Smoke (TV Series) · as Dom |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders (TV Series) · as Roberts |
| 2013 | Dancing on the Edge (TV Series) · as Horton |
| 2012 | Ripper Street (TV Series) · as Fred Best |
| 2012 | Parade's End (TV Series) · as Aranjuez |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Poins |
| 2012 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (TV Series) · as Bazzard |
| 2011 | The Borgias (TV Series) · as The French Ambassador |
| 2010 | London Boulevard · as Big Issue Seller |
| 2010 | The Road to Coronation Street · as Tony Warren |
| 2010 | Luther (TV Series) · as Toby Kent |
| 2009 | Gracie! · as Harry Parr Davies |
| 2007 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl (TV Series) · as Byron |
| 2007 | Damage · as Tom Byrne |
| 2005 | The Thick of It (TV Series) · as Affers |
| 2004 | Doc Martin (TV Series) · as Wallace |