David Dawson
Acting
1982-09-07 · Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
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tvThis Town
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tvThe Burning Girls
as Aaron Marsh · 2023 · 6.8
movieMy Policeman
as Younger Patrick · 2022 · 7.6
movieAll the Old Knives
as Owen Lassiter · 2022 · 6.0
tvYear of the Rabbit
as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man · 2019 · 7.0
movieThe Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
as Berowne · 2016 · 8.0
tvThe Secret Agent
as Vladimir · 2016 · 5.8
tvMaigret
as Marcel Moncin · 2016 · 7.6
tvThe Last Kingdom
as Alfred · 2015 · 8.3
tvBanished
as Captain Collins · 2015 · 7.2
movieThe Duchess of Malfi
as Ferdinand · 2014 · 8.5
tvPeaky Blinders
as Roberts · 2013 · 8.5
tvDancing on the Edge
as Horton · 2013 · 6.7
tvRipper Street
as Fred Best · 2012 · 7.4
tvThe Hollow Crown
as Poins · 2012 · 7.5
tvThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Bazzard · 2012 · 5.9
tvThe Borgias
as The French Ambassador · 2011 · 7.6
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as Big Issue Seller · 2010 · 5.9
movieThe Road to Coronation Street
as Tony Warren · 2010 · 7.1
tvLuther
as Toby Kent · 2010 · 7.9
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as Harry Parr Davies · 2009 · 5.5
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as Byron · 2007 · 6.8
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as Tom Byrne · 2007 · 1.0