Trevor Laird
Born: 1957-07-11 in Islington, London, England
Known For: Acting
Biography
Trevor Laird (born 11 July 1957, London, England) is a British actor. Born in Islington, London in 1957, Laird trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. Early roles included a 1976 role in a TV adaptation of the Peter Prince novel Playthings, directed by Stephen Frears, and several Play For Todays: Victims of Apartheid by Tom Clarke (1978),Barrie Keeffe's Waterloo Sunset (1979) and The Vanishing Army by Robert Holles (1980). Laird was a founder member of the Black Theatre Co-operative (now NitroBeat) in 1978 and performed in its inaugural play Welcome Home Jacko by Mustapha Matura the following year. He then had breakthrough roles in the 1979 film Quadrophenia - as Ferdy, a drug supplier for the main character Jimmy - and in Franco Rosso's 1980 cult classic Babylon as Beefy. He played the boy under the car in The Long Good Friday (1980) and appeared in Menelik Shabazz's black British film Burning an Illusion. Later appearances include the 1986 Doctor Who serial Mindwarp as the guard commander Frax. He later returned to Doctor Who in the role of Clive Jones, father of the Tenth Doctor's companion Martha Jones. In 1996 Laird played Hortense's brother in the Mike Leigh film Secrets & Lies. He played Wesley Carter in the TV series Undercover Heart, and Trevor in the British gangster film Love, Honour and Obey (2000). He played DI Mike Vedder “End of the Night”, S8:E4 of Waking the Dead (2009). In 2015, Laird appeared as Vince Thuram in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise. In March 2021, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Samuel Asante.
Filmography
2024
- A Gangster's Kiss as Gilbert
2021
- Cruella as Asthma Man
- To Be Someone as Rudy
2016
- Hamlet as Polonius / Grave Digger 1
2012
2011
- Death in Paradise as Vince Thuram
- National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors as Lloyd Boateng
2009
- Trinity as Barrington MacKenzie
2006
- Totally Doctor Who as Self
2005
- Doctor Who as Clive Jones
- Doctor Who Confidential
2004
- The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey as Le Mabé
- Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts as Paddy Jones
2003
- Peep Show as Laurie
- The Last Detective
2001
- Waking the Dead as DI Mike Vedder
1998
- Undercover Heart as Wesley Carter
1996
- Secrets & Lies as Hortense's Brother
1991
- Bernard and the Genie as PC Parker
- Smack and Thistle as Baron Greenback
1989
- Birds of a Feather as Andrew
- Slipstream as Committee Member
1987
- The New Statesman as Lance Okum-Martin
1986
- Doctor Who: Mindwarp as Frax
- Call Me Mister
1985
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Floyd
- Flying Devils as Sepp
- Water as Pepito
1984
1982
- Easy Money as Frederick
- Jake's End as Heister
- Pocketful of Dreams as Albert
1981
- Burning an Illusion as Pest
1980
- Babylon as Beefy
- The Long Good Friday as Boy Under Car
1979
- Waterloo Sunset as Lester
- Quadrophenia as Ferdy
1978
- Victims of Apartheid as Bus conductor
- The Vanishing Army as Sheldon
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Sheldon
1976
- Play Things as Harmon
1974
- Playhouse as Harmon
1963
- Doctor Who as Frax