David Dawson
Born: 1982-09-07 in Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
2024
- This Town as Robbie Carmen
2023
- The Burning Girls as Aaron Marsh
2022
- All the Old Knives as Owen Lassiter
- My Policeman as Younger Patrick
2019
- Year of the Rabbit as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
2016
- Maigret as Marcel Moncin
- The Secret Agent as Vladimir
- The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost as Berowne
2015
- The Last Kingdom as Alfred
- Banished as Captain Collins
2014
- The Duchess of Malfi as Ferdinand
2013
- Peaky Blinders as Roberts
- Dancing on the Edge as Horton
2012
- Ripper Street as Fred Best
- The Hollow Crown as Poins
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Bazzard
2011
- The Borgias as The French Ambassador
2010
- Luther as Toby Kent
- London Boulevard as Big Issue Seller
- The Road to Coronation Street as Tony Warren
2009
- Gracie! as Harry Parr Davies
2007
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Byron
- The Rise of the Nutters as Affers
- Damage as Tom Byrne