- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 11, 1957
- Place of Birth
- Islington, London, England
Trevor Laird
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 Bur…
Filmography
movieA Gangster's Kiss
2024 · Gilbert
movieTo Be Someone
2021 · Rudy
movieCruella
2021 · Asthma Man
tvSmall Axe
2020 · Augustin
tvTed Lasso
2020 · Denbo
movieNational Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
movieHamlet
2016 · Polonius / Grave Digger 1
tvNo Offence
2015 · Upjohn Henderson
tvThe Job Lot
2013 · Delmar
Patriarch
moviePatriarch
2012
tvDeath in Paradise
2011 · Vince Thuram
movieNational Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
2011 · Lloyd Boateng
tvThorne
2010 · Assistant Commissioner
tvTrinity
2009 · Barrington MacKenzie
tvTotally Doctor Who
2006 · Self
tvDoctor Who Confidential
2005
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Clive Jones
tvThe Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004 · Le Mabé
movieDangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004 · Paddy Jones
tvPeep Show
2003 · Laurie
tvThe Last Detective
2003
tvWaking the Dead
2001 · DI Mike Vedder
tvUndercover Heart
1998 · Wesley Carter
movieSecrets & Lies
1996 · Hortense's Brother
movieBernard and the Genie
1991 · PC Parker
movieSmack and Thistle
1991 · Baron Greenback
tvBirds of a Feather
1989 · Andrew
movieSlipstream
1989 · Committee Member
tvThe New Statesman
1987 · Lance Okum-Martin
movieDoctor Who: Mindwarp
1986 · Frax
tvCall Me Mister
1986
movieBilly the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985 · Floyd
movieFlying Devils
1985 · Sepp
movieWater
1985 · Pepito
tvThe Bill
1984
tvBig Deal
1984 · Monty Riley
Struggle
tvStruggle
1983 · Charlie
movieEasy Money
1982 · Frederick
movieJake's End
1982 · Heister
moviePocketful of Dreams
1982 · Albert
movieBurning an Illusion
1981 · Pest
movieBabylon
1980 · Beefy
movieThe Long Good Friday
1980 · Boy Under Car
movieQuadrophenia
1979 · Ferdy
movieWaterloo Sunset
1979 · Lester
movieThe Vanishing Army
1978 · Sheldon
movieVictims of Apartheid
1978 · Bus conductor
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Sheldon
moviePlay Things
1976 · Harmon
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Harmon, Albert, Heister, Frederick
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Frax