- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 7, 1982
- Place of Birth
- Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK
David Dawson
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
tvFalling
2026
tvThis Town
2024 · Robbie Carmen
tvThe Burning Girls
2023 · Aaron Marsh
movieMy Policeman
2022 · Younger Patrick
movieAll the Old Knives
2022 · Owen Lassiter
tvYear of the Rabbit
2019 · Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
movieThe Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
2016 · Berowne
tvThe Secret Agent
2016 · Vladimir
tvMaigret
2016 · Marcel Moncin
tvThe Last Kingdom
2015 · Alfred
tvBanished
2015 · Captain Collins
movieThe Duchess of Malfi
2014 · Ferdinand
tvPeaky Blinders
2013 · Roberts
tvDancing on the Edge
2013 · Horton
tvRipper Street
2012 · Fred Best
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012 · Poins
tvThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012 · Bazzard
tvThe Borgias
2011 · The French Ambassador
movieLondon Boulevard
2010 · Big Issue Seller
movieThe Road to Coronation Street
2010 · Tony Warren
tvLuther
2010 · Toby Kent
movieGracie!
2009 · Harry Parr Davies
tvSecret Diary of a Call Girl
2007 · Byron
movieDamage
2007 · Tom Byrne
movieThe Rise of the Nutters
2007 · Affers
tvThe Experiment
2002
The Flaw
movieThe Flaw
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Elsinore
movieElsinore
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