David Dawson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Nic...
Known For
Filmography
Elsinore
2026
as Derek Jarman
Falling
2026
as Phil
This Town
2024
as Robbie Carmen
The Burning Girls
2023
as Aaron Marsh
All the Old Knives
2022
as Owen Lassiter
My Policeman
2022
as Younger Patrick
Year of the Rabbit
2019
as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
2016
as Berowne
The Secret Agent
2016
as Vladimir
Maigret
2016
as Marcel Moncin
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Alfred
Banished
2015
as Captain Collins
The Duchess of Malfi
2014
as Ferdinand
Dancing on the Edge
2013
as Horton
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Roberts
Ripper Street
2012
as Fred Best
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Poins
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012
as Bazzard
The Borgias
2011
as The French Ambassador
London Boulevard
2010
as Big Issue Seller
The Road to Coronation Street
2010
as Tony Warren
Luther
2010
as Toby Kent
Gracie!
2009
as Harry Parr Davies
The Rise of the Nutters
2007
as Affers
Damage
2007
as Tom Byrne
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Byron
The Experiment
2002