David Dawson
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
London Boulevard
as Big Issue Seller
2010
All the Old Knives
as Owen Lassiter
2022
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
as Berowne
2016
The Road to Coronation Street
as Tony Warren
2010
The Duchess of Malfi
as Ferdinand
2014
Gracie!
as Harry Parr Davies
2009
The Rise of the Nutters
as Affers
2007
Damage
as Tom Byrne
2007
My Policeman
as Younger Patrick
2022
The Flaw
TBA
Elsinore
TBA
TV Appearances
The Experiment
2002
Luther
as Toby Kent
2010
Ripper Street
as Fred Best
2012
The Last Kingdom
as Alfred
2015
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Byron
2007
Banished
as Captain Collins
2015
Dancing on the Edge
as Horton
2013
The Secret Agent
as Vladimir
2016
The Burning Girls
as Aaron Marsh
2023
The Hollow Crown
as Poins
2012
Year of the Rabbit
as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
2019
Peaky Blinders
as Roberts
2013