David Dawson

Actor

Born: September 7, 1982 (43 years old)

Place of birth: Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK

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 (22)

• The Duchess of Malfi (2014, ★ 8.5)
• The Rise of the Nutters (2007, ★ 8.3)
• The Road to Coronation Street (2010, ★ 7.1)
• My Policeman (2022, ★ 7.6)
• Luther (2010, ★ 7.9)
• Ripper Street (2012, ★ 7.4)
• The Last Kingdom (2015, ★ 8.2)
• Peaky Blinders (2013, ★ 8.5)
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007, ★ 6.8)
• Banished (2015, ★ 7.2)
• Dancing on the Edge (2013, ★ 6.7)
• The Burning Girls (2023, ★ 6.8)
• The Hollow Crown (2012, ★ 7.4)
• Year of the Rabbit (2019, ★ 7)
• This Town (2024, ★ 6.7)
• Maigret (2016, ★ 7.6)
• The Borgias (2011, ★ 7.6)
• London Boulevard (2010, ★ 5.9)
• All the Old Knives (2022, ★ 6)
• Gracie! (2009, ★ 5.5)
• The Secret Agent (2016, ★ 5.7)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012, ★ 5.9)