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