Person

David Dawson

Acting · Born 1982-09-07 · 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 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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  Peaky Blinders

  Roberts

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  The Last Kingdom

  Alfred

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  Ripper Street

  Fred Best

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  The Borgias

  The French Ambassador

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  Luther

  Toby Kent

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  The Hollow Crown

  Poins

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  Secret Diary of a Call Girl

  Byron

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  Falling

  2026

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  All the Old Knives

  Owen Lassiter

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  Maigret

  Marcel Moncin

• 2026Falling
• 2024This TownRobbie Carmen
• 2023The Burning GirlsAaron Marsh
• 2022My PolicemanYounger Patrick
• 2022All the Old KnivesOwen Lassiter
• 2019Year of the RabbitJoseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
• 2016The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's LostBerowne
• 2016The Secret AgentVladimir
• 2016MaigretMarcel Moncin
• 2015The Last KingdomAlfred
• 2015BanishedCaptain Collins
• 2014The Duchess of MalfiFerdinand
• 2013Peaky BlindersRoberts
• 2013Dancing on the EdgeHorton
• 2012Ripper StreetFred Best
• 2012The Hollow CrownPoins
• 2012The Mystery of Edwin DroodBazzard
• 2011The BorgiasThe French Ambassador
• 2010London BoulevardBig Issue Seller
• 2010The Road to Coronation StreetTony Warren
• 2010LutherToby Kent
• 2009Gracie!Harry Parr Davies
• 2007Secret Diary of a Call GirlByron
• 2007DamageTom Byrne
• 2007The Rise of the NuttersAffers
• 2002The Experiment
• —The Flaw
• —Elsinore