Actor
David Dawson
Born 1982 · 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.
Acting
Peaky Blinders
Roberts · 2013
The Last Kingdom
Alfred · 2015
Luther
Toby Kent · 2010
My Policeman
Younger Patrick · 2022
The Borgias
The French Ambassador · 2011
London Boulevard
Big Issue Seller · 2010
Ripper Street
Fred Best · 2012
All the Old Knives
Owen Lassiter · 2022
Maigret
Marcel Moncin · 2016
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Byron · 2007
The Hollow Crown
Poins · 2012
Year of the Rabbit
Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man · 2019
Banished
Captain Collins · 2015
The Duchess of Malfi
Ferdinand · 2014
The Burning Girls
Aaron Marsh · 2023
Dancing on the Edge
Horton · 2013
This Town
Robbie Carmen · 2024
The Rise of the Nutters
Affers · 2007
The Road to Coronation Street
Tony Warren · 2010
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bazzard · 2012
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
Berowne · 2016
The Secret Agent
Vladimir · 2016
Gracie!
Harry Parr Davies · 2009
Damage
Tom Byrne · 2007