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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 5

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Peaky Blinders
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9

Peaky Blinders

(2013) Roberts
All the Old Knives
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6

All the Old Knives

(2022) Owen Lassiter
The Last Kingdom
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8

The Last Kingdom

(2015) King Alfred
Luther
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8

Luther

(2010) Toby Kent
Ripper Street
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7

Ripper Street

(2012) Fred Best
Maigret
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8

Maigret

(2016) Marcel Moncin
My Policeman
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8

My Policeman

(2022) Patrick Hazlewood
Banished
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7

Banished

(2015) Captain Collins

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