David Dawson

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Peaky Blinders (2013) — Roberts
2. The Last Kingdom (2015) — Alfred
3. Luther (2010) — Toby Kent
4. London Boulevard (2010) — Big Issue Seller
5. My Policeman (2022) — Younger Patrick
6. All the Old Knives (2022) — Owen Lassiter
7. The Borgias (2011) — The French Ambassador
8. Ripper Street (2012) — Fred Best
9. Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007) — Byron
10. Maigret (2016) — Marcel Moncin
11. The Hollow Crown (2012) — Poins
12. Year of the Rabbit (2019) — Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
13. The Burning Girls (2023) — Aaron Marsh
14. Banished (2015) — Captain Collins
15. Dancing on the Edge (2013) — Horton
16. This Town (2024) — Robbie Carmen
17. The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012) — Bazzard
18. The Secret Agent (2016) — Vladimir
19. The Duchess of Malfi (2014) — Ferdinand
20. The Road to Coronation Street (2010) — Tony Warren
21. The Rise of the Nutters (2007) — Affers
22. Gracie! (2009) — Harry Parr Davies
23. Falling (2026) — Phil
24. The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost (2016) — Berowne
25. Damage (2007) — Tom Byrne
26. The Flaw
27. Elsinore (2026)
28. The Experiment (2002)