David Dawson
Known For
Acting
Born
1982-09-07 in Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK
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 Known For
Peaky Blinders
as Roberts
The Last Kingdom
as King Alfred
Luther
as Toby Kent
Ripper Street
as Fred Best
The Hollow Crown
as Poins
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Byron
Banished
as Captain Collins
The Secret Agent
as Vladimir
Maigret
as Marcel Moncin
Dancing on the Edge
as Horton
The Burning Girls
as Aaron Marsh
All the Old Knives
as Owen Lassiter
Year of the Rabbit
as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
London Boulevard
as Big Issue Seller
My Policeman
as Younger Patrick
This Town
as Robbie Carmen
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Bazzard
The Road to Coronation Street
as Tony Warren
The Duchess of Malfi
as Ferdinand
