David Dawson
Born
September 7, 1982 (42 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
This Town
Robbie Carmen · (6 episodes)
2024
The Burning Girls
Aaron Marsh · (6 episodes)
2023
My Policeman
Younger Patrick
2022
All the Old Knives
Owen Lassiter
2022
Year of the Rabbit
Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man · (6 episodes)
2019
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
Berowne
2016
The Secret Agent
Vladimir · (3 episodes)
2016
Maigret Sets A Trap
马塞尔·曼森
2016
Maigret
Marcel Moncin · (1 episode)
2016
The Last Kingdom
King Alfred · (26 episodes)
2015
Banished
Captain Collins · (7 episodes)
2015
The Duchess of Malfi
Ferdinand
2014
Peaky Blinders
Roberts · (3 episodes)
2013
Dancing on the Edge
Horton · (3 episodes)
2013
Ripper Street
Fred Best · (18 episodes)
2012
The Hollow Crown
Poins · (2 episodes)
2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bazzard · (2 episodes)
2012
London Boulevard
Big Issue Seller
2010
The Road to Coronation Street
Tony Warren
2010
Luther
Toby Kent · (3 episodes)
2010
Gracie!
Harry Parr Davies
2009
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Byron · (7 episodes)
2007
Damage
Tom Byrne
2007
The Rise of the Nutters
Affers
2007
The Flaw
The Experiment
(5 episodes)
2002