Trevor Laird
Known for: Acting
Trevor Laird (born 11 July 1957, London, England) is a British actor. Born in Islington, London in 1957, Laird trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. Early roles included a 1976 role in a TV adaptation of the Peter Prince novel Playthings, directed by Stephen Frears, and several Play For Todays: Victims of Apartheid by Tom Clarke (1978),Barrie Keeffe's Waterloo Sunset (1979) and The Vanishing Army by Robert Holles (1980). Laird was a founder member of the Black Theatre Co-operative (now NitroBeat) in 1978 and performed in its inaugural play Welcome Home Jacko by Mustapha Matura the following year. He then had breakthrough roles in the 1979 film Quadrophenia - as Ferdy, a drug supplier for the main character Jimmy - and in Franco Rosso's 1980 cult classic Babylon as Beefy. He played the boy under the car in The Long Good Friday (1980) and appeared in Menelik Shabazz's black British film Burning an Illusion. Later appearances include the 1986 Doctor Who serial Mindwarp as the guard commander Frax. He later returned to Doctor Who in the role of Clive Jones, father of the Tenth Doctor's companion Martha Jones. In 1996 Laird played Hortense's brother in the Mike Leigh film Secrets & Lies. He played Wesley Carter in the TV series Undercover Heart, and Trevor in the British gangster film Love, Honour and Obey (2000). He played DI Mike Vedder “End of the Night”, S8:E4 of Waking the Dead (2009). In 2015, Laird appeared as Vince Thuram in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise. In March 2021, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Samuel Asante.
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Clive Jones
2005
Series
Death in Paradise
Vince Thuram
2011
Series
Doctor Who
Frax
1963
Series
Ted Lasso
Denbo
2020
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
Waking the Dead
DI Mike Vedder
2001
Series
Playhouse
Harmon
1974
Series
Playhouse
Albert
1974
Series
Playhouse
Heister
1974
Series
Playhouse
Frederick
1974
Film
Cruella
Asthma Man
2021
Series
Birds of a Feather
Andrew
1989
Series
Peep Show
Laurie
2003
Series
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sheldon
1977
Series
The New Statesman
Lance Okum-Martin
1987
Series
No Offence
Upjohn Henderson
2015
Series
Small Axe
Augustin
2020
Series
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Le Mabé
2004
Series
The Last Detective
2003
Series
Thorne
Assistant Commissioner
2010
Series
Totally Doctor Who
Self
2006
Series
Big Deal
Monty Riley
1984
Series
The Job Lot
Delmar
2013
Series
Trinity
Barrington MacKenzie
2009
Film
The Long Good Friday
Boy Under Car
1980
Film
Secrets & Lies
Hortense's Brother
1996
Series
Call Me Mister
1986
Film
Water
Pepito
1985
Film
Quadrophenia
Ferdy
1979
Series
Undercover Heart
Wesley Carter
1998
Film
Slipstream
Committee Member
1989
Film
Babylon
Beefy
1980
Film
National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
Lloyd Boateng
2011
Film
A Gangster's Kiss
Gilbert
2024
Film
Bernard and the Genie
PC Parker
1991
Film
Burning an Illusion
Pest
1981
Film
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Floyd
1985
Film
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Frax
1986
Film
National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
Film
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
Paddy Jones
2004
Film
The Vanishing Army
Sheldon
1978
Film
Flying Devils
Sepp
1985
Film
Jake's End
Heister
1982
Film
Smack and Thistle
Baron Greenback
1991
Film
Victims of Apartheid
Bus conductor
1978
Film
Play Things
Harmon
1976
Patriarch
2012
Film
Waterloo Sunset
Lester
1979
Film
Easy Money
Frederick
1982
Film
Pocketful of Dreams
Albert
1982
Film
Hamlet
Polonius / Grave Digger 1
2016
Film
To Be Someone
Rudy
2021