David Dawson
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Peaky Blinders
Roberts
2013
Series
The Last Kingdom
Alfred
2015
Series
Luther
Toby Kent
2010
Series
Ripper Street
Fred Best
2012
Series
The Borgias
The French Ambassador
2011
Series
Falling
Phil
2026
Series
The Hollow Crown
Poins
2012
Series
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Byron
2007
Series
Maigret
Marcel Moncin
2016
Film
All the Old Knives
Owen Lassiter
2022
Series
The Burning Girls
Aaron Marsh
2023
Series
Banished
Captain Collins
2015
Film
My Policeman
Younger Patrick
2022
Series
Year of the Rabbit
Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
2019
Series
Dancing on the Edge
Horton
2013
Film
Elsinore
2026
Series
This Town
Robbie Carmen
2024
Film
London Boulevard
Big Issue Seller
2010
Series
The Secret Agent
Vladimir
2016
Series
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bazzard
2012
Film
The Road to Coronation Street
Tony Warren
2010
Series
The Experiment
2002
Film
Gracie!
Harry Parr Davies
2009
Film
The Rise of the Nutters
Affers
2007
Film
Damage
Tom Byrne
2007
Film
The Duchess of Malfi
Ferdinand
2014
Film
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
Berowne
2016
The Flaw