Acting · Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK · Born September 7, 1982
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.
TVFalling
2026
TVThis Town
2024
as Robbie Carmen
TVThe Burning Girls
2023
as Aaron Marsh
MovieMy Policeman
2022
as Younger Patrick
MovieAll the Old Knives
2022
as Owen Lassiter
TVYear of the Rabbit
2019
as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
MovieThe Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
2016
as Berowne
TVThe Secret Agent
2016
as Vladimir
TVMaigret
2016
as Marcel Moncin
TVThe Last Kingdom
2015
as Alfred
TVBanished
2015
as Captain Collins
MovieThe Duchess of Malfi
2014
as Ferdinand
TVPeaky Blinders
2013
as Roberts
TVDancing on the Edge
2013
as Horton
TVRipper Street
2012
as Fred Best
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Poins
TVThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012
as Bazzard
TVThe Borgias
2011
as The French Ambassador
MovieLondon Boulevard
2010
as Big Issue Seller
MovieThe Road to Coronation Street
2010
as Tony Warren
TVLuther
2010
as Toby Kent
MovieGracie!
2009
as Harry Parr Davies
TVSecret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Byron
MovieDamage
2007
as Tom Byrne
MovieThe Rise of the Nutters
2007
as Affers
TVThe Experiment
2002
The Flaw
MovieElsinore
