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David Dawson

Acting Born Sep 7, 1982 Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Peaky Blinders

as Roberts

The Last Kingdom

as Alfred

Full filmography

  • Peaky Blinders (2013) as Roberts
  • The Last Kingdom (2015) as Alfred
  • Luther (2010) as Toby Kent
  • The Borgias (2011) as The French Ambassador
  • Ripper Street (2012) as Fred Best
  • The Hollow Crown (2012) as Poins
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007) as Byron
  • Maigret (2016) as Marcel Moncin
  • Year of the Rabbit (2019) as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
  • Dancing on the Edge (2013) as Horton
  • The Burning Girls (2023) as Aaron Marsh
  • Banished (2015) as Captain Collins
  • This Town (2024) as Robbie Carmen
  • Falling (2026)
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012) as Bazzard
  • My Policeman (2022) as Younger Patrick
  • All the Old Knives (2022) as Owen Lassiter
  • The Secret Agent (2016) as Vladimir
  • London Boulevard (2010) as Big Issue Seller
  • The Experiment (2002)
  • Elsinore
  • Damage (2007) as Tom Byrne
  • Gracie! (2009) as Harry Parr Davies
  • The Rise of the Nutters (2007) as Affers