Denis Lawson: movies and TV shows
Denis Lawson has 105 credits in the archive: 48 films and 57 TV series, from 1970 to 2026. Highest rated: The Empire Strikes Back (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1970 – 2026 · busiest year: 2011 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Fortune | Martin Worrall | TV | 9.0 | 78 |
| 2022 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Lincoln Leigh Varsey | TV | 6.4 | 74 |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions | Wedge Antilles (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 73 |
| 2021 | The Weakest Link | Self - Contestant | TV | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Wedge Antilles | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Self | TV | 6.6 | 71 |
| 2019 | Somnium | PAT 1 | Film | 9.0 | 71 |
| 2017 | The Farmers' Country Showdown | Self - Narrator | TV | — | 69 |
| 2017 | Burns in the USA | Narrator | Film | — | 69 |
| 2016 | Victoria | Duke of Atholl | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2016 | In Plain Sight | Laurence Dowdell | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Gerald | TV | 8.1 | 66 |
| 2014 | A Quiet Night In | Gerald | Film | — | 66 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Walter Sullivan | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 2013 | The Machine | Thomson | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 2013 | The Wee Man | Willie Ferris | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 2012 | Broken | Mr. Buckley | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2012 | Them From That Thing | Various | TV | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Philip Marston | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2011 | Perfect Sense | Boss | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2011 | Marchlands | Robert Bowen | TV | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2011 | Candy Cabs | Kenny Ho | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2011 | The Lighthouse Stevensons | Narrator - (Voice) | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2011 | The Lighthouse Stevensons | Film | 8.0 | 63 | |
| 2010 | Above Their Station | Chief Constable Keith Boone | Film | — | 62 |
| 2010 | The Beauty of Maps | Narrator (Voice) | TV | — | 62 |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | Philip Woodleigh | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2009 | Breaking the Mould | Alexander Fleming | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 2009 | Enid | Kenneth Waters | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2009 | No Holds Bard | Miekel | Film | 10.0 | 61 |
| 2009 | Mister Eleven | Len | TV | 4.5 | 61 |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Bill Faber | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 2008 | The Passion | Annas | TV | 5.3 | 60 |
| 2007 | Jekyll | Peter Syme | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2007 | A New Body at Last | Narrator | Film | — | 59 |
| 2007 | The Genius of Photography | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 58 |
| 2006 | Robin Hood | TV | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2006 | Feel the Force | Gordon Campbell | TV | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2006 | The Thieving Headmistress | Father Plunkett | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Bleak House | John Jarndyce | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2005 | Sensitive Skin | Al Jackson | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Leo Argyle | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Steve McAndrew | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2004 | Hustle | Benny | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 2004 | The Black Death | Narrator | Film | — | 56 |
| 2003 | Lucky Jim | Julius Gore-Urqhart | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2002 | Timeshift | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2002 | Solid Geometry | Film | 4.9 | 54 | |
| 2002 | Solid Geometry | Film | 4.9 | 54 | |
| 2001 | This is Stanley Baxter | Self - (Narrator) | Film | — | 53 |
| 2001 | The Real Hughie Green | Himself - Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2001 | Leonard | Film | 9.0 | 53 | |
| 2000 | Other People's Children | Tom | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2000 | Bob Martin | Greg | TV | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1999 | Holby City | Tom Campbell-Gore | TV | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1999 | The Bass Player | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1999 | The Bass Player | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1998 | Cold Feet | Alexander Welcht | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Captain Foster | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1998 | The Ambassador | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1998 | The Round Tower | Arthur Brett | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1998 | Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant | Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1997 | A Royal Scandal | Henry Brougham | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1996 | Fried Crumbed Brains | Film | 7.5 | 48 | |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Nick Spencer | TV | 8.3 | 46 |
| 1992 | Natural Lies | James Towne | TV | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1992 | Born Kicking | Victor Grace | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1991 | Bejewelled | Alistair | Film | 4.9 | 43 |
| 1990 | Die Kinder | Film Boffin | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Frank | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Bernard | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Victor Grace | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1989 | The Justice Game | Dominic Rossi | TV | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1989 | One Way Out | Bernard | Film | — | 41 |
| 1988 | The Zip | Eric | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1987 | Love After Lunch | Miles Henderson | Film | — | 39 |
| 1986 | Sunday Premiere | Miles | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1986 | Dead Head | Eddie Cass | TV | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1985 | Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV | TV | 7.9 | 37 | |
| 1984 | The Chain | Keith | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1984 | The Kit Curran Radio Show | Kit Curran | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Wedge | Film | 7.9 | 35 |
| 1983 | Bitter Cherry | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Gordon Urquhart | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Giroux | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Wedge Antilles | Film | 8.4 | 32 |
| 1980 | The Flipside of Dominick Hide | Felix | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | David Cooper | TV | 4.2 | 30 |
| 1978 | The Girl Who Walked Quickly | David Cooper | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1978 | Fearless Frank | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Red Two (Wedge Antilles) | Film | 8.2 | 29 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Professor Byron Smith / Ernest Dowson | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1977 | Providence | Dave Woodford | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Claude | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1977 | Holocaust 2000 | 2nd Journalist | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1976 | Plays for Britain | Terrorist | TV | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1976 | The Paradise Run | Terrorist | Film | — | 28 |
| 1976 | Jumping Bean Bag | Snare | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1975 | Survivors | Norman | TV | 7.9 | 27 |
| 1974 | Seven Faces of Woman | Jerome | TV | — | 26 |
| 1973 | The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo | Film | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Felix | TV | 6.6 | 22 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Snare | TV | 6.6 | 22 |