David Dawson

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.

Known For

Peaky Blinders

The Last Kingdom

Luther

The Borgias

Ripper Street

The Hollow Crown

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Maigret

All Movies (11)

• My Policeman2022 · as Younger Patrick
• All the Old Knives2022 · as Owen Lassiter
• The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost2016 · as Berowne
• The Duchess of Malfi2014 · as Ferdinand
• London Boulevard2010 · as Big Issue Seller
• The Road to Coronation Street2010 · as Tony Warren
• Gracie!2009 · as Harry Parr Davies
• Damage2007 · as Tom Byrne
• The Rise of the Nutters2007 · as Affers
• The Flaw—
• Elsinore—

All TV Shows (17)

• Falling2026
• This Town2024 · as Robbie Carmen
• The Burning Girls2023 · as Aaron Marsh
• Year of the Rabbit2019 · as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
• The Secret Agent2016 · as Vladimir
• Maigret2016 · as Marcel Moncin
• The Last Kingdom2015 · as Alfred
• Banished2015 · as Captain Collins
• Peaky Blinders2013 · as Roberts
• Dancing on the Edge2013 · as Horton
• Ripper Street2012 · as Fred Best
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Poins
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood2012 · as Bazzard
• The Borgias2011 · as The French Ambassador
• Luther2010 · as Toby Kent
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl2007 · as Byron
• The Experiment2002