David Dawson
David plays a leading role in Michael Grandage directed MY POLICEMAN, opposite Harry Styles and Emma Corrin.
David Dawson has had a varied career on television, most recently starring in Steven Knight's This Town (2024). He played Tony Warren in The Road to Coronation Street (2010), the upper class dandy and psychopath Toby Kent in series 2 of Luther (2011), Fred Best in Ripper Street (2012–2016), the scene stealing Vladimir in The Secret Agent (2016), Poins in BBC 2/Sam Mendes Henry IV parts 1 and 2, DI Horton in Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing On The Edge, Roberts in Peaky Blinders, and most recently as the brilliant leading role of King Alfred in The Last Kingdom (2015–2018) and as Joseph Merrick ("The Elephant Man") in Year of the Rabbit (2019).
He recently shot espionage thriller All The Old Knives for Amazon Studios, with Jonathan Pryce, Lawrence Fishburne and Chris Pine.
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 Entertainer (Old Vic), Comedians (Lyric Hammersmith) , Posh (Royal Court), Luise Miller (Donmar Warehouse), The Dazzle (Found 111),The Duchess Of Malfi (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Brian Friel’s Aristocrats (Donmar Warehouse), and most recently Fairview (Young Vic.)
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David plays a leading role in Michael Grandage directed MY POLICEMAN, opposite Harry Styles and Emma Corrin.
David Dawson has had a varied career on television, most recently starring in Steven Knight's This Town (2024). He played Tony Warren in The Road to Coronation Street (2010), the upper class dandy and psychopath Toby Kent in series 2 of Luther (2011), Fred Best in Ripper Street (2012–2016), the scene stealing Vladimir in The Secret Agent (2016), Poins in BBC 2/Sam Mendes Henry IV parts 1 and 2, DI Horton in Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing On The Edge, Roberts in Peaky Blinders, and most recently as the brilliant leading role of King Alfred in The Last Kingdom (2015–2018) and as Joseph Merrick ("The Elephant Man") in Year of the Rabbit (2019).
He recently shot espionage thriller All The Old Knives for Amazon Studios, with Jonathan Pryce, Lawrence Fishburne and Chris Pine.
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 Entertainer (Old Vic), Comedians (Lyric Hammersmith) , Posh (Royal Court), Luise Miller (Donmar Warehouse), The Dazzle (Found 111),The Duchess Of Malfi (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Brian Friel’s Aristocrats (Donmar Warehouse), and most recently Fairview (Young Vic.)
Film
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
THE FLAW | The Interrogator | Theophilos Papastylianos | Argonaut |
MY POLICEMAN | Patrick Hazlewood | Michael Grandage | Amazon Studios |
ALL THE OLD KNIVES | Owen Lassiter | Janus Metz | Amazon |
LONDON BOULEVARD | Big Issue Seller | William Monahan | GK Films |
THE COMPLETE WALK: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (Short) | Sam Yates | Shakespeare's Globe |
Television
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
FALLING | Phil | Peter Hoar | The Forge |
THIS TOWN | Eddie Carmen | Paul Whittington | Mercury Studios & Stigma Films |
THE BURNING GIRLS | Aaron Marsh | Charles Martin | Buccaneer Media |
YEAR OF THE RABBIT | Joseph Merrick | Ben Taylor | Channel 4 |
THE LAST KINGDOM | King Alfred | Various | Netflix |
RIPPER STREET | Fred Best | Various | BBC / Amazon |
THE SECRET AGENT | Vladimir | Charles McDougall | BBC |
MAIGRET SETS A TRAP | Marcel Monein | Ashley Pearce | ITV1 |
BANISHED | Captain David Collins | Dan Percival and Jeffrey Walker | BBC2 |
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI | Ferdinand | Dominic Dromgoole | |
THE SMOKE | Dom | Mike Barker | Kudos / Sky1 |
PEAKY BLINDERS | Roberts | Tom Harper & Otto Bathurst | Tiger Aspect |
THE BORGIAS | The French Ambassador | Various | Showtime |
THE HOLLOW CROWN: HENRY IV PARTS 1 AND 2 | Edward Poins | Richard Eyre | BBC |
DANCING ON THE EDGE | Detective Inspector Horton | Stephen Poliakoff | BBC |
PARADE'S END | Aranjuez | Susanna White | BBC & HBO |
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD | Bazzard | Diarmuid Lawrence | BBC |
LUTHER | Toby Kent | Sam Miller | BBC |
ROAD TO CORONATION STREET | Tony Warren | Charles Sturridge | BBC |
GRACIE | Harry Parr Davies | Brian Percival | BBC |
THE THICK OF IT | Affers | Armando Ianucci | BBC |
SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL | Byron | Owen Harris & China Moo-Young | Tiger Aspect for ITV |
DAMAGE | Tom Byrne | Aisling Walsh | Subotica Entertainment |
DOC MARTEN | Wallace | Ben Bolt | ITV |
Stage
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
FAIRVIEW | Mack | Nadia Latif | The Young Vic |
ARISTOCRATS | Casimir | Lydnsey Turner | Donmar Warehouse |
THE DAZZLE | Homer | Simon Evans | Found111 |
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI | Ferdinand | Dominic Dromgoole | Shakespeare's Globe |
THE VORTEX | Nicky Lancaster | Stephen Unwin | Rose Theatre, Kingston |
LUISE MILLER | Hofmarschall Von Kalb | Michael Grandage | Donmar Warehouse |
COMEDIANS | Gethin Price | Sean Holmes | Lyric Hammersmith |
POSH | Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt | Lindsey Turner | Royal Court |
ROMEO AND JULIET | Romeo | Neil Bartlett | RSC |
THE ENTERTAINER | Frank Rice | Sean Holmes | The Old Vic |
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY | Smike | Jonathan Church/Philip Franks | Chichester Fest Theatre / West End / UK tour / Toronto |
THE LONG, THE SHORT, & THE TALL | Whittaker | Josie Rourke | Sheffield Crucible |
RICHARD II | The Groom and understudy to Richard | Trevor Nunn | Old Vic |
Radio
Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
THE CHURCHILL BARRIERS | George Hedges | David Hunter | BBC Radio 4 |
TO MAKE THE PLOUGH GO BEFORE THE HORSE | Esme | BBC Radio 4 |