David Dawson
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.
Acting
TV
Peaky Blinders
as Roberts
2013
TV
The Last Kingdom
as Alfred
2015
TV
Luther
as Toby Kent
2010
Movie
London Boulevard
as Big Issue Seller
2010
Movie
My Policeman
as Younger Patrick
2022
Movie
All the Old Knives
as Owen Lassiter
2022
TV
The Borgias
as The French Ambassador
2011
TV
Ripper Street
as Fred Best
2012
TV
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Byron
2007
TV
Maigret
as Marcel Moncin
2016
TV
The Hollow Crown
as Poins
2012
TV
Year of the Rabbit
as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
2019
TV
The Burning Girls
as Aaron Marsh
2023
TV
Banished
as Captain Collins
2015
TV
Dancing on the Edge
as Horton
2013
TV
This Town
as Robbie Carmen
2024
TV
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Bazzard
2012
TV
The Secret Agent
as Vladimir
2016
Movie
The Duchess of Malfi
as Ferdinand
2014
Movie
The Road to Coronation Street
as Tony Warren
2010
Movie
Gracie!
as Harry Parr Davies
2009
Movie
The Rise of the Nutters
as Affers
2007
TV
Falling
2026
Movie
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
as Berowne
2016