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...
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London Boulevard
As Big Issue Seller
All the Old Knives
As Owen Lassiter
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
As Berowne
The Duchess of Malfi
As Ferdinand
Gracie!
As Harry Parr Davies
The Road to Coronation Street
As Tony Warren
The Rise of the Nutters
As Affers
Damage
As Tom Byrne
My Policeman
As Younger Patrick
The Flaw
The Experiment
Luther
As Toby Kent
Ripper Street
As Fred Best
The Last Kingdom
As King Alfred
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
As Byron
Banished
As Captain Collins
Dancing on the Edge
As Horton
The Secret Agent
As Vladimir
The Burning Girls
As Aaron Marsh
The Hollow Crown
As Poins
Year of the Rabbit
As Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
Peaky Blinders
As Roberts
This Town
As Robbie Carmen
Maigret
As Marcel Moncin
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
As Bazzard