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

Roberts

The Last Kingdom

King Alfred

Ripper Street

Fred Best

Luther

Toby Kent

Dancing on the Edge

Horton

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Byron

The Hollow Crown

Poins

Year of the Rabbit

Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	All the Old Knives	Owen Lassiter
2022	My Policeman	Younger Patrick
2016	The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost	Berowne
2014	The Duchess of Malfi	Ferdinand
2010	London Boulevard	Big Issue Seller
2010	The Road to Coronation Street	Tony Warren
2009	Gracie!	Harry Parr Davies
2007	The Rise of the Nutters	Affers
2007	Damage	Tom Byrne
	The Flaw

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	This Town	Robbie Carmen
2023	The Burning Girls	Aaron Marsh
2019	Year of the Rabbit	Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
2016	The Secret Agent	Vladimir
2016	Maigret	Marcel Moncin
2015	The Last Kingdom	King Alfred
2015	Banished	Captain Collins
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Horton
2013	Peaky Blinders	Roberts
2012	Ripper Street	Fred Best
2012	The Hollow Crown	Poins
2012	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Bazzard
2010	Luther	Toby Kent
2007	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	Byron
2002	The Experiment