
Acting
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 p…

All the Old Knives
as Owen Lassiter

My Policeman
as Younger Patrick

The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
as Berowne

The Duchess of Malfi
as Ferdinand

London Boulevard
as Big Issue Seller

The Road to Coronation Street
as Tony Warren

Gracie!
as Harry Parr Davies

The Rise of the Nutters
as Affers

Damage
as Tom Byrne
Elsinore

This Town
as Robbie Carmen · 6 ep.

The Burning Girls
as Aaron Marsh · 6 ep.

Year of the Rabbit
as Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man · 6 ep.

Maigret
as Marcel Moncin · 1 ep.

The Secret Agent
as Vladimir · 3 ep.

The Last Kingdom
as Alfred · 25 ep.

Banished
as Captain Collins · 7 ep.

Peaky Blinders
as Roberts · 3 ep.

Dancing on the Edge
as Horton · 3 ep.

Ripper Street
as Fred Best · 18 ep.
London Boulevard
2010