Denis Lawson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1947-09-27

Place of Birth

Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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Denis Lawson

Biography

Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and director. He is perhaps best known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of Bleak House and as Gordon Urquhart in the film Local Hero.

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Acting History

2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries as Lincoln Leigh Varsey
2021
The Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
2021
Star Wars: Visions as Wedge Antilles (voice)
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Wedge Antilles
2019
Somnium as PAT 1
2019
Celebrity Gogglebox as Self
2017
The Farmers' Country Showdown as Self - Narrator
2017
Burns in the USA as Narrator
2016
In Plain Sight as Laurence Dowdell
2016
Victoria as Duke of Atholl
2014
Inside No. 9 as Gerald
2013
The Machine as Thomson
2013
The Wee Man as Willie Ferris
2013
Father Brown as Walter Sullivan
2012
Broken as Mr. Buckley
2012
Them From That Thing as Various
2011
Death in Paradise as Philip Marston
2011
Perfect Sense as Boss
2011
Candy Cabs as Kenny Ho
2011
Marchlands as Robert Bowen
2011
The Lighthouse Stevensons as Narrator - (Voice)
2010
The Beauty of Maps as Narrator (Voice)
2010
Above Their Station as Chief Constable Keith Boone
2009
Mister Eleven as Len
2009
Enid as Kenneth Waters
2009
Breaking the Mould as Alexander Fleming
2009
Law & Order: UK as Philip Woodleigh
2009
No Holds Bard as Miekel
2008
Criminal Justice as Bill Faber
2008
The Passion as Annas
2007
The Genius of Photography as Narrator (voice)
2007
Jekyll as Peter Syme
2007
A New Body at Last as Narrator
2006
Robin Hood
2006
The One Show as Self
2006
The Thieving Headmistress as Father Plunkett
2006
Feel the Force as Gordon Campbell
2005
Sensitive Skin as Al Jackson
2005
Bleak House as John Jarndyce
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Leo Argyle
2004
Hustle as Benny
2004
New Tricks as Steve McAndrew
2004
The Black Death as Narrator
2003
Lucky Jim as Julius Gore-Urqhart
2001
Leonard
2001
The Real Hughie Green as Himself - Narrator
2000
Other People's Children as Tom
2000
Bob Martin as Greg
1999
Holby City as Tom Campbell-Gore
1998
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
1998
Cold Feet
1998
Hornblower as Captain Foster
1998
The Round Tower as Arthur Brett
1997
A Royal Scandal as Henry Brougham
1996
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe as John Barron
1994
Pie in the Sky as Nick Spencer
1992
Born Kicking as Victor Grace
1992
Natural Lies as James Towne
1991
Bejewelled as Alistair
1989
One Way Out as Bernard
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Frank
1988
The Zip as Eric
1987
Love After Lunch as Miles Henderson
1986
Dead Head as Eddie Cass
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1984
The Kit Curran Radio Show as Kit Curran
1984
The Chain as Keith
1983
Bitter Cherry
1983
Natural World as Narrator
1983
Return of the Jedi as Wedge
1983
Local Hero as Gordon Urquhart
1981
Bergerac as Giroux
1980
The Flipside of Dominick Hide as Felix
1980
The Empire Strikes Back as Wedge Antilles
1978
Fearless Frank
1978
The Girl Who Walked Quickly as David Cooper
1978
Armchair Thriller as David Cooper
1977
Holocaust 2000 as 2nd Journalist
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week as Professor Byron Smith / Ernest Dowson
1977
The Man in the Iron Mask as Claude
1977
Star Wars as Red Two (Wedge Antilles)
1977
Providence as Dave Woodford
1976
The Paradise Run as Terrorist
1976
Rock Follies
1976
Jumping Bean Bag as Snare
1975
Survivors as Norman
1973
The Merchant of Venice as Launcelot Gobbo
1970
Play for Today as Felix
1970
Play for Today as Snare