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).
Known For
Peaky Blinders
85%
Roberts
2013
The Last Kingdom
83%
King Alfred
2015
Luther
79%
Toby Kent
2010
My Policeman
75%
Younger Patrick
2022
Ripper Street
74%
Fred Best
2012
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
68%
Byron
2007
Maigret
76%
Marcel Moncin
2016
The Hollow Crown
74%
Poins
2012
Elsinore
Derek Jarman
2026
This Town
67%
Robbie Carmen
2024
The Burning Girls
69%
Aaron Marsh
2023
My Policeman
75%
Younger Patrick
2022
All the Old Knives
60%
Owen Lassiter
2022
Year of the Rabbit
70%
Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
2019
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
80%
Berowne
2016
The Secret Agent
58%
Vladimir
2016
Maigret
76%
Marcel Moncin
2016
The Last Kingdom
83%
King Alfred
2015
Banished
72%
Captain Collins
2015
The Duchess of Malfi
85%
Ferdinand
2014
Peaky Blinders
85%
Roberts
2013
Dancing on the Edge
67%
Horton
2013
Ripper Street
74%
Fred Best
2012
The Hollow Crown
74%
Poins
2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
59%
Bazzard
2012
London Boulevard
59%
Big Issue Seller
2010
The Road to Coronation Street
71%
Tony Warren
2010
Luther
79%
Toby Kent
2010
Gracie!
55%
Harry Parr Davies
2009
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
68%
Byron
2007
Damage
10%
Tom Byrne
2007
The Rise of the Nutters
86%
Affers
2007
The Experiment
Unknown
2002