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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-09-27 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

دنیس لاسن

Denis Lawson

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Lawson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Star Wars

1977

Star Wars

as

Red Two (Wedge Antilles)

Local Hero

1983

Local Hero

as

Urquhart

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

1998

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

as

Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster

Enid

2009

Enid

as

Kenneth Waters

Somnium

2019

Somnium

as

PAT 1

Perfect Sense

2011

Perfect Sense

as

Boss

Providence

1977

Providence

as

Dave Woodford

The Wee Man

2013

The Wee Man

as

Willie Ferris

Broken

2012

Broken

as

Mr. Buckley

No Holds Bard

2009

No Holds Bard

as

Miekel

The Chain

1984

The Chain

as

Keith

The Machine

2013

The Machine

as

Thomson

Breaking the Mould

2009

Breaking the Mould

as

Alexander Fleming

The Paradise Run

1976

The Paradise Run

as

Terrorist

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

as

Wedge Antilles

The Lighthouse Stevensons

2011

The Lighthouse Stevensons

as

Narrator - (Voice)

One Way Out

1989

One Way Out

as

Bernard

Lucky Jim

2003

Lucky Jim

as

Julius Gore-Urqhart

Bejewelled

1991

Bejewelled

as

Alistair

The Thieving Headmistress

2006

The Thieving Headmistress

as

Father Plunkett

Above Their Station

2010

Above Their Station

as

Chief Constable Keith Boone

A Royal Scandal

1997

A Royal Scandal

as

Henry Brougham

Holocaust 2000

1977

Holocaust 2000

as

2nd Journalist

The Zip

1988

The Zip

as

Eric

The Black Death

2004

The Black Death

as

Narrator

The Real Hughie Green

2001

The Real Hughie Green

as

Himself - Narrator

Burns in the USA

2017

Burns in the USA

as

Narrator

Born Kicking

1992

Born Kicking

as

Victor Grace

Jumping Bean Bag

1976

Jumping Bean Bag

as

Snare

The Merchant of Venice

1973

The Merchant of Venice

as

Launcelot Gobbo

A Quiet Night In

2014

A Quiet Night In

as

Gerald

A New Body at Last

2007

A New Body at Last

as

Narrator

Jekyll

Jekyll

as

Peter Syme

Hornblower

Hornblower

as

Captain Foster

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Giroux

Bleak House

Bleak House

as

John Jarndyce

Feel the Force

Feel the Force

as

Gordon Campbell

Survivors

Survivors

as

Norman

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

as

Bill Faber

Sensitive Skin

Sensitive Skin

as

Al Jackson

Natural World

Natural World

as

Narrator

Star Wars: Visions

Star Wars: Visions

as

Wedge Antilles (voice)

Victoria

Victoria

as

Duke of Atholl

Marchlands

Marchlands

as

Robert Bowen

The Beauty of Maps

The Beauty of Maps

as

Narrator (Voice)

New Tricks

New Tricks

as

Steve McAndrew

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

as

Gerald

Hustle

Hustle

as

Benny

The Genius of Photography

The Genius of Photography

as

Narrator (voice)

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

as

Nick Spencer

Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe

as

John Barron

Dead Head

Dead Head

as

Eddie Cass

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

as

Philip Marston

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

as

Uncredited, 'A Quiet Night In' footage

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight

as

Laurence Dowdell

Sister Boniface Mysteries

Sister Boniface Mysteries

as

Lincoln Leigh Varsey

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as

Narrator (voice)

The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

as

Self - Contestant

Father Brown

Father Brown

as

Walter Sullivan

The Round Tower

The Round Tower

as

Arthur Brett

Production

Crew

Directing