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Denis Lawson

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Biography

Denis was born in Scotland in 1947. He attended drama school with fellow Star Wars actor Ian McDiarmid. His nephew is Ewan McGregor. He…more

Born

9/27/1947, Perthshire, Scotland

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Gender

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Credits

Star (10)

Role
- Marchlands
  Robert Bowen
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode One
    2/3/11
- Enid
  Kenneth Waters
- Jekyll
  Peter Syme
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode Six
    7/28/07
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode Five
    7/21/07
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode Four
    7/14/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three
    6/30/07
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode Two
    6/23/07
  - + 1 More Credits
- Bleak House
  John Jarndyce
  - S 1: Ep 15 Episode 15
    12/16/05
  - S 1: Ep 14 Episode 14
    12/15/05
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode 13
    12/9/05
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode 12
    12/8/05
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 11
    12/2/05
  - + 10 More Credits
- Sensitive Skin (UK)
  Al Jackson
  - S 1: Ep 6 1-6
    12/15/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 1-5
    12/8/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 Piano Lessons
    12/1/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 1-3
    11/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 1-1
    11/19/05
- Bob Martin
  Gregor "Greg" Campbell-Grey
  - S 2: Ep 6 Weekend World
    6/4/01
  - S 2: Ep 5 This Life
    5/28/01
  - S 2: Ep 4 Edge of Darkness
    5/21/01
  - S 2: Ep 3 Blue Peter
    5/14/01
  - S 2: Ep 2 Big Break
    4/30/01
  - + 7 More Credits
- Other People's Children
  Tom
  - S 1: Ep 4 Four
    10/1/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 Three
    9/24/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 Two
    9/17/00
  - S 1: Ep 1 One
    9/10/00
- The Ambassador
  John Stone
  - S 2: Ep 6 A Matter of Life and Death
    5/23/99
  - S 2: Ep 5 Unholy Alliance
    5/16/99
  - S 2: Ep 4 Cost Price
    5/9/99
  - S 2: Ep 3 A Foreign Affair
    5/9/99
  - S 2: Ep 2 Vacant Possession
    4/25/99
  - + 8 More Credits
- Holby City
  Tom Campbell-Gore (2002 - 2004)
- Rock Follies
  Ken Church [ 2 ]
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Real Life
    12/6/77
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Divorce
    11/29/77
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Loony Tunes
    11/22/77
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Hype
    5/18/77
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Empire
    5/11/77
  - + 7 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Marchlands
  Robert
- Holby City
  Tom Campbell-Gore
  - S 6: Ep 20 Protection
    2/17/04
  - S 6: Ep 19 What He Would Have Wanted
    2/10/04
  - S 6: Ep 18 You Can Choose Your Friends
    2/3/04
  - S 6: Ep 17 Forgive And Forget
    1/27/04
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Buck Stops Here
    1/20/04
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (24)

Role
- Hustle
  Benny
  - S 7: Ep 4 Benny's Funeral
    1/28/11
- The Wright Stuff
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 144 Thursday 25th March
    3/25/10
  - S 10: Ep 112 Tuesday 9th February
    2/9/10
- Law & Order: UK
  Philip Woodleigh
  - S 2: Ep 4 Sacrifice
    2/1/10
- Mumbai Calling
  Phillip Glass
  - S 1: Ep 7 All That Glitters Is Not Glass
    7/11/09
- Loose Women
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 38 Wednesday 22nd October
    10/22/08
- Robin Hood
  Winchester
  - S 2: Ep 6 For England...!
    11/10/07
- Agatha Christie's Marple
  Leo Argyle
  - S 3: Ep 2 Ordeal By Innocence
    9/30/07
- Dalziel and Pascoe
  John Barron
  - S 11: Ep 1 The Cave Woman
    9/3/06
- Richard & Judy
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 38 Wednesday 9th August
    8/9/06
- Feel the Force
  Chief Campbell
  - S 1: Ep 3 Wanted
    5/22/06
- Masterpiece Theatre
  John Jarndyce
  - S 35: Ep 6 Bleak House (1)
    1/22/06
- GMTV Today
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 214 Thursday 27th October
    10/27/05
- Holby City
  Tom-Campbell-Gore
  - S 6: Ep 13 Never Can Say Goodbye
    12/30/03
- The South Bank Show
  Himself
  - S 26: Ep 25 Ewan McGregor
    9/21/03
- Cold Feet
  Alexander Welcht
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 1.04
    12/6/98
- Horatio Hornblower
  Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Fire Ships (aka The Examination for Lieutenant)
    11/18/98
- Pie in the Sky
  Nick Spencer
  - S 5: Ep 7 In the Smoke
    8/10/97
- Tales from the Crypt
  Frank
  - S 7: Ep 9 Smoke Wrings
    6/21/96
- Boon
  James Marian
  - S 6: Ep 7 Bully Boys
    11/6/90
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
  Philip
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    2/8/85
- Bergerac
  as Dennis Lawson) (Giroux
  - S 2: Ep 7 A Miracle Every Week
    2/20/83
- Play for Today
  Felix
  - S 11: Ep 8 The Flipside of Dominick Hyde
    12/9/80
- Survivors (1975)
  Norman
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Future Hour
    6/25/75
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
  Andy Donald
  - S 7: Ep 22 Action, Dr. Cameron
    8/3/69
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    1/18/85

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Trivia
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- Theatre Awards Olivier Awards Actor of the Year in a Musical for Mr. Cinders (1983) (Won).
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- Denis contributed a Doodle to the National Doodle Campaign (2008), which auctions off celebrity doodles for charity (The Neurofibromatosis Association).
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- Denis' first foray into acting was on stage in The Metamorphosis, in 1969, in London's West End.
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- (on "Sensitive Skin", the series he stars in with Joanna Lumley) Denis: There are moments that make you die laughing, and then suddenly it's very sad. I've never come across anything like it.
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- (on what brought him to "Jekyll") Denis: It was the writing that really attracted me to the part – I mean they are really exceptional scripts – very witty, really scary, sometimes both at the same time, which makes it a phenomenal drama.
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- (on "The Skillset Film Lab") Denis: This is an opportunity to get information about the film-making process across to actors - and information is power.
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