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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 27, 1947
Place of Birth
Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Denis Stamper Lawson
Denis Lawson
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.4
Lincoln Leigh Varsey
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022
6.0
Self - Contestant
The Weakest Link
2021
7.1
Wedge Antilles (voice)
Star Wars: Visions
2021
6.3
Wedge Antilles
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
9.0
PAT 1
Somnium
2019
6.6
Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
0.0
Self - Narrator
The Farmers' Country Showdown
2017
0.0
Narrator
Burns in the USA
2017
6.9
Laurence Dowdell
In Plain Sight
2016
7.3
Duke of Atholl
Victoria
2016
Credits
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Lincoln Leigh Varsey
2022
6.4
The Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant
2021
6.0
Star Wars: Visions
as Wedge Antilles (voice)
2021
7.1
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Wedge Antilles
2019
6.3
Somnium
as PAT 1
2019
9.0
Celebrity Gogglebox
as Self
2019
6.6
The Farmers' Country Showdown
as Self - Narrator
2017
0.0
Burns in the USA
as Narrator
2017
0.0
In Plain Sight
as Laurence Dowdell
2016
6.9
Victoria
as Duke of Atholl
2016
7.3
Inside No. 9
as Gerald
2014
8.0
The Machine
as Thomson
2013
5.9
The Wee Man
as Willie Ferris
2013
5.6
Father Brown
as Walter Sullivan
2013
7.6
Broken
as Mr. Buckley
2012
6.9
Them From That Thing
as Various
2012
0.0
Death in Paradise
as Philip Marston
2011
7.5
Perfect Sense
as Boss
2011
6.9
Candy Cabs
as Kenny Ho
2011
7.0
Marchlands
as Robert Bowen
2011
6.9
The Lighthouse Stevensons
as Narrator - (Voice)
2011
8.0
The Beauty of Maps
as Narrator (Voice)
2010
0.0
🎬
Above Their Station
as Chief Constable Keith Boone
2010
0.0
🎬
Mister Eleven
as Len
2009
4.5
Enid
as Kenneth Waters
2009
6.4
Breaking the Mould
as Alexander Fleming
2009
5.5
Law & Order: UK
as Philip Woodleigh
2009
7.1
No Holds Bard
as Miekel
2009
10.0
Criminal Justice
as Bill Faber
2008
7.6
The Passion
as Annas
2008
5.3
The Genius of Photography
as Narrator (voice)
2007
7.2
Jekyll
as Peter Syme
2007
7.5
A New Body at Last
as Narrator
2007
0.0
Robin Hood
2006
6.8
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
The Thieving Headmistress
as Father Plunkett
2006
7.0
🎬
Feel the Force
as Gordon Campbell
2006
5.0
Sensitive Skin
as Al Jackson
2005
7.0
Bleak House
as John Jarndyce
2005
8.1
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Leo Argyle
2004
7.8
Hustle
as Benny
2004
7.7
New Tricks
as Steve McAndrew
2004
7.4
The Black Death
as Narrator
2004
0.0
Lucky Jim
as Julius Gore-Urqhart
2003
0.0
🎬
Leonard
2001
0.0
🎬
The Real Hughie Green
as Himself - Narrator
2001
7.0
🎬
Other People's Children
as Tom
2000
0.0
🎬
Bob Martin
as Greg
2000
5.3
Holby City
as Tom Campbell-Gore
1999
5.8
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
1998
7.4
Cold Feet
1998
7.6
Hornblower
as Captain Foster
1998
7.7
The Round Tower
as Arthur Brett
1998
0.0
A Royal Scandal
as Henry Brougham
1997
7.0
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996
6.0
Dalziel & Pascoe
as John Barron
1996
6.3
Pie in the Sky
as Nick Spencer
1994
8.3
Born Kicking
as Victor Grace
1992
0.0
Natural Lies
as James Towne
1992
0.0
Bejewelled
as Alistair
1991
4.4
🎬
One Way Out
as Bernard
1989
0.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Frank
1989
8.0
The Zip
as Eric
1988
0.0
Love After Lunch
as Miles Henderson
1987
0.0
Dead Head
as Eddie Cass
1986
4.3
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
7.6
The Kit Curran Radio Show
as Kit Curran
1984
5.5
The Chain
as Keith
1984
6.8
🎬
Bitter Cherry
1983
0.0
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.2
Return of the Jedi
as Wedge
1983
7.9
Local Hero
as Gordon Urquhart
1983
6.8
Bergerac
as Giroux
1981
6.7
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
as Felix
1980
3.3
The Empire Strikes Back
as Wedge Antilles
1980
8.4
Fearless Frank
1978
0.0
🎬
The Girl Who Walked Quickly
as David Cooper
1978
0.0
Armchair Thriller
as David Cooper
1978
4.2
Holocaust 2000
as 2nd Journalist
1977
5.8
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Professor Byron Smith / Ernest Dowson
1977
7.0
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Claude
1977
6.3
Star Wars
as Red Two (Wedge Antilles)
1977
8.2
Providence
as Dave Woodford
1977
6.8
The Paradise Run
as Terrorist
1976
0.0
Rock Follies
1976
6.0
Jumping Bean Bag
as Snare
1976
0.0
Survivors
as Norman
1975
8.0
The Merchant of Venice
as Launcelot Gobbo
1973
7.0
Play for Today
as Felix
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Snare
1970
6.3