Denis Lawson
Acting
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.
Filmography 100
Movies (45)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019Wedge Antilles
Somnium2019PAT 1
Burns in the USA2017Narrator
A Quiet Night In2014Gerald
The Machine2013Thomson
The Wee Man2013Willie Ferris
Broken2012Mr. Buckley
Perfect Sense2011Boss
The Lighthouse Stevensons2011Narrator - (Voice)- Above Their Station2010Chief Constable Keith Boone
Enid2009Kenneth Waters
Breaking the Mould2009Alexander Fleming
No Holds Bard2009Miekel
A New Body at Last2007Narrator
The Thieving Headmistress2006Father Plunkett
The Black Death2004Narrator
Lucky Jim2003Julius Gore-Urqhart
Solid Geometry2002Directing- Leonard2001
- The Real Hughie Green2001Himself - Narrator
This is Stanley Baxter2001Self - (Narrator)- The Bass Player1999Directing
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant1998Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
A Royal Scandal1997Henry Brougham
Fried Crumbed Brains1996
Born Kicking1992Victor Grace
Bejewelled1991Alistair- One Way Out1989Bernard
The Zip1988Eric
Love After Lunch1987Miles Henderson
Shows (55)
The Fortune2026Martin Worrall
Sister Boniface Mysteries2022Lincoln Leigh Varsey
The Weakest Link2021Self - Contestant
Star Wars: Visions2021Wedge Antilles (voice)
Celebrity Gogglebox2019Self
The Farmers' Country Showdown2017Self - Narrator
In Plain Sight2016Laurence Dowdell
Victoria2016Duke of Atholl
Inside No. 92014Gerald
Father Brown2013Walter Sullivan
Them From That Thing2012Various
Death in Paradise2011Philip Marston
Candy Cabs2011Kenny Ho
Marchlands2011Robert Bowen
The Beauty of Maps2010Narrator (Voice)- Mister Eleven2009Len
Law & Order: UK2009Philip Woodleigh
Criminal Justice2008Bill Faber
The Passion2008Annas
The Genius of Photography2007Narrator (voice)
Jekyll2007Peter Syme
Robin Hood2006
The One Show2006Self- Feel the Force2006Gordon Campbell
Sensitive Skin2005Al Jackson
Bleak House2005John Jarndyce
Agatha Christie's Marple2004Leo Argyle
Hustle2004Benny
New Tricks2004Steve McAndrew
Timeshift2002Self - Narrator