
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).
On stage, Dawson received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for playing Smike in the 2007 production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Other notable performances have been in the 2009 production of Comedians, the 2010 production of Posh, and the 2011 production of Luise Miller.

All the Old Knives
2022 · as Owen Lassiter

My Policeman
2022 · as Younger Patrick

Elsinore

London Boulevard
2010 · as Big Issue Seller

The Rise of the Nutters
2007 · as Affers

The Duchess of Malfi
2014 · as Ferdinand

The Road to Coronation Street
2010 · as Tony Warren

Gracie!
2009 · as Harry Parr Davies

Damage
2007 · as Tom Byrne

The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
2016 · as Berowne

The Flaw