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Denis Lawson

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Scottish actor (born 1947)

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Denis Stamper Lawson is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983) and as John Jarndyce in the television miniseries Bleak House (2005), the latter of which earned him BAFTA Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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Filmography 40

Star Wars1977 · ★ 8.2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · ★ 6.3
The Empire Strikes Back1980 · ★ 8.4
Return of the Jedi1983 · ★ 7.9
Perfect Sense2011 · ★ 6.9
The Machine2013 · ★ 5.9
Local Hero1983 · ★ 6.8
Broken2012 · ★ 6.9
The Man in the Iron Mask1977 · ★ 6.4
Providence1977 · ★ 6.6
Holocaust 20001977 · ★ 5.8
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant1998 · ★ 7.5
The Wee Man2013
Enid2009
The Chain1984
Solid Geometry2002
Bejewelled1991
A Royal Scandal1997
The Flipside of Dominick Hide1980
Breaking the Mould2009
The Merchant of Venice1973
Fried Crumbed Brains1996
The Real Hughie Green2001
Leonard2001
Bitter Cherry1983
The Girl Who Walked Quickly1978
Lucky Jim2003
No Holds Bard2009
Somnium2019
The Zip1988
The Lighthouse Stevensons2011
Born Kicking1992
A New Body at Last2007
Jumping Bean Bag1976
The Thieving Headmistress2006
A Quiet Night In2014
This is Stanley Baxter2001
The Paradise Run1976
The Black Death2004
The Bass Player1999

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Television 24

Death in Paradise2011
Play for Today1970
Holby City1999
Father Brown2013
Agatha Christie's Marple2004
Tales from the Crypt1989
The One Show2006
Star Wars: Visions2021
Hustle2004
Natural World1983
Dalziel and Pascoe1996
Victoria2016
Inside No. 92014
Bergerac1981
New Tricks2004
Sister Boniface Mysteries2022
Robin Hood2006
Law & Order: UK2009
Pie in the Sky1994
Celebrity Gogglebox2019
Cold Feet1998
Jekyll2007
Hornblower1998
Bleak House2005

Awards 1

1983Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

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Denis Stamper Lawson is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983) and as John Jarndyce in the television miniseries Bleak House (2005), the latter of which earned him BAFTA Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also appeared in the television series The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984-1986), Holby City, and New Tricks (2012-2015), and reprised the role of Antilles in the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). On the stage, he is a three-time Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical nominee, winning in 1983 for Mr Cinders.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1947 · age 79
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