Denis Lawson
Scottish actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1947 · age 79
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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Sister Boniface MysteriesSeries, Lincoln Leigh Varsey2019
Celebrity GoggleboxSeries
SomniumFilm, 2019PAT 12014
Inside No. 9Series, Gerald2013
The MachineFilm, Thomson2011
Death in ParadiseSeries, Philip Marston
Perfect SenseFilm, 2011Boss2007
JekyllSeries, Peter Syme
A New Body at LastFilm, 2007Narrator2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries, Leo Argyle
The Black DeathFilm, 2004Narrator2002
Solid GeometryFilm, Director, Writer1999The Bass PlayerFilm, Director, Writer1998
Cold FeetSeries, Alexander Welcht
Hornblower: The Examination for LieutenantFilm, 1998Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster1996
Fried Crumbed BrainsFilm1994
Pie in the SkySeries, Nick Spencer1991
BejewelledFilm, Alistair1984
The ChainFilm, Keith1983Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward
Natural WorldSeries, 1983Narrator1980
The Empire Strikes BackFilm, Wedge Antilles1977
Holocaust 2000Film, 2nd Journalist1973
The Merchant of VeniceFilm, Launcelot Gobbo1970
Play for TodaySeries, Felix1947Born27 September 1947People around Denis
Harrison Ford Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1978)
Carrie Fisher Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1978)
Alec Guinness Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Mark Hamill Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1978)
Peter Mayhew Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1978)
Anthony Daniels Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
David Prowse Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1978)
Kenny Baker Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)- Jack Purvis Also in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
George Lucas Directed Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1978)
Gary Kurtz Produced Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Rick McCallum Produced Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Frank Oz Also in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Billy Dee Williams Also in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Lawrence Kasdan Wrote Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Jeremy Bulloch Also in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Kenneth Colley Also in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Dermot Crowley Also in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
John Williams Wrote Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1978)
Peter Capaldi Denis directed Solid Geometry (2002)
Ian McDiarmid Also in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Irvin Kershner Directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Peter Firth Also in Victoria and Victoria, season 2
Peter Bowles Also in Victoria and Brian Pern
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The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Star Wars 1977
Return of the Jedi 1983
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant 1998
Broken 2012
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Television 24
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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.
