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Acting

Denis Lawson

Career: Active from 1978 to 2026, busiest in 2009 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 29
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Bleak House
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Denis Lawson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Character Study 4
Witty Dialogue 3
Slow-Burn Mystery 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Suspenseful 2
Educational Documentary 2
British Romantic Drama 2
Character-Driven Narrative 2
British Sitcom 2
Human Connection 2
Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 72

The Fortune

71

TV show · as Martin Worrall

Sister Boniface Mysteries

68

TV show · as Lincoln Leigh Varsey

Star Wars: Visions

77

TV show · as Wedge Antilles (voice)

2010s

19 titles · average score 66

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

55

as Wedge Antilles

Victoria

76

TV show · as Duke of Atholl

Inside No. 9

92

TV show · as Gerald

The Machine

61

as Thomson

Father Brown

77

TV show · as Walter Sullivan

The Wee Man

36

as Willie Ferris

Marchlands

72

TV show · as Robert Bowen

Perfect Sense

61

as Boss

Death in Paradise

59

TV show · as Philip Marston

The Lighthouse Stevensons

as Narrator - (Voice)

The Beauty of Maps

TV show · as Narrator (Voice)

Above Their Station

as Chief Constable Keith Boone

2000s

23 titles · average score 71

Enid

65

as Kenneth Waters

Breaking the Mould

63

as Alexander Fleming

Criminal Justice

63

TV show · as Bill Faber

The Passion

60

TV show · as Annas

Jekyll

74

TV show · as Peter Syme

The Genius of Photography

78

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Bleak House

87

TV show · as John Jarndyce

Sensitive Skin

76

TV show · as Al Jackson

New Tricks

83

TV show · as Steve McAndrew

Solid Geometry

57

Writer, Director

Other People's Children

TV show · as Tom

TV show · as Greg

1990s

14 titles · average score 68

Holby City

64

TV show · as Tom Campbell-Gore

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

77

as Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster

The Ambassador

45

TV show

The Round Tower

71

TV show · as Arthur Brett

Cold Feet

82

TV show · as Alexander Welcht

Hornblower

TV show · as Captain Foster

A Royal Scandal

71

as Henry Brougham

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as John Barron

Pie in the Sky

80

TV show · as Nick Spencer

Natural Lies

TV show · as James Towne

Bejewelled

56

as Alistair

Die Kinder

TV show · as Film Boffin

1980s

18 titles · average score 75

The Justice Game

TV show · as Dominic Rossi

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Frank

The Zip

as Eric

Dead Head

TV show · as Eddie Cass

Boon

61

TV show · as James Martin

The Kit Curran Radio Show

TV show · as Kit Curran

The Chain

69

as Keith

Local Hero

83

as Gordon Urquhart

Return of the Jedi

77

as Wedge

Natural World

80

TV show · as Narrator

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Giroux

The Empire Strikes Back

88

as Wedge Antilles

1970s

14 titles · average score 70

The Girl Who Walked Quickly

as David Cooper

Armchair Thriller

59

TV show · as David Cooper

Star Wars

89

as Red Two (Wedge Antilles)

The Man in the Iron Mask

65

as Claude

Providence

74

as Dave Woodford

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Professor Byron Smith / Ernest Dowson

Holocaust 2000

47

as 2nd Journalist

Plays for Britain

TV show · as Terrorist

Survivors

79

TV show · as Norman

Seven Faces of Woman

TV show · as Jerome

The Merchant of Venice

78

as Launcelot Gobbo

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Snare / Felix