Cast & creator
Denis Lawson
Best known for Death in Paradise, Holby City, The One Show
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.
Also known as: Denis Stamper Lawson
48
film credits
58
television credits
101
1970–2026 · acting roles
7.1
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
Showing 106 of 106 credits
Death in Paradise
Philip Marston
2011
Holby City
Tom Campbell-Gore
1999
The One Show
Self
2006
Play for Today
Felix
1970Play for Today
Snare
1970
Father Brown
Walter Sullivan
2013
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Tales from the Crypt
Frank
1989
New Tricks
Steve McAndrew
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Leo Argyle
2004
Hustle
Benny
2004
Bergerac
Giroux
1981
Star Wars
Red Two (Wedge Antilles)
1977
Dalziel and Pascoe
John Barron
1996
Inside No. 9
Gerald
2014
Star Wars: Visions
Wedge Antilles (voice)
2021
Pie in the Sky
Nick Spencer
1994
Law & Order: UK
Philip Woodleigh
2009
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Lincoln Leigh Varsey
2022
Celebrity Gogglebox
Self
2019
Victoria
Duke of Atholl
2016
Screen One
Bernard
1989Screen One
Victor Grace
1989
Timeshift
Self - Narrator
2002
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Wedge Antilles
2019
BBC2 Play of the Week
Professor Byron Smith / Ernest Dowson
1977
The Empire Strikes Back
Wedge Antilles
1980
Hornblower
Captain Foster
1998
Return of the Jedi
Wedge
1983
The Weakest Link
Self - Contestant
2021
Robin Hood
2006
Cold Feet
Alexander Welcht
1998
Survivors
Norman
1975
Bleak House
John Jarndyce
2005
Criminal Justice
Bill Faber
2008
Jekyll
Peter Syme
2007
Perfect Sense
Boss
2011
The Ambassador
1998
The Farmers' Country Showdown
Self - Narrator
2017
Sensitive Skin
Al Jackson
2005
The Passion
Annas
2008
The Machine
Thomson
2013
The Fortune
Martin Worrall
2026
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Armchair Thriller
David Cooper
1978
Plays for Britain
Terrorist
1976
Natural Lies
James Towne
1992Seven Faces of Woman
Jerome
1974
Marchlands
Robert Bowen
2011
Local Hero
Gordon Urquhart
1983
The Kit Curran Radio Show
Kit Curran
1984
Providence
Dave Woodford
1977
Broken
Mr. Buckley
2012
Them From That Thing
Various
2012
Die Kinder
Film Boffin
1990
The Man in the Iron Mask
Claude
1977
Dead Head
Eddie Cass
1986
In Plain Sight
Laurence Dowdell
2016Other People's Children
Tom
2000Sunday Premiere
Miles
1986Bob Martin
Greg
2000
The Justice Game
Dominic Rossi
1989
The Genius of Photography
Narrator (voice)
2007Feel the Force
Gordon Campbell
2006
A Quiet Night In
Gerald
2014
Candy Cabs
Kenny Ho
2011
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
1998Mister Eleven
Len
2009
The Merchant of Venice
Launcelot Gobbo
1973
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Felix
1980
The Round Tower
Arthur Brett
1998Bitter Cherry
1983
Bejewelled
Alistair
1991
A New Body at Last
Narrator
2007
This is Stanley Baxter
Self - (Narrator)
2001The Girl Who Walked Quickly
David Cooper
1978
Holocaust 2000
2nd Journalist
1977
The Wee Man
Willie Ferris
2013
Enid
Kenneth Waters
2009
The Chain
Keith
1984
Burns in the USA
Narrator
2017Leonard
2001
The Beauty of Maps
Narrator (Voice)
2010
The Black Death
Narrator
2004
Breaking the Mould
Alexander Fleming
2009
Love After Lunch
Miles Henderson
1987
A Royal Scandal
Henry Brougham
1997The Real Hughie Green
Himself - Narrator
2001
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996
The Thieving Headmistress
Father Plunkett
2006The Bass Player
Director
1999The Bass Player
Writer
1999
The Paradise Run
Terrorist
1976
Jumping Bean Bag
Snare
1976
Lucky Jim
Julius Gore-Urqhart
2003
Solid Geometry
Writer
2002Solid Geometry
Director
2002
No Holds Bard
Miekel
2009One Way Out
Bernard
1989
Fearless Frank
1978
The Zip
Eric
1988Above Their Station
Chief Constable Keith Boone
2010
The Lighthouse Stevensons
Narrator - (Voice)
2011The Lighthouse Stevensons
Production Assistant
2011
Born Kicking
Victor Grace
1992
Somnium
PAT 1
2019