Denis Lawson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 27 September 1947 · Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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.
Known for
Acting 43
- 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Wedge Antilles
- 2019Somnium as PAT 1
- 2017Burns in the USA as Narrator
- 2014A Quiet Night In as Gerald
- 2013The Machine as Thomson
- 2013The Wee Man as Willie Ferris
- 2012Broken as Mr. Buckley
- 2011Perfect Sense as Boss
- 2011The Lighthouse Stevensons as Narrator - (Voice)
- 2010Above Their Station as Chief Constable Keith Boone
- 2009Enid as Kenneth Waters
- 2009Breaking the Mould as Alexander Fleming
- 2009No Holds Bard as Miekel
- 2007A New Body at Last as Narrator
- 2006The Thieving Headmistress as Father Plunkett
- 2004The Black Death as Narrator
- 2003Lucky Jim as Julius Gore-Urqhart
- 2001Leonard
- 2001The Real Hughie Green as Himself - Narrator
- 2001This is Stanley Baxter as Self - (Narrator)
- 1998Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
- 1997A Royal Scandal as Henry Brougham
- 1996Fried Crumbed Brains
- 1992Born Kicking as Victor Grace
- 1991Bejewelled as Alistair
- 1989One Way Out as Bernard
- 1988The Zip as Eric
- 1987Love After Lunch as Miles Henderson
- 1984The Chain as Keith
- 1983Bitter Cherry
- 1983Return of the Jedi as Wedge
- 1983Local Hero as Gordon Urquhart
- 1980The Flipside of Dominick Hide as Felix
- 1980The Empire Strikes Back as Wedge Antilles
- 1978Fearless Frank
- 1978The Girl Who Walked Quickly as David Cooper
- 1977Holocaust 2000 as 2nd Journalist
- 1977The Man in the Iron Mask as Claude
- 1977Star Wars as Red Two (Wedge Antilles)
- 1977Providence as Dave Woodford
- 1976The Paradise Run as Terrorist
- 1976Jumping Bean Bag as Snare
- 1973The Merchant of Venice as Launcelot Gobbo
Production 1
- 2011The Lighthouse Stevensons · production assistant
Directing 2
- 2002Solid Geometry · director
- 1999The Bass Player · director
Writing 2
- 2002Solid Geometry · writer
- 1999The Bass Player · writer