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Denis Lawson

Highest Rated: 100% Local Hero (1983)

Lowest Rated: 20% The Wee Man (2013)

Birthday: Sep 27, 1947

Birthplace: Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Denis Lawson is a Scottish screen and stage actor who won international recognition for playing the lead role of John Jarndyce in the British TV miniseries "Bleak House." Lawson trained in theatrical arts at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and began his stage career on London's West End, appearing in a minor role in a 1969 production of "The Metamorphosis." In the 1970s Lawson played numerous supporting roles on British TV dramas, most notably as Launcelot Gobbo in the 1973 film version of "The Merchant of Venice." After appearing as X-wing pilot Wedge Antilles in all three films in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, he returned to stage acting in the late '80s and '90s, making occasional guest appearances on TV comedies and dramas. He also gained notice for his supporting role as the innkeeper Gordon Urquhart in Bill Forsyth's sly Scottish comedy "Local Hero." But Lawson's greatest success came in 2005 when he was cast as the male lead in the BBC critically acclaimed miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Bleak House." The series garnered numerous critical accolades both in the U.K. and abroad, with Lawson himself earning an Emmy nomination for his performance as the kindly John Jarndyce.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 87% Local Hero
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82% 94% Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Watchlist
79% 46% The Machine
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73% 86% Providence
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57% 60% Perfect Sense
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20% 44% The Wee Man
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Bejewelled
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Lucky Jim
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One Way Out
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89% Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
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Filmography

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - 40th Anniversary 99% 2023 Wedge Antilles Actor The Wee Man 20% 44% 2013 Willie Actor The Machine 79% 46% 2013 Thomson Actor Perfect Sense 57% 60% 2011 Boss Actor Enid 54% 2009 Kenneth Waters Actor Mr. Eleven 36% 2008 Len Actor Marple: Ordeal by Innocence 2007 Actor Lucky Jim 2002 Julius Gore-Urqhart Actor Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant 89% 1998 Captain "Dreadnought" Foster Actor Acting Out 1996 Actor Bejewelled 1991 Alistair Actor One Way Out 1988 Bernard Actor Love After Lunch 1986 Miles Actor The Chain 75% 1984 Keith Actor Local Hero 100% 87% 1983 Urquhart Actor Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 82% 94% 1983 Wedge Antilles Actor The Man in the Iron Mask 64% 1977 Claude Actor Providence 73% 86% 1977 Actor
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