Denis Lawson
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: September 27, 1947
Place of Birth: Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
No Holds Bard
Comedy following the lives of five people as they prepare to vie for the 2009 Cup O'Kindness, the trophy awarded to the champion in Robert Burns poetry recital. The film captures the ups and downs of each participant's progress as the pressure intensifies, the poems are recited and the champion is crowned. Held in Alloway, the birthplace of Burns himself, this prestigious competition is the centrepiece of the annual celebrations devoted to the Bard's immortal memory. And this year it may prove memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Somnium
Joan Kepler is an intergalactic postal worker. She's top of her game, a senior deliverer in an industry that's been threatened by newer, faster technologies. Keeping Joan company on her endless missions is her ship, PAT 1. He's laconic, lazy and desperate to retire but remains deeply loyal. Together they've explored the outer edges of the galaxy, all the while preserving their 100% delivery record. But on this job, something's different. Three innocuous packages and a trip into uncharted space: it's nothing she hasn't handled before.
The Empire Strikes Back
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
Star Wars
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Bleak House
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
Inside No. 9
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
The Lighthouse Stevensons
The story of the remarkable family who tamed the wild Scottish coastline, told 200 years after the building of their first iconic lighthouse, the Bell Rock. For nearly 150 years, Robert Stevenson, his sons and grandsons designed many of the lighthouses around Scotland's coast. His sons Alan, David and Thomas also became lighthouse engineers. His grandsons (David's sons) David Alan Stevenson and Charles Stevenson designed lighthouses too.
Survivors
Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague – referred to as "The Death" – that kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.
Tales from the Crypt
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Filmography
as Lincoln Leigh Varsey
as Self - Contestant
as Wedge Antilles (voice)
as Wedge Antilles
as PAT 1
as Self
as Self - Narrator
as Narrator
as Laurence Dowdell
as Duke of Atholl
as Gerald
as Thomson
as Willie Ferris
as Walter Sullivan
as Mr. Buckley
as Various
as Philip Marston
as Boss
as Kenny Ho
as Robert Bowen
as Narrator - (Voice)
as Narrator (Voice)
as Kenneth Waters
as Alexander Fleming
as Philip Woodleigh
as Miekel
as Bill Faber
as Annas
as Narrator (voice)
as Peter Syme
as Narrator
as Self
as Father Plunkett
as Al Jackson
as John Jarndyce
as Leo Argyle
as Benny
as Steve McAndrew
as Narrator
as Julius Gore-Urqhart
as Self - (Narrator)
as Tom Campbell-Gore
as Captain 'Dreadnought' Foster
as Captain Foster
as Arthur Brett
as Henry Brougham
as John Barron
as Nick Spencer
as Victor Grace
as James Towne
as Alistair
as Film Boffin
as Frank
as Eric
as Miles Henderson
as Eddie Cass
as Keith
as Kit Curran
as Narrator
as Wedge
as Gordon Urquhart
as Giroux
as Felix
as Wedge Antilles
as David Cooper
as 2nd Journalist
as Professor Byron Smith / Ernest Dowson
as Claude
as Red Two (Wedge Antilles)
as Dave Woodford
as Terrorist
as Snare
as Norman
as Launcelot Gobbo
as Felix
as Snare