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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (7)

• The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• Celebrity Gogglebox — Self
• The Farmers' Country Showdown — Self - Narrator
• The One Show — Self
• Timeshift — Self - Narrator
• 2001The Real Hughie Green — Himself - Narrator
• 2001This is Stanley Baxter — Self - (Narrator)