Charles Lawson

Charles Lawson

Known for

Acting

Born

September 17, 1959 (age 67)

Birthplace

Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Biography

Born 17th September, 1959 in Enniskillen as Quintin Charles Devenish Lawson, Charles Lawson is a Northern Irish actor best known for playing Jim McDonald in Coronation Street on and off since 1989. He has also worked with iconic British filmmakers like Alan Clarke in 1988 and Mike Leigh in Four Days in July in 1985.

Best known work

The Firm
The Firm
1989
The Bill
The Bill
1984
Wilt
Wilt
1989
Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Bread
Bread
1986
Four Days in July
Four Days in July
1984
GMTV
GMTV
1993
Harry's Game
Harry's Game
1982
Ascendancy
Ascendancy
1983
Puckoon
Puckoon
2002

Filmography

  1. 2023

    Funboys

    as Marty

  2. 2005

    Titanic: Birth of a Legend

    as Alexander Carlisle

  3. 2002

    Puckoon

    as Nigel Ferguson

  4. 1996

    Dalziel and PascoeTV

    as Charles Stubbs (1 episode)

  5. 1993

    GMTVTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  6. 1989

    Wilt

    as Cranham

  7. 1989

    The Firm

    as Trigg

  8. 1987

    Up Line

    as Tommy Burns

  9. 1986

    BreadTV

    as Yizzel (10 episodes)

  10. 1985

    Screen TwoTV

    as Trigg (1 episode)

  11. 1984

    Four Days in July

    as Billy

  12. 1984

    The BillTV

  13. 1983

    Ascendancy

    as Boy

  14. 1982

    Harry's GameTV

    as Seamus Duffryn (3 episodes)

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