![]() In 2001, he reprised the role, in voiceover form, for the GameCube game Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader and did the same for I Am Your Mother, an episode made by Aardman Animations for the Disney+ animated series Star Wars: Visions, in 2023. Lawson played X-Wing pilot Wedge Antilles in all three films of the original Star Wars trilogy. and has since starred in television dramas such as The Merchant of Venice (1973) opposite Laurence Olivier as Shylock, Rock Follies (1976) and Dead Head (1986). Lawson began his acting career with a small role in a 1969 stage production of The Metamorphosis in London's West End. ![]() He then sold carpets and did amateur theatre work for a year in Dundee before auditioning again at RADA in London and successfully at RSAMD in Glasgow. ![]() After the 11-plus examination, he attended Morrison's Academy as a day pupil before attending the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, having first unsuccessfully auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Lawson was educated at Crieff Public School (now called Crieff Primary School). He is the son of Phyllis Neno (née Stamper), a merchant, and Laurence Lawson, a watchmaker. Lawson was born in Glasgow but grew up in Crieff, Perthshire, after his family moved there when he was three years old. He is known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of Bleak House, as Gordon Urquhart in the film Local Hero, as Retired DI Steve McAndrew in BBC One's New Tricks, as Kit Curran in The Kit Curran Radio Show, and as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy, later reprising the role in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a British actor and director.
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