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Trevor Laird | |
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| Born | 11 July 1957 |
| Occupation | Actor |
Trevor Laird (born 11 July 1957, London, England) is a British actor.
Born in Islington, London in 1957, Laird trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. [ citation needed ] Early roles included a 1976 role in a TV adaptation of the Peter Prince novel Playthings, directed by Stephen Frears, [1] and several Play For Today s: Victims of Apartheid by Tom Clarke (1978), [2] Barrie Keeffe's Waterloo Sunset (1979) [3] and The Vanishing Army by Robert Holles (1980). [4]
Laird was a founder member of the Black Theatre Co-operative (now NitroBeat) in 1978 and performed in its inaugural play Welcome Home Jacko by Mustapha Matura the following year. [5] He then had breakthrough roles in the 1979 film Quadrophenia - as Ferdy, a drug supplier for the main character Jimmy - and in Franco Rosso's 1980 cult classic Babylon as Beefy. [6] He played the boy under the car in The Long Good Friday (1980) and appeared in Menelik Shabazz's black British film Burning an Illusion . [7]
Later appearances include the 1986 Doctor Who serial Mindwarp as the guard commander Frax. He later returned to Doctor Who in the role of Clive Jones, father of the Tenth Doctor's companion Martha Jones.
In 1996 Laird played Hortense's brother in the Mike Leigh film Secrets & Lies . He played Wesley Carter in the TV series Undercover Heart , and Trevor in the British gangster film Love, Honour and Obey (2000). [7] He played DI Mike Vedder “End of the Night”, S8:E4 of Waking the Dead (2009).
In 2015, Laird appeared as Vince Thuram in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise . In March 2021, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Samuel Asante. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1979 | Quadrophenia | Ferdy | |
| 1980 | Babylon | Beefy | |
| The Long Good Friday | Jim | ||
| 1981 | Burning an Illusion | Pest | |
| 1982 | Walter | Errol | Television film |
| 1983 | The Bride | DJ | Television film |
| 1985 | Water | Pepito | |
| De flyvende djævle | Sepp | ||
| Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire | Floyd | ||
| 1989 | Slipstream | Committee Member | |
| 1991 | Smack and Thistle | Baron Greenback | Television film |
| Bernard and the Genie | PC Parker | Television film | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Hortense's Brother | |
| 2000 | Love, Honour and Obey | Trevor | |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors | Lloyd Boateng | Television film |
| 2013 | Patriarch | Short film | |
| 2014 | Family Reunion | Dad 'Grandad' | Short film |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Small Island | Mr Philip / GI / Kenneth | |
| 2020 | Education | Augustin Wood | Part of "Small Axe" |
| To Be Someone | Rudy | ||
| 2021 | Cruella | Asthma Man | |
| TBA | †Miss the Kiss | Gilbert | Post-production |
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | BBC2 Playhouse | Harmon | Episode: "Play Things" |
| 1978 | Play for Today | Bus Conductor | Episode: "Victims of Apartheid" |
| BBC2 Play of the Week | Sheldon | Episode: "The Vanishing Army" | |
| 1979 | Play for Today | Lester | Episode: "Waterloo Sunset" |
| 1980 | Play for Today | Sheldon | Episode: "The Vanishing Army" |
| 1981 | Maybury | Winston | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 1982 | BBC2 Playhouse | Albert | Episode: "A Pocketful of Dreams" |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Heister | Episode: "Jake's End" | |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Frederick | Episode: "Easy Money" | |
| 1983 | Crown Court | Patrick Shadwell | Episode: "A Black and White Case: Part 1" |
| Give Us a Break | Ossie | Episode: "Streetwise and Nancy Free" | |
| 1983–1984 | Struggle | Charlie | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 1985 | Big Deal | Monty Riley | Episode: "Getting Knotted" |
| 1986 | Call Me Mister | Harvey | Episode: "Frozen Assets" |
| Doctor Who | Frax | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Lance Okum-Martin | Episode: "Friends of St. James" |
| 1988 | Tickets for the Titanic | Miles | Episode: "Incident on the Line" |
| The Lenny Henry Show | Trevor | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
| 1989 | Birds of a Feather | Andrew | Episode: "Shift" |
| 1992 | Love Hurts | Wesley Thompson | Episode: "Walk Right Back" |
| 1993 | Us Girls | Give | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 5" |
| 1996 | Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives | First Bodyguard | Episode: "Restauranteurs" |
| 1997 | Grange Hill | Sammy | Episode: "Series 20, Episode 7" |
| 1998 | Undercover Heart | Wesley Carter | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 1999 | Casualty | Roy Turner | Episode: "Love Over Gold" |
| The Bill | Jimmy Perry | Episode: "Hot Money" | |
| 2002 | Holby City | Gavin Clarke | Episode: "Judas Kiss: Part 1" |
| NCS: Manhunt | Don Deck | Episode: "Out of Time" | |
| 2003 | Doctors | Phil Burton | Episode: "Nature's Way" |
| William and Mary | Benjamin Manning | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4" | |
| 2004 | The Last Detective | Paddy Jones | Episode: "Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts" |
| Peep Show | Laurie | Episode: "Local Zero" | |
| 2005 | The Murder Room | Phil Carter | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| The Eagle | Le Mabé | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| 2007 | Doctor Who | Clive Jones | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Waking the Dead | DI Mike Vedder | Episode: "End of the Night" |
| Trinity | Barrington MacKenzie | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2014 | Holby City | Tito Mullins | Episode: "Mummy Dearest" |
| Toast of London | Nick Swivney | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Death in Paradise | Vince Thuram | Episode: "Swimming in Murder" |
| The Job Lot | Delmar | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 1" | |
| 2017 | No Offence | Upjohn Henderson | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1" |
| 2021 | Doctors | Samuel Asante | Episode: "Food for Thought" |
| 2021–2023 | Ted Lasso | Denbo | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
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