Derek Lawson

Actor

Ilkley, United Kingdom

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February 2014

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About Derek

A native of the North East of England, Derek started acting at his local theatre group in Sunderland, after which he made his way to London. Whilst there he took many roles, including Eilert Loevborg in Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen), Professor Higgins in Pygmalion, Adolphus Cussins in Major Barbara (George Bernard Shaw), and Stanley in Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller).
In the early 1980’s, Derek moved on to the USA and studied with the acclaimed improvisation tutor, Viola Spolin, in New York. He has put the knowledge he gained there when working as a tutor for Yorkshire based groups such as Northern Star Acting, YAFTA and Central Stage Acting.
Derek made his London debut as a Director with Educating Rita (Willy Russell) and followed that up with Middle Aged Spread (Roger Hall) and Anton Chekov’s, The Proposal.
Derek has also appeared in many film and television productions. He was seen at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the short film, Dark Solitude. (Skipper). He has also appeared in several small screen productions including Coronation Street, Shameless, Cold Blood, and Casualty 1907. During 2013 Derek worked in the USA where he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2013 Filmed in Utah awards for his portrayal of Frank Sarvis in the Amazon Prime TV series ‘Day Zero’.
Derek has written three full-length plays, Run For Home and Bad Moon Rising, which are adaptations of books by crime novelist, Sheila Quigley and Snatched From Home based on a novel by Graham Smith. His first radio play, Murder Mystery Murder was recorded in February 2015.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 1"

Weight:
216

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Salt/Pepper

Eyes:
Hazel

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Run For Home Action ⋄ Drama ⋄ Thriller When a headless body is found, Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt is called in to investigate. Then a more urgent case lands on her desk, Claire Lumsdon, a 13-year old girl goes missing.

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Day Zero (2012 - 2015)
Television (Drama and Sci-Fi) Actor The Earth has been mostly destroyed as a result of World War IV (Day Zero). Radiation and fallout from the global attacks affected most of those who survived, regressing them into a primitive-like state. The fairly scattered, infected "Hybrids" hunted down and killed nearly all of the remaining unaffected humans. A group of survivors in Utah are left to fend for themselves against both Humans and Hybrids. Written by Nguyen, Cal
A Royal Night Out (2015)
Film (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Actor On V.E. Day in 1945, as peace extends across Europe, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. It is a night full of excitement, danger and the first flutters of romance.
Crimson the Sleeping Owl (2014)
Film (Horror) Actor The Sleeping Owl is a centuries old cult that have been hunting and cataloging an immortal race of supra beings whom are older than the Neanderthals. Beings whom have been hiding in plain sight by writing their own myths and legends. Making mankind fear the dark so they can come to them in the light. A small group of humans are in the know of what the five tribes have been doing since the beginning of time and realize that exposure is not the answer to defeating these feeders of our bloodlines. So the borderlands have erected walls of the underground where the lie of the vampire is the one truth that bares all. These immortals need man's blood to exist and live. So they create the blood bank to catalog the blood types in to the five tribes. And then they deal blood to one another and farm human blood dolls as their cattle. their food supply. The Sleeping owl set out to hunt and stop these sects where and when they can and that is where our heroes come in. Lysana and her sleeping owl ... Written by Chase Johnston-Lynch
Following the Wicca Man (2013)
Film (Horror, Mystery and Thriller) Actor Clayton Stone is a successful film maker, with the world at his feet. When conducting research for his latest film about modern day Witches. He tries to infiltrate a secret Wicca Coven, with disastrous consequences for his loved ones and those who try to save his soul. Has his research gone too far? Written by Anonymous
Dream On (2013)
Film (Drama and Romance) Actor The course of true love does not run smoothly for two young lads in Norman's Cozy Welsh campsite in the mid 80s. Paul, an innocent northerner from Rochdale, meets George, a jack the lad, nervy young man from London. Paul has come on holiday with his domineering mum Denise and her attempts to control him, though comic, throw him further into thrall with George. Both teenagers dream of escape but their dreams go through many ups and downs in the course of Dream On. Based on the play by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan Written by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan
Dark Solitude (2011)
Film (Short, Action, Fantasy and Horror) Actor After decades of living on her own, in her own solitary confinement on a remote island, Christina finds herself being hunted. She knows that they are led by someone from her own past, Walters, a hardened vampire hunter who has one passion only, to kill those that don't belong in the natural world. What Walters' team don't understand is that they are being used for another purpose, unprepared for what is about to prevail as they find their darkest nightmare come to life in a horrific reality. Over 200 years have passed since Christina saw a need to use her own skills as an assassin, yet now she finds herself in need of those skills once more to do battle to protect her own solitary life. Written by Anonymous
Worried About the Boy (2010)
TV Movie (Biography, Drama and Music) Actor In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter,who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss,on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk,George turns to Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. George's spell with McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming,where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future. Written by don @ minifie-1
Saka no ue no kumo (2009)
Television (Drama) Actor Add a Plot »
Casualty 1907 (2008)
Television (Drama) Actor Uses case notes, ward diaries and memoirs from archives at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, to bring real doctors, nurses and patients from a Edwardian London hospital back to life.
Kombat Opera Presents (2007)
Television (Comedy and Musical) Actor Spoofing popular TV programmes in operatic form.
Shameless (2007)
Television (Comedy, Crime and Drama) Actor The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors. Written by Company Pictures (website)
Lilies (2007)
Television (Drama) Actor Tough, sexy, funny and heartbreaking, Lillies details the lives of Iris, May and Ruby Moss - Catholic sisters coming of age in a dockland terraced house. Familial love sustains them, and their fortunes are bound to those of their brother and their father. Set in the years immediately following the First World War, Lilies pulls no punches in its storytelling. It depicts a sensual, vivid and sometimes savage universe - where life is lived on a knife-edge of poverty, fuelled by various kinds of love. Dadda, the family's charismatic and mercurial father married very young, is now widowed, and his struggle to nurture his unruly children proves both moving and comic. Written by Anonymous
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley (2007)
TV Movie (Drama and Thriller) Actor Add a Plot »
Me, My Lass and Chris Green (2007)
Film (Short, Comedy and Drama) Actor One man's conflict between his mate and his beer and his girl.
Fated (2006)
Film (Romance and Fantasy) Actor Jack employs his younger brother Cal to work as a bouncer at his new club, which attracts the likes of Jools, Kathleen and Pedro. Feeling that he's living in Jack's shadow, Cal sets fire to his brother's fiancee's wedding dress, accidentally burning down the club as a result - Cal goes on the lam. Meanwhile, Tatty witnesses a statue coming to life in a burnt out church. Called Amy, she only has a short amount of time on this earth, she must recieve a kiss from her true love between midnight and sunrise. Cal appears to be her ideal suitor, but he dosen't know that her time is running out. Written by Chris Crook
O Jerusalem (2006)
Film (Drama) Actor A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the country of Israel is being created.
Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006)
Television (Drama) Actor Ashley, a 15-year-old Runcorn schoolgirl is 'discovered' by a model agency scout whilst in a café. As she shoots to fame her family is disrupted and her life, and that of her family, is turned upside down.
Bradford Riots (2006)
TV Movie (Drama) Actor Bradford Riots tells the story of the 2001 riots and their aftermath from the point of view of an Asian family. Written by Mark Bentley
Dot.Kill (2005)
Film (Crime and Thriller) Actor Old-fashioned NYPD detective Charlie Daines, a grave long cancer sufferer, feels out of his depth when as serial killer posts his gruesomely imaginative murders, mostly on top managers, on Internet, first spotted by his couch-potato son Vinnie. The brass rather confides the high-profile case to 'nerds', champion of whom is wheelchair-stuck Adam Sotrel. Charlie systematically alienates everybody, family and colleagues, but finds an angle to approach the case. Written by KGF Vissers
Days That Shook the World (2003)
Television (Documentary and History) Actor Add a Plot »
Beyond Survival
Film (Action, Fantasy, Romance and Sci-Fi) Actor Saving Kara from a brutal gang rape may have been the biggest mistake Ranger Hilts ever made when they find themselves on the run together in post apocalyptic world.
Hedge
Film (Short, Drama, Fantasy and Horror) Actor After a traumatic event rocks a schoolgirls world, dark forces begin to consume her. As she gains control of these forces, she uncovers an atrocity in her town that will change the course of her life forever.

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