Charles Lawson

Charles Lawson

Birth : 1959-09-17, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK

History

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.

Profile

Charles Lawson

Movies

Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Alexander Carlisle
Puckoon
Nigel Ferguson
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
Wilt
Cranham
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.
The Firm
Trigg
A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.
Up Line
Tommy Burns
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
Four Days in July
Billy
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Ascendancy
Boy
Ascendancy is a 1983 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.