Trevor Laird
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1957-07-11 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Islington, London, England
- Also known as
- Trevor H. Laird · Trevor H Laird
Biography
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. Early roles included a 1976 role in a TV adaptation of the Peter Prince novel Playthings, directed by Stephen Frears, and several Play For Todays: Victims of Apartheid by Tom Clarke (1978),Barrie Keeffe's Waterloo Sunset (1979) and The Vanishing Army by Robert Holles (1980).
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. 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. 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.
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). He played DI Mike Vedder “End of the Night”, S8:E4 of Waking the Dead (2009).
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Doctor Who
2005
as Clive Jones
Death in Paradise
2011
as Vince Thuram
Doctor Who
1963
as Frax
Ted Lasso
2020
as Denbo
The Bill
1984
Playhouse
1974
as Harmon / Albert / Heister / Frederick
Waking the Dead
2001
as DI Mike Vedder
Peep Show
2003
as Laurie
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Sheldon
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
as Le Mabé
Birds of a Feather
1989
as Andrew
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
No Offence
2015
as Upjohn Henderson
The New Statesman
1987
as Lance Okum-Martin
Small Axe
2020
as Augustin
The Last Detective
2003
Trinity
2009
as Barrington MacKenzie
Thorne
2010
as Assistant Commissioner
Big Deal
1984
as Monty Riley
The Job Lot
2013
as Delmar
Totally Doctor Who
2006
as Self
Call Me Mister
1986
Undercover Heart
1998
as Wesley Carter
Struggle
1983
as Charlie
Movies (27)
Cruella
2021
as Asthma Man
The Long Good Friday
1980
as Boy Under Car
Secrets & Lies
1996
as Hortense's Brother
Quadrophenia
1979
as Ferdy
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
as Frax
Babylon
1980
as Beefy
Slipstream
1989
as Committee Member
A Gangster's Kiss
2024
as Gilbert
Burning an Illusion
1981
as Pest
Water
1985
as Pepito
Play Things
1976
as Harmon
Bernard and the Genie
1991
as PC Parker
Flying Devils
1985
as Sepp
Pocketful of Dreams
1982
as Albert
The Vanishing Army
1978
as Sheldon
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004
as Paddy Jones
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Floyd
Smack and Thistle
1991
as Baron Greenback
Easy Money
1982
as Frederick
National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
2011
as Lloyd Boateng
Waterloo Sunset
1979
as Lester
Jake's End
1982
as Heister
National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
Victims of Apartheid
1978
as Bus conductor
To Be Someone
2021
as Rudy
Hamlet
2016
as Polonius / Grave Digger 1
Patriarch
2012
About Trevor Laird
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. Early roles included a 1976 role in a TV adaptation of the Peter Prince novel Playthings, directed by Stephen Frears, and several Play For Todays: Victims of Apartheid by Tom Clarke (1978),Barrie Keeffe's Waterloo Sunset (1979) and The Vanishing Army by Robert Holles (1980). Laird was a founder member of the Black Theatre Co-operative (now NitroBeat) in 1978 and performed in its inaugural play Welcom… With 51 credits spanning from 1963 to 2024, Trevor Laird has appeared in 27 films and 24 TV shows.
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- Cruella (2021) — as Asthma Man
- The Long Good Friday (1980) — as Boy Under Car
- Secrets & Lies (1996) — as Hortense's Brother
- Quadrophenia (1979) — as Ferdy
- Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986) — as Frax
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