Trevor Laird
Known for Acting · 50 credits
- Born
- 1957-07-11 (age 68)
- 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 (23)
Doctor Who
2005
as Clive Jones
Death in Paradise
2011
as Vince Thuram
Doctor Who
1963
as Frax
Ted Lasso
2020
as Denbo
Waking the Dead
2001
as DI Mike Vedder
The Bill
1984
Playhouse
1974
as Harmon / Albert / Heister / Frederick
Birds of a Feather
1989
as Andrew
Peep Show
2003
as Laurie
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Sheldon
The New Statesman
1987
as Lance Okum-Martin
Small Axe
2020
as Augustin
No Offence
2015
as Upjohn Henderson
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
as Le Mabé
The Last Detective
2003
Thorne
2010
as Assistant Commissioner
The Job Lot
2013
as Delmar
Totally Doctor Who
2006
as Self
Big Deal
1984
as Monty Riley
Call Me Mister
1986
Trinity
2009
as Barrington MacKenzie
Undercover Heart
1998
as Wesley Carter
Movies (27)
Cruella
2021
as Asthma Man
Secrets & Lies
1996
as Hortense's Brother
The Long Good Friday
1980
as Boy Under Car
Quadrophenia
1979
as Ferdy
Water
1985
as Pepito
Slipstream
1989
as Committee Member
National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
2011
as Lloyd Boateng
Babylon
1980
as Beefy
Bernard and the Genie
1991
as PC Parker
National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Floyd
A Gangster's Kiss
2024
as Gilbert
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
as Frax
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004
as Paddy Jones
The Vanishing Army
1978
as Sheldon
Waterloo Sunset
1979
as Lester
Victims of Apartheid
1978
as Bus conductor
Jake's End
1982
as Heister
Play Things
1976
as Harmon
Smack and Thistle
1991
as Baron Greenback
Burning an Illusion
1981
as Pest
Easy Money
1982
as Frederick
To Be Someone
2021
as Rudy
Flying Devils
1985
as Sepp
Patriarch
2012
Pocketful of Dreams
1982
as Albert
Hamlet
2016
as Polonius / Grave Digger 1
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 50 credits spanning from 1963 to 2024, Trevor Laird has appeared in 27 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Trevor Laird Movies
- Cruella (2021) — as Asthma Man
- Secrets & Lies (1996) — as Hortense's Brother
- The Long Good Friday (1980) — as Boy Under Car
- Quadrophenia (1979) — as Ferdy
- Water (1985) — as Pepito
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