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Denis Lawson (born September 27, 1947 in Crieff, Perth and Kinross), is a Scottish actor.
Life and career He is best known for his roles as Wedge Antilles in the Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and and as Gordon Urquhart in the film Local Hero. He has also gained some fame for being the uncle of actor Ewan McGregor. He was born in Perthshire, Scotland. Lawson began his career with a small role in a 1969 stage production of The Metamorphosis in London's West End. and has since starred in television dramas such as Rock Follies (1976), Dead Head (1986). In 1979 he had a child, Jamie*, with actress Diane Fletcher, with whom he had a seven year relationship after meeting in a stage production of "Twelfth Night". He met his wife, Sheila (Anne Syme) Gish, on the set of the 1985 movie "That Uncertain Feeling". They lived together for nearly twenty years before marrying in March 2004 (Antigua) she died a year later of cancer (March 9, 2005). Her daughter, Lou Gish, died in 2006 of cancer as well. He reprised the role of Wedge Antilles in voiceover form, in the Nintendo GameCube game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2. He recently appeared on "Loose Ends" hosted by Ned Sherrin on BBC Radio 4 (Saturday 10th December 2005), during which his mobile phone rang. In 2005 he played the leading role of John Jarndyce in the critically acclaimed BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, receiving an Emmy nomination for his sympathetic supporting performance. In 2007 he will feature in the BBC One drama serial Jekyll, a modern version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.• Filmography Video games Trivia Notes | ||||||||
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