Trevor Laird (born 11 July 1957, London, England) is a British actor.
Biography 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,"Play Things" at IMDb. and several Play For Todays: Victims of Apartheid by Tom Clarke (1978),"Victims of Apartheid" at IMDb. Barrie Keeffe's Waterloo Sunset (1979)"Waterloo Sunset" at IMDb. and The Vanishing Army by Robert Holles (1980)."The Vanishing Army" at IMDb.
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."Black Theatre Co-operative", Unfinished Histories. 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.Miguel Cullen, "30 years on: Franco Rosso on why Babylon's burning", The Independent, 11 November 2010. 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).
In 2015, Laird appeared as Vince Thuram in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise. In March 2021, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Samuel Asante.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1979 Quadrophenia Ferdy1980 Babylon Beefy The Long Good Friday Jim 1981 Burning an Illusion Pest 1982 Walter Errol Television film 1983 The Bride DJ Television film1985 Water Pepito De flyvende djævle Sepp Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Floyd 1989 Slipstream Committee Member1991 Smack and Thistle Baron Greenback Television film Bernard and the Genie PC Parker Television film 1996 Secrets & Lies Hortense's Brother 2000 Love, Honour and Obey Trevor 2011 National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors Lloyd Boateng Television film 2013 Patriarch Short film 2014 Family Reunion Dad 'Grandad' Short film 2019 National Theatre Live: Small Island Mr Philip / GI / Kenneth2020 Education Augustin Wood Part of "Small Axe" To Be Someone Rudy 2021 Cruella Asthma Man TBA Miss the Kiss Gilbert Post-production +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 BBC2 Playhouse Harmon Episode: "Play Things"1978 Play for Today Bus Conductor Episode: "Victims of Apartheid" BBC2 Play of the Week Sheldon Episode: "The Vanishing Army" 1979 Play for Today Lester Episode: "Waterloo Sunset" 1980 Play for Today Sheldon Episode: "The Vanishing Army" 1981 Maybury Winston Recurring role; 2 episodes1982 BBC2 Playhouse Albert Episode: "A Pocketful of Dreams" BBC2 Playhouse Heister Episode: "Jake's End" BBC2 Playhouse Frederick Episode: "Easy Money"1983 Crown Court Patrick Shadwell Episode: "A Black and White Case: Part 1" Give Us a Break Ossie Episode: "Streetwise and Nancy Free" 1983–1984 Struggle Charlie Recurring role; 4 episodes 1985 Big Deal Monty Riley Episode: "Getting Knotted"1986 Call Me Mister Harvey Episode: "Frozen Assets" Doctor Who Frax Recurring role; 4 episodes 1987 The New Statesman Lance Okum-Martin Episode: "Friends of St. James"1988 Tickets for the Titanic Miles Episode: "Incident on the Line" The Lenny Henry Show Trevor Recurring role; 4 episodes 1989 Birds of a Feather Andrew Episode: "Shift" 1992 Love Hurts Wesley Thompson Episode: "Walk Right Back" 1993 Us Girls Give Episode: "Series 2, Episode 5" 1996 Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives First Bodyguard Episode: "Restauranteurs" 1997 Grange Hill Sammy Episode: "Series 20, Episode 7" 1998 Undercover Heart Wesley Carter Miniseries; 6 episodes1999 Casualty Roy Turner Episode: "Love Over Gold" The Bill Jimmy Perry Episode: "Hot Money"2002 Holby City Gavin Clarke Episode: "Judas Kiss: Part 1" NCS: Manhunt Don Deck Episode: "Out of Time"2003 Doctors Phil Burton Episode: "Nature's Way" William and Mary Benjamin Manning Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4"2004 The Last Detective Paddy Jones Episode: "Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts" Peep Show Laurie Episode: "Local Hero"2005 The Murder Room Phil Carter Miniseries; 1 episode The Eagle Le Mabé Recurring role; 3 episodes 2007 Doctor Who Clive Jones Recurring role; 3 episodes2009 Waking the Dead DI Mike Vedder Episode: "End of the Night" Trinity Barrington MacKenzie Recurring role; 2 episodes2014 Holby City Tito Mullins Episode: "Mummy Dearest" Toast of London Nick Swivney Recurring role; 2 episodes2015 Death in Paradise Vince Thuram Episode: "Swimming in Murder" The Job Lot Delmar Episode: "Series 3, Episode 1" 2017 No Offence Upjohn Henderson Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1" 2021 Doctors Samuel Asante Episode: "Food for Thought" 2021–2023 Ted Lasso Denbo Recurring role; 3 episodes
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