
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

The Bill
1984

Waking the Dead
2001
as DI Mike Vedder

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

No Offence
2015
as Upjohn Henderson

Small Axe
2020
as Augustin

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
as Le Mabé

The Last Detective
2003

Thorne
2010
as Assistant Commissioner

Totally Doctor Who
2006
as Self

Big Deal
1984
as Monty Riley

The Job Lot
2013
as Delmar

Trinity
2009
as Barrington MacKenzie

Call Me Mister
1986

Undercover Heart
1998
as Wesley Carter
Movies (27)

Cruella
2021
as Asthma Man

The Long Good Friday
1980
as Boy Under Car

Secrets & Lies
1996
as Hortense's Brother

Water
1985
as Pepito

Quadrophenia
1979
as Ferdy

Slipstream
1989
as Committee Member

Babylon
1980
as Beefy

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
2011
as Lloyd Boateng

A Gangster's Kiss
2024
as Gilbert

Bernard and the Genie
1991
as PC Parker

Burning an Illusion
1981
as Pest

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Floyd

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
as Frax

National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019

Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004
as Paddy Jones

The Vanishing Army
1978
as Sheldon

Flying Devils
1985
as Sepp

Jake's End
1982
as Heister

Smack and Thistle
1991
as Baron Greenback

Victims of Apartheid
1978
as Bus conductor

Play Things
1976
as Harmon
Patriarch
2012

Waterloo Sunset
1979
as Lester

Easy Money
1982
as Frederick

Pocketful of Dreams
1982
as Albert

Hamlet
2016
as Polonius / Grave Digger 1

To Be Someone
2021
as Rudy
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
- The Long Good Friday (1980) — as Boy Under Car
- Secrets & Lies (1996) — as Hortense's Brother
- Water (1985) — as Pepito
- Quadrophenia (1979) — as Ferdy
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