Known For
Acting
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 11, 1957 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England
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).
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.
| 2024 | A Gangster's Kissas Gilbert | |
| 2021 | To Be Someoneas Rudy | |
| 2021 | Cruellaas Asthma Man | |
| 2020 | Small Axeas Augustin | |
| 2020 | Ted Lassoas Denbo | |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Small Islandas | |
| 2016 | Hamletas Polonius / Grave Digger 1 | |
| 2015 | No Offenceas Upjohn Henderson | |
| 2013 | The Job Lotas Delmar | |
| 2012 | Patriarchas | |
| 2011 | Death in Paradiseas Vince Thuram | |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnorsas Lloyd Boateng | |
| 2010 | Thorneas Assistant Commissioner | |
| 2009 | Trinityas Barrington MacKenzie | |
| 2006 | Totally Doctor Whoas Self | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidentialas | |
| 2005 | Doctor Whoas Clive Jones | |
| 2004 | The Eagle: A Crime Odysseyas Le Mabé | |
| 2004 | Dangerous and the Lonely Heartsas Paddy Jones | |
| 2003 | Peep Showas Laurie | |
| 2003 | The Last Detectiveas | |
| 2001 | Waking the Deadas DI Mike Vedder | |
| 1998 | Undercover Heartas Wesley Carter | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Liesas Hortense's Brother | |
| 1991 | Bernard and the Genieas PC Parker | |
| 1991 | Smack and Thistleas Baron Greenback | |
| 1989 | Birds of a Featheras Andrew | |
| 1989 | Slipstreamas Committee Member | |
| 1987 | The New Statesmanas Lance Okum-Martin | |
| 1986 | Doctor Who: Mindwarpas Frax | |
| 1986 | Call Me Misteras | |
| 1985 | Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampireas Floyd | |
| 1985 | Flying Devilsas Sepp | |
| 1985 | Wateras Pepito | |
| 1984 | The Billas | |
| 1984 | Big Dealas Monty Riley | |
| 1983 | Struggleas Charlie | |
| 1982 | Easy Moneyas Frederick | |
| 1982 | Jake's Endas Heister | |
| 1982 | Pocketful of Dreamsas Albert | |
| 1981 | Burning an Illusionas Pest | |
| 1980 | Babylonas Beefy | |
| 1980 | The Long Good Fridayas Boy Under Car | |
| 1979 | Quadropheniaas Ferdy | |
| 1979 | Waterloo Sunsetas Lester | |
| 1978 | The Vanishing Armyas Sheldon | |
| 1978 | Victims of Apartheidas Bus conductor | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Weekas Sheldon | |
| 1976 | Play Thingsas Harmon | |
| 1974 | Playhouseas Albert | |
| 1974 | Playhouseas Frederick | |
| 1974 | Playhouseas Harmon | |
| 1974 | Playhouseas Heister | |
| 1963 | Doctor Whoas Frax |