Denis Lawson (innate September 27, 1947), is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles when Wedge Antilles in the Star Wars film series and when Urquhart in the film Local Hero. He has as well gained a few fame for existence a uncle of actor Ewan McGregor, who too appeared in the Star Wars films, in the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was innate around Perthshire, Scotland.

Lawson began his career by owning the little role within the 1969 stage production of The_Metamorphosis in London's West End. & has since asterisked within television dramas like Rock Follies (1976), Dead Head (1986). In the period of motion-picture photography of That Uncertain Feeling (1985), he met his future married woman, actress Sheila Gish. It lived together for about twenty years prior to marrying around 2004; she died a year later.

He reprised a role of Wedge Antilles around voiceover form, in the Nintendo GameCube game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2.

Inside 2001, Denis Lawson & Andrew Byatt, director of the Scottish Actors’ Studio, ran the workshop for actors, known as ''A Actor's Cut. It was a profits & Byatt secured A funds for another workshop, The Actor's Cut Two within 2004. Around two workshops, course topics involved reading & deciphering moving picture scripts, film language, working inside at close range, training cover directors, technicians, produce higher & wardrobe population & more actors’ egos.

Filmography
Bleak House (2005) (mini) TV (filming) Lucky Jim (2003) (TV) Holby City (2002-2004) TV Joy-Rider (2002) The Fabulous Bagel Boys (2001) (TV) Leonard (2001) Other People's Children (2000) TV Bob Martin (1999) TV Series Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV) The Ambassador (1998) TV The Round Tower (1998) (TV) Cervellini fritti impanati (1996) A Royal Scandal (1996) (TV) Born Kicking (1992) (TV) Natural Lies (1992) TV Bejewelled (1991) (TV) One Way Out (1989) (TV) The Justice Game (1989) (TV) The Zip (1988) Love After Lunch (1987) TV Kit Curran (1986) TV Dead Head (1986) (mini) TV That Uncertain Feeling (1985) (mini) TV The Chain (1984) The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984) TV Bitter Cherry (1983) Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) Local Hero (1983) The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) (TV) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) The Girl Who Walked Quickly (1978) (TV) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Rock Follies of '77 (1977) TV Providence (1977) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV) Rock Follies (1976) TV Survivors (1975) TV Ms or Jill and Jack (1974) (TV) The Merchant of Venice (1973) (TV)

Video games
Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2 (2001) (VG) (voice)

Trivia

Return of the Jedi is the only Star Wars film where his title is right spelled "Denis" in the ending credits. In the credits of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back'', his name is misspelled "Dennis."