Born: 1947

Denis Lawson has gone through a good part of his professional career since 1977 being thought of simply as X-Wing fighter pilot Wedge Antilles, a part he first played in Star_Wars and reprised (with more screen time each time) in The_Empire_Strikes_Back and Return_Of_The_Jedi. The character is notable for being one of the few X-Wing pilots to survive the various battles.


Lawson has done far more than a bit part in a major movie, however, having had a steady career in theater, television, and film. He co-starred with Peter_Riegert and Burt_Lancaster in Bill_Forsyth's Local_Hero, and later headed up a pair of miniseries, The Justice Game and The Justice Game II: The Lady From Rome, as affluent Glasgow lawyer Dominic Rossi. As the '90s drew to a close, much was made of the fact that Lawson is the uncle of Ewan McGregor, the actor cast as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the trilogy of Star_Wars prequels. Steven E. McDonald, Rovi

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