Denis Stamper Lawson is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his roles as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy and as Gordon Urquhart in the film Local Hero.

Lawson began his acting career with a small role in a 1969 stage production of The Metamorphosis in London's West End. and has since starred in television dramas such as Rock Follies (1976), Dead Head (1986). He played X-wing pilot Wedge Antilles in all three original Star Wars movies, and later reprised the role, in voiceover form, for the Nintendo GameCube game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2.

He has appeared often on the West End stage, most notably in 527-show 1983-1984 run of the musical Mr. Cinders at the Fortune Theatre. In 1999, he directed a production of "Little Malcolm & His Struggle Against the Eunuchs" - first at the Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the Comedy Theatre in London's West End. The production starred his nephew Ewan McGregor in the lead role of Malcolm Scrawdyke

He recently appeared on an episode of "Loose Ends" hosted by Ned Sherrin on BBC Radio 4 (10 December 2005), during which his cell phone rang. In 2005, he played the leading role of John Jarndyce in the critically acclaimed BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, receiving an Emmy nomination. As a joke, George Lucas offered him the role of Raymus Antilles (unrelated to Wedge) in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which Lawson declined.

In 2007, he portrayed Peter Syme in the BBC One drama serial Jekyll, a modern version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Lawson also appeared as Captain "Dreadnought" Foster in one of ITV's dramatisations of C.S. Forester's Hornblower - The second episode in the series, "The Examination for Lieutenant". He recently appeared in the BBC adaptation of Robin Hood, in episode six, For England!, in which he played the Sheriff of Winchester.