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Australian comedian

David Alexander Webster Lawson^[1] (born 25 September 1978) is an Australian actor and TV personality.

Lawson grew up in the Bayside area of Melbourne, Victoria and completed his secondary education at Haileybury College. He studied advertising and marketing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.^[2] While his parents wanted him to pursue a more traditional career path, they were supportive of his interest in becoming an actor. His father encouraged him to “give [acting] a go for a bit” while granting himself “a cut off time.”^[2][3]

In college, Lawson’s friend’s mother, who was a casting agent, helped him secure several appearances in television commercials for Dr. Pepper and Kmart.^[3]He was eventually approached by the Nickelodeon Australia network about hosting Saturday Nick Television, and he ended up working with them for almost a decade. He hosted Sarvo, Nick Takes Over Your School and Camp Orange. He also co-hosted with fellow Sarvo host James Kerley and Sophie Monk for the 2006 Nickelodeon Australian Kids’ Choice Awards. On 16 February 2007, he announced his intention to leave Nickelodeon Australia, although several remarks by Kerley hinted that Lawson might return at a later stage.

Lawson returned to television work in April 2008, co-hosting The Dave & Kerley Show with James Kerley on Channel V at 10am on Sunday mornings. He was also a host and participant in the Ten Network‘s Guerrilla Gardeners, in which, because of his experience, he was hired primarily “to spin lines to the councils [attempting to stop the show] when they turned up”.^[4]

He also appeared in the Toyota Memorable Moments series of television commercials, depicting great moments in the history of Australian rules football with fellow comedian Stephen Curry. Curry plays the straight man, while an over-enthusiastic Lawson annoys, and is usually hurt by, the players as they recreate the scenes. Lawson also appeared in the music videos for Alex Lloyd‘s “Green”, Duncan James‘s “Speed of Life”, and Gerling‘s “Dust Me Selecta”.^[5]

Lawson appeared on the 2013 ABC comedy series It’s a Date, along with Poh Ling Yeow, and in the 2014 ABC comedy Utopia.

In February 2021, Lawson married actor Sarah Snook in a private ceremony in Brooklyn, New York. The couple first met in 2014 and started dating in 2020 after being quarantined together during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] They welcomed a daughter in May 2023.^[7] He also has a son from a previous relationship.^[3]