Symond Lawes Explained

Birth Place:	Brighton, England
Occupation:	Actor, photographer, music manager, events producer and businessman
Years Active:	1984–present
Children:	Two sons

Symond Lawes is an English actor, photographer, businessman, and music manager, events producer, best known for his work in several features of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as being an artist manager of Ska bands along with supporting the style and culture of skinheads.

Life and career

A native of the United Kingdom, he began his career modeling at 13^[1] and went onto appear in several features of the 1980s and 1990s, including being an accredited actor in Doctor Who, The Getaway, Dear John and The Drugs Game.^[2] He also was a high demand men's fashion model for Merc Clothing.In 2007 he produced X-Ray Spex show live at Camden Roundhouse In 2011, he began the Great Skinhead Reunion in Brighton, England,^[1] and is the owner and administrator of subcultz.com.^[1] He played a character called Henry in The One Game^[2] released in 2020 on Amazon prime. He is also the manager of Jamaican ska band Pyramids Symarip^[3] He currently resides in his native Brighton with his two sons, performs music, and is active with photography. In 2014, he organized a reunion for skinheads on Brighton Beach.^[4] In 2016, he appeared in the BBC Four documentary, The Story of Skinhead by Don Letts.^{[5] [6]} His sons, Archie Brewis-Lawes and Jack Brewis-Lawes, have the band called Mindofalion.^[7]

Filmography

• Meades Eats (TV Series documentary)
  • Whose Food? (2003) ... White Van Man
  • Fast Food (2003) ... Robber
• 2002 The Getaway (Video Game)- Sparky / Pedestrian (voice, as Symmond Lawes also)
• 1990 Troublemakers (TV Series)
  • Episode #1.4 (1990) ... Spud
• 1990 The Bill (TV Series)
• Legacies (1990) ... Carl Benskin
• 1988 The Firm
• Yeti Gang Member
• 1988 Doctor Who (TV Series)
• Silver Nemesis: Part Two (1988) ... Skinhead^[8]
• 1988 The One Game (TV Mini-Series)
  • Saturday (1988) ... Punk 3
  • Friday (1988) ... Punk 3

• 1987 Dear John (TV Series)

• • Kate Returns (1987) ... Wayne
• The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Barry Kents gang Skinhead (1987)^[9]

External links

• • Home Page, Lawes own and personally managed website
• Symond Lawes, Lawes blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Feed - Merc Faces - Symond the Skin - Merc Clothing. Merc.com. 14 April 2023 .
2. Web site: Symond Lawes. IMDb.com.
3. Web site: Pyramids Symarip.
4. News: Skinheads reunited at the beach. The Argus. en. 2017-11-28.
5. Web site: Skinheads BBC, Don Letts . Subcultz.com. en-GB. 2017-12-28.
6. Web site: Brighton Magazine - Brighton's Dakka Skanks Bring Their Two-Tone Heavy Mix of Sounds & Social Commentary to Concorde 2. Magazine.brighton.co.uk. 25 April 2023.
7. Web site: Mindofalion - Interview - 2016. Iain. Lauder. Brightonsfinest.com.
8. Book: Lofficier, Jean-Marc Lofficier; Randy. The Doctor Who Programme Guide: Fourth Edition. 2003-05-08. iUniverse. 9781462098965. en.
9. Web site: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV Series 1987) . IMDb.com.