Lennie James
| Lennie James | |
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 Lennie James, February 2008 |
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| Born | Lennie James 11 October 1965 Nottingham, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor, Writer |
| Years active | 1988-present |
Lennie James (born 11 October 1965) is an English actor and playwright.
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[edit] Career
James attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1988. He has appeared in over twenty films, including the 1998 film adaptation of Les Misérables, the Guy Ritchie crime caper Snatch (2000), 24 Hour Party People (2002), and Sahara (2005) and wrote the play The Sons of Charlie Paora which was performed at London's Royal Court Theatre. He appeared in the short-lived Channel 4 prison drama "Buried".
He played Luke Gardner in the BBC terrorism drama The State Within, Bishop David Newman on the BBC spy drama Spooks and Robert Hawkins in the CBS post-apocalyptic television drama series Jericho. He played the role of Cedric Munroe in the 2007 film Outlaw.
He was in a 2008 television drama, Fallout, which aired on Channel 4, playing the role of a detective alongside another detective solving a teen related murder. James also appeared in an episode of Lie to Me. Airing in November 2009, he was "Number 147" in the AMC Television/ITV miniseries The Prisoner. He has also appeared in season 2 of HBO's comedy series Hung as a fellow pimp who gives Tanya advice. 2010 also saw him star as Morgan Jones, a father protecting his son from the zombie apocalypse, in the AMC series The Walking Dead.[1][2] He was recently in episodes of Human Target as the assassin "Baptiste". He appears in a starring role in the 2010 feature film Tic. He also appeared in the 2011 action film Colombiana.
[edit] Personal life
James was born in Nottingham, England.[3] His Afro-Trinidadian parents originate from Nigeria. James is the main cook for his family, and has professed a fondness for Caribbean cuisine. His favourite football team is Tottenham Hotspur.[4] He lived in South London and went to school at Ernest Bevin College. He has three daughters – Romy and twins Celine and Georgia with his longtime partner Giselle Glasman.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Drew Pisarra (2008-07-24). "Four More Residents of The Village". AMC. http://blogs.amctv.com/the-prisoner/2008/07/casting-announcement.php.
- ^ "Lennie James as 147". AMC. 2009-11-16. http://www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/cast/147.
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/53/Lennie-James.html
- ^ Keckler (2008-02-18). "The Lennie James Interview". Television Without Pity: p. 10. http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/Shows/Jericho/Stories/The-Lennie-James-Interview?currentPage=10.
- ^ Biography for Lennie James at the Internet Movie Database
