Andrew Lincoln
| Andrew Lincoln | |
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Lincoln at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International.
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| Born | Andrew James Clutterbuck 14 September 1973 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) | Gael Anderson (m. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
Andrew James Clutterbuck (born 14 September 1973),[1] better known by his stage name Andrew Lincoln, is an English actor. He is most recognized for his portrayal of Rick Grimes, the lead character on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead. He first came to public attention as Egg in the BBC drama This Life, followed by roles such as Simon in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers and Mark in the romantic comedy film Love Actually (2003).
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Early life[edit]
Andrew Clutterbuck was born in London,[2] the son of an English civil engineer and a South African nurse.[3][4] His family moved to Hull when he was 18 months old, and then to Bath when he was eight or nine.[2] He attended Beechen Cliff School, where at age 14 he had his first acting role as the Artful Dodger in a school production of Oliver!.[5][6] He spent a summer at the National Youth Theatre in London and became interested in acting as a career.[7] After leaving school, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and began to use "Andrew Lincoln" as his stage name.[8]
Career[edit]
Lincoln made his first on-screen appearance in "Births and Deaths", a 1994 episode of Channel 4 sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey.[9] In 1995, soon after finishing drama school, he was offered his first major role playing Edgar "Egg" Cook, one of the leading characters in the acclaimed BBC drama This Life.[10][11] He went on to star in a number of British television series and dramas such as The Woman in White, The Canterbury Tales and Wuthering Heights,[12][13] most notably as probationary teacher Simon Casey in the successful Channel 4 sitcom Teachers.[14] He also had a lead role as university lecturer and psychologist Robert Bridge in Afterlife, and starred in the 2010 Sky One series Strike Back with Richard Armitage.[15]
Lincoln appeared in several films such as Human Traffic and Gangster No. 1, and starred alongside Vanessa Paradis in Pascal Chaumeil's Heartbreaker.[16] In particular, his role as Mark in the 2003 film Love Actually gained him wider recognition.[17]
In addition to film and television, Lincoln also performed in the theatre. He appeared in a number of plays, including the stage production of Hushabye Mountain in 1999,[18] the widely-praised Blue/Orange in 2000 and 2001,[19][20] The Late Henry Moss in 2006,[21] the Parlour Song in 2009,[5] as well as radio productions.[22] He also works as a voice-over artist, providing voice-overs for adverts and media campaigns, as well as narration for numerous documentaries.[23] He also directed two episodes in the third series of Teachers for which he won a BAFTA nomination for Best New Director (Fiction) in 2004.[8][24]
The Walking Dead[edit]
In April 2010, Lincoln was cast as Rick Grimes,[25] the protagonist[26] of AMC's live-action adaptation of the comic book series The Walking Dead.[27] Grimes is a sheriff's deputy who awakens from a months-long coma in the midst of a violent zombie apocalypse caused by an unknown pathogen. He becomes the leader of a group of family and friends who are forced to relentlessly fight nonstop evil in the form of flesh-eating zombies -- and even more-dangerous humans.[28] The drama has the highest Nielsen ratings in cable television history and, in its two most recent seasons (its fourth and fifth), had the highest ratings of any cable or broadcast television show in the advertiser-coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic.[29] In 2010, Lincoln signed up for the show for a potential six years.[30]
Personal life[edit]
On 10 June 2006, Lincoln married Gael Anderson, daughter of Jethro Tull vocalist Ian Anderson. They have two children.[31] Apple Martin (daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin) was the flower girl at their wedding.[5]
Lincoln's older brother, Richard Clutterbuck, heads the Bristol Free School.[32]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Boston Kickout | Ted | |
| 1998 | Understanding Jane | Party Stoner | |
| 1999 | A Man's Best Friend | Man | Short film |
| 1999 | Human Traffic | Felix | |
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1 | Maxie King | |
| 2000 | Offending Angels | Sam | |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Mark | |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | TV Producer | |
| 2006 | These Foolish Things | Christopher Lovell | |
| 2006 | Hey Good Looking ! | Paul | |
| 2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Jamie | |
| 2010 | Heartbreaker | Jonathan | |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | Mr. Clarke |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Terry | Episode: "Births and Deaths" |
| 1995 | N7 | Andy | Pilot |
| 1996 | Over Here | Caddy | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Bramwell | Martin Fredericks | Episode 2.3 |
| 1996–97 | This Life | Edgar "Egg" Cook | 32 episodes |
| 1997 | The Woman in White | Walter Hartright | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Bomber | Captain Willy Byrne | Television film |
| 2000 | A Likeness in Stone | Richard Kirschman | Television film |
| 2001–03 | Teachers | Simon Casey | 20 episodes; also directed 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Trevor's World of Sport | Mark Boden | Episode 1.1 |
| 2003 | State of Mind | Julian Latimer | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | The Canterbury Tales | Alan King | Episode: "The Man of Law's Tale" |
| 2004 | Holby City | Patient's Boyfriend | Episode: "Letting Go" |
| 2004 | Lie with Me | DI Will Tomlinson | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Whose Baby? | Barry Flint | Television film |
| 2005–06 | Afterlife | Robert Bridge | 14 episodes |
| 2007 | This Life + 10 | Edgar "Egg" Cook | Television special |
| 2009 | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Linton | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | The Things I Haven't Told You | DC Rae | Television film |
| 2009 | Moonshot | Michael Collins | Television film |
| 2010 | Strike Back | Hugh Collinson | 6 episodes |
| 2010–present | The Walking Dead | Rick Grimes | 60 episodes |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Location | Playwright |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sugar Sugar | Joe | Bush Theatre | Simon Bent |
| 1999 | Hushabye Mountain | Danny | Hampstead Theatre | Jonathan Harvey |
| 2000, 2001 | Blue/Orange | Bruce | Cottesloe Theatre (2000) Duchess Theatre (2001) |
Joe Penhall |
| 2002 | Free | Alex | Loft (Lyttelton Theatre) | Simon Bowen |
| 2006 | The Late Henry Moss | Ray | Almeida Theatre | Sam Shepard |
| 2009 | Parlour Song | Dale | Almeida Theatre | Jez Butterworth |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Work |
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| 2004 | British Academy Film Award | Best New Director (Fiction) | Nominated | Teachers |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Award | Best Ensemble Acting | Nominated | Love Actually | |
| Empire Award | Best Newcomer | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | Golden Nymph Award | Outstanding Actor — Drama Series | Won | Afterlife |
| 2010 | IGN Summer Movie Award | Best TV Hero | Won | The Walking Dead |
| 2011 | Saturn Award | Best Actor on Television | Nominated | |
| Scream Award | Best Horror Actor | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Satellite Award | Best Cast | Won | |
| 2013 | Saturn Award | Best Actor on Television | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| TV Guide Award | Favorite Actor | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor | Nominated | |
| People's Choice Award | Favorite TV Anti-Hero | Won | ||
| 2015 | Saturn Award | Best Actor on Television | Won |
References[edit]
- ^ BFI Film & TV Database – Andrew Lincoln. Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved on 25 August 2011.
- ^ a b Roz Lewis (26 September 2014). "Andrew Lincoln: My family values". The Guardian.
- ^ "10 Things You Didn’t Know About Andrew Lincoln". whatculture.com/. whatculture.com/. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Andrew Lincoln Biography". Starpulse.
- ^ a b c "This actor's life: Andrew Lincoln is an altogether different animal in his latest stage role". The Independent. 26 March 2009.
- ^ Steve Fennessy. "The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln Lives Up to A Challenge". Men's Health.
- ^ Caroline Bishop (8 April 2009). "Andrew Lincoln". Official London Theatre.
- ^ a b "Andrew Lincoln". The Scotsman. 20 October 2004.
- ^ "Andrew Lincoln bio". AndrewLincoln.net. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Bloodied Andrew cuts finger off". Metro. 7 April 2008.
- ^ Tina Ogle (10 September 2000). "Andrew Lincoln: The Egg who hatched into a rising star". The Observer.
- ^ "Don't egg Andrew Lincoln on!". BBC. 16 October 2003.
- ^ "Andrew's head for Heights". Manchester Evening News. 27 April 2010.
- ^ Tom Meltzer (6 April 2009). "Where are they now?". The Guardian.
- ^ "'This Lifes Andrew Lincoln to star in Sky1 adaptation of Strike Back", The Guardian. 24 August 2009
- ^ Heartbreaker
- ^ Shirley Li (13 November 2013). "'Love Actually,' to Andrew Lincoln, is perfect: The actor looks back, 10 years later". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Matt Wolf (9 May 1999). "Review: ‘Hushabye Mountain’". Variety.
- ^ Michael Billington (15 April 2000). "Blue/Orange". The Guardian.
- ^ Philip Fisher. "Blue/Orange review". British Theatre Guide.
- ^ Michael Billington (20 January 2006). "The Late Henry Moss". Guardian.
- ^ "Stoppard Radio Season". The British Theatre Guide.
- ^ Ciar Byrne (2 February 2006). "The actors behind voice-overs".
- ^ "BAFTA Awards 2004". Who's Dated Who?.
- ^ Creepy, Uncle. (15 June 2010) The Walking Dead: A Look at Andrew Lincoln as Police Officer Rick Grimes. Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved on 25 August 2011.
- ^ "10 Things You Didn’t Know About Andrew Lincoln". http://whatculture.com/. What Culture. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ TV: Rick Grimes Officially Cast in AMC's 'The Walking Dead'. Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved on 25 August 2011.
- ^ "The Walking Dead". amc.com. AMC. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (13 October 2014). "'The Walking Dead' Season 5 Premiere Hits Series High Ratings in Adults 18-49 & Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Benji Wilson (28 October 2010). "Andrew Lincoln on starring in the TV adaptation of Walking Dead". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Interview: Andrew Lincoln, actor". The Scotsman. 26 June 2010.
- ^ "TV teacher's brother is head of Bristol's pioneering free school". Bristol Post. 23 April 2011.
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- Male actors from Kingston upon Hull
- People educated at City of Bath Boys' School
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- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- English television directors
- English male voice actors
- English people of South African descent
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- 20th-century English male actors
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