Lennie James

Lennie James

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayOct 11, 1965
BiographyLennie Michael James (born 1965) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Morgan Jones in the AMC series The Walking Dead and in its spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead, and starring as DCI Tony Gates in Line of Duty series one.

Among James' more notable roles in television is Glen Boyle in the medical drama Critical on Sky 1. On American television, he portrayed the mysterious Robert Hawkins in the CBS series Jericho and Detective Joe Geddes in the AMC series Low Winter Sun.

James created and starred in Sky Atlantic drama series Save Me which was released in 2018 to critical acclaim. Its second season, titled Save Me Too, won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series 2021.

In 2024, James starred as Barrington Jedidiah "Barry" Walker in the BBC TV adaptation of the novel Mr Loverman, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor at the 2025 British Academy Television Awards.

Biography from the Wikipedia article Lennie James. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Buried
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Buried

as Lee Kingley
Comics
Ended

Comics

as Delroy Smith
Critical
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Critical

as Glen Boyle
Fear the Walking Dead
Ended

Fear the Walking Dead

as Morgan Jones
Hung
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Hung

as Charlie
Jericho
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Jericho

as Robert Hawkins
Line of Duty
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Line of Duty

as DCI Tony Gates
Low Winter Sun
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Low Winter Sun

as Joe Geddes
Mr Loverman
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Mr Loverman

as Barrington Walker
Out of the Blue
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Out of the Blue

as D.C. Bruce Hannaford
Run
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Run

as Richard
Save Me
Ended

Save Me

as Nelson "Nelly" Rowe
The Prisoner
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The Prisoner

as Nr. 147
The State Within
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The State Within

as Luke Gardner
The Walking Dead
Ended

The Walking Dead

as Morgan Jones
Undercover Heart
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Undercover Heart

as Matt Lomas
Young Black Farmers
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Young Black Farmers

as Narrator

Part of Crew

Mr Loverman
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Mr Loverman

as Executive Producer
Save Me
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Save Me

as Creator

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