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.

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