
Lennie James was born in South London to Trinidadian parents. His mother, Phyllis Mary James, died when he was 12. Lennie and his older brother went into a council children's home. When he was 16 he was fostered with a social worker who had two older children, and they remain very close. Within a year Lennie began writing plays (Storm Damage was broadcast by the BBC in 2000 and won a Royal Television Society (RTS) award in 2001). Lennie received his training at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama from which he graduated in 1988.
2 wins & 4 nominations.
Critical | Glen Boyle / ... 13 episodes, 2015 | 2015 |
Run | Richard 2 episodes, 2013 | 2013 |
Low Winter Sun | Joe Geddes 10 episodes, 2013 | 2013 |
Line of Duty | DCI Tony Gates / ... | 2012-08-21 |
Talking Dead | Unknown | 2011-10-16 |
The Walking Dead | Morgan Jones / ... | 2010-10-31 |
Human Target | Unknown | 2010-01-17 |
A Touch of Frost | Unknown | 2010-04-03 |
Three Rivers | Unknown | 2009 |
Lie to Me | Unknown | 2009-01-21 |
The Prisoner | 147 / ... 6 episodes, 2009 | 2009-11-15 |
Hung | Charlie 15 episodes, 2010-2011 | 2009-06-28 |
Jericho | Robert Hawkins 30 episodes, 2006-2008 | 2006-09-20 |
The State Within | Luke Gardner 4 episodes, 2006 | 2006-11-02 |
MI-5 | David Newman | 2003-07-22 |
Cold Feet | Unknown | 2000-12-11 |
Dispatches | Self - Narrator 1 episode, 2005 | 1987-10-30 |