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Lennie James

(1965) Actor United Kingdom

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Lennie James is an actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Colombiana (Unrated).

Quick Facts About Lennie James

Born: October 11, 1965
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Colombiana (Unrated)
Known for: The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead

About Lennie James

Lennie Michael James is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Morgan Jones in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2018) and in its spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead (2018–2023), and starring as DCI Tony Gates in Line of Duty series one.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Lennie James

All the great shows owe a lot to 'Hill Street Blues.'

Blues

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The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that.

Anything

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I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.

America

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I'm pretty much a London boy, and it was a big enough city to try and conquer.

City

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My foster mother wanted to create a family home. For me, she had made a place that I felt I could always…

Create

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I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a…

American

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In the kids' home I was in, there was very little change of staff. People stuck around, and they stuck around because…

Change

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One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft…

Acting

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I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a…

Actress

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My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele…

Blues

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I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing…

Go

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I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing,…

Actors

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I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories.

Detective

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We did four months on 'Line of Duty' from beginning to end, and that would be a long theater run.

Beginning

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If you're very clearly good or you're very clearly bad, then there isn't that much internal dilemma going on, and that's not…

Dilemma

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I don't remember when I didn't know about Martin Luther King.

King

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I became politicised in my mid teens, at the time of ska and 2 Tone and the Anti-Nazi League, when I'd get…

Good

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I did a film once in the Sahara. It was pretty awe-inspiring. I remember sitting up on the roof of our hotel,…

Breath

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I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing…

Character

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I'd really like to go Sydney. I've been to Australia a few times, but I have never been there.

Australia

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One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much…

About

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I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport.

God

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I like to come home regularly and, when I do, I need something to do on Saturdays. I can't think of anything…

Anything

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The breadth of work that's possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is…

Like

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There was a point when I thought I would primarily be a writer, but the acting seems to have got in the…

Acting

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