Lennie James
Birthday: 11 October 1965, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Height: 178 cm
Lennie James was born in Nottingham to Trinidadian parents, and grew up in South London. 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 wr...
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Lennie James was born in Nottingham to Trinidadian parents, and grew up in South London. 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. Show less «
I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport.
I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport.
I'm not setting 'Jericho' up to be anything other than what it is, which is, you know, a piece of go...Show more »
I'm not setting 'Jericho' up to be anything other than what it is, which is, you know, a piece of good, well thought-out, well put-together TV and entertainment. Show less «
One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft...Show more »
One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it. Show less «
When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away f...Show more »
When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace. Show less «
One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave ...Show more »
One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation. Show less «
I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than...Show more »
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 in a film. Show less «
I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV o...Show more »
I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films. Show less «
I've written virtually as long as I've acted, it wasn't a sudden transition. I acted in my first pla...Show more »
I've written virtually as long as I've acted, it wasn't a sudden transition. I acted in my first play when I was 16 and I wrote my first play when I was 17. Show less «
I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on 'Jericho,' that was the only time tha...Show more »
I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on 'Jericho,' that was the only time that I've ever been frightened about a job, because in America they tell stories over such a long time, and I was petrified that I'd get bored. Show less «
My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue.
My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue.
I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the len...Show more »
I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that. Show less «
If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v...Show more »
If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications. Show less «
I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, beca...Show more »
I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job. Show less «
My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to tel...Show more »
My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing. Show less «
I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.
I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.
I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.
I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.
Lennie James's FILMOGRAPHY
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...
