- Lennie James
Infobox actor
name = Lennie James
caption = Lennie James, February 2008
birthname = Lennie James
birthdate = birth date and age|1965|10|11|df=yes
location =London ,England ,United Kingdom
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spouse =Lennie James (born
October 11 ,1965 inLondon ,England ) is an Englishactor andplaywright .Career
He has appeared in over twenty films, including the
Guy Ritchie crime caper "Snatch" (2000), "24 Hour Party People " (2002), and "Sahara" (2005) and wrote the play "The Sons of Charlie Paora" which was performed at London'sRoyal Court Theatre .He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1988.
He recently played Luke Gardner in the
BBC terrorism drama "The State Within ", Bishop David Newman on theBBC spy drama "Spooks " and Robert Hawkins in theCBS post-apocalyptic television drama series "Jericho".He played the role of Cedric Munroe in the 2007 film "Outlaw."
His most recent part was in a 2008 television drama,
Fallout , which aired on "Channel 4 ", playing the role of a black detective alongside a white detective solving a teen related murder. AMC Television andITV have announced that he will appear in a 2009 TVminiseries remake of "The Prisoner ", as a character code-named No. 147. [cite web|author=Drew Pisarra| publisher=AMC| url=http://blogs.amctv.com/the-prisoner/2008/07/casting-announcement.php| title=Four More Residents of The Village| date=2008-07-24]Personal life
James is Afro-Caribbean of
Jamaica n andNigeria n descent. James is the main cook for his family, and has professed a fondness forCaribbean cuisine . His favoritefootball team is Tottenham Hotspur. [cite news| url=http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/Shows/Jericho/Stories/The-Lennie-James-Interview?currentPage=10| work=Television Without Pity | title=The Lennie James Interview | author=Keckler| date=2008-02-18| page=10]References
External links
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/bio/lennie_james/bio.php Lennie James bio at CBS]
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