"Andrew Lincoln"

Andrew Lincoln (born Andrew James Clutterbuck; 14 September 1973) is an English actor, known for his television and film roles. He currently stars as Rick Grimes in the AMC television series The Walking Dead.

Andrew James Clutterbuck was born in London, the younger son of a South African mother, a nurse, and an English father, a civil engineer. He grew up in Hull and moved to Bath at the age of ten. After leaving Beechen Cliff School, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), where he changed his surname to Lincoln. His older brother, Richard Clutterbuck, heads the Bristol Free School.

Lincoln made his first on-screen appearance in "Births and Deaths", a 1994 episode of Channel 4 sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey. His first major role was Edgar "Egg" Cook, one of the lead characters in the highly successful BBC drama This Life (1996–1997). He went on to star as probationary teacher Simon Casey in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers (2001–2003), and had a lead role as university lecturer and psychologist Robert Bridge in Afterlife (2005). Lincoln appeared in several films, including Human Traffic (1999) and Love Actually (2003).

In 2009 he appeared in the stage production of Parlour Song. He went back to England after filming the Sky One TV series Strike Back in South Africa with Richard Armitage. He starred alongside Vanessa Paradis in Pascal Chaumeil's Heartbreaker.

In April 2010 Lincoln was cast as Rick Grimes, affecting a southern-US accent in the live-action adaption of the comic The Walking Dead, and narrated the project at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Lincoln also directed two episodes in the third series of Teachers.

On 10 June 2006, he married Gael Anderson, the daughter of musician Ian Anderson of the rock band Jethro Tull. At the wedding, Apple Martin (daughter of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay) was the flower girl. He has two children.

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Drop the Dead Donkey	Terry	1 episode "Births and Deaths"
1995	N7	Andy	Pilot, spin-off of The Nick Revell Show
1996	Over Here	Caddy	TV miniseries
	Bramwell	Martin Fredericks	Episode 2.3
1996–1997	This Life	Edgar "Egg" Cook	Series regular, 32 episodes
1997	The Woman in White	Walter Hartright	Drama serial
1999	Mersey Blues	Narrator	Miniseries
2000	Bomber	Capt. Willy Byrne	Drama serial
	A Likeness in Stone	Richard Kirschman	Drama serial
2001–2003	Teachers	Simon Casey	Series regular, 20 episodes
2003	Trevor's World of Sport	Mark Boden	Episode 1.1
	State of Mind	Julian Latimer	TV miniseries
	The Canterbury Tales	Alan King	1 episode, The Man of Law's Tale
2004	Holby City	Boyfriend of Hep.C patient	1 episode "Letting Go"
	Whose Baby?	Barry Flint	Drama Series
	Lie with Me	DI Will Tomlinson	TV miniseries
2005–2006	Afterlife	Robert Bridge	Series regular, 14 episodes
2007	This Life + 10	Edgar "Egg" Cook	One-off
2009	The Things I Haven't Told You	DC Rae	Pilot
2009	Wuthering Heights	Edgar Linton	TV Series
	Moon Shot	Michael Collins	TV film
2010	Strike Back	Hugh Collinson	TV miniseries
2010–present	The Walking Dead	Rick Grimes	Main character; 19 episodes

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Boston Kickout	Ted
1998	Understanding Jane	Party Stonehead 1
1999	A Man's Best Friend	Man	Short film
	Human Traffic	Felix
2000	Gangster No. 1	Maxie King
	Offending Angels	Sam
2003	Love Actually	Mark
2004	Enduring Love	TV Producer
2006	These Foolish Things	Christopher Lovell
	Comme t'y es belle!	Paul	English title; 'Hey Good Looking!'
	Scenes of a Sexual Nature	Jamie
2010	Heartbreaker	Jonathan	French title; 'l'arnacoeur'
	Made in Dagenham	Mr. Clarke

 

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2004	PFCS Award	Best Ensemble Acting	Love Actually	Nominated
2004	Empire Award	Best Newcomer	Love Actually	Nominated
2004	BAFTA TV Award	Best New Director (Fiction)	Teachers	Nominated
2007	Golden Nymph	Outstanding Actor - Drama Series	Afterlife	Won
2010	Saturn Award	Best Actor on Television	The Walking Dead	Nominated

Source : en.wikipedia.org