- Born
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: madmary
- ParentsPhyllis Mary James
- The role of Morgan Jones in the Walking Dead
- Often plays troubled characters
- Glasses
- Graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1988.
- Long term partner of Giselle Glasman with whom he has three daughters: Romy, and twins Celine and Georgia.
- Went to college with Ritchie Coster.
- Born on exactly the same date as Sean Patrick Flanery.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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