Andrew Lincoln
Biography
Andrew Lincoln is an English actor who came to prominence in British television and later led a major American drama. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His first notable part was as Egg in the BBC series This Life, and he went on to play Simon Casey in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers and Robert Bridge in Afterlife. On film he appeared in Human Traffic (1999), Gangster No. 1 (2000), Love Actually (2003), Heartbreaker (2010), and Penguin Bloom (2021). His widest exposure came as Rick Grimes in AMC's The Walking Dead, a role he played from 2010 to 2018 and reprised in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, a spin-off that arrived in 2024. He took the Saturn Award for best television actor in 2015 and won it again in 2017. Lincoln has performed on stage and in radio, and directed two episodes of Teachers, earning a BAFTA nomination for best new director in 2004.
53years old
Turns 54 on September 14in 335 days
- Born London
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Andy Lincoln and Andrew James Clutterbuck
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 22 years1999 to 2021
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First role
Lincoln made his television debut in 1994, appearing in "Births and Deaths", a Drop the Dead Donkey episode that aired on Channel 4.
Behind the camera
Lincoln took the director's chair for two episodes during the third series of Teachers, and this work brought him a BAFTA nomination for Best New Director (Fiction) in 2004.
About the name
Lincoln studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began using "Andrew Lincoln" as his stage name after leaving school.
Andrew Lincoln movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Richard Curtis directed two of these films. Bill Nighy appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bill Nighy's page
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Colin Firth's page
Hugh Grant's page
Chiwetel Ejiofor's page
Laura Linney's page
All films by Richard Curtis
Also two films together4 more actors
- Keira KnightleyRed Nose Day Actually (2017) and Love Actually (2003)
- Anna Maxwell MartinMoonshot (2009) and Enduring Love (2004)
- Lúcia MonizRed Nose Day Actually (2017) and Love Actually (2003)
- Martine McCutcheonRed Nose Day Actually (2017) and Love Actually (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2015 | Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television | The Walking Dead | Won |
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Official profiles and reference pages.