Andrew James Clutterbuck (born 14 September 1973),[1] better known by his stage nameAndrew Lincoln, is an English actor most recognized for his portrayal of Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horrordrama series. He first came to public attention as Egg in the BBC drama This Life, followed by roles such as Simon in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers and Mark in the romantic comedy film Love Actually.
Early life
Lincoln was born in London,[2] the son of an English civil engineer father and a South African nurse mother.[3][4] His family moved to Kingston upon Hull when he was 18 months old, and then to Bath, Somerset when he was eight or nine.[2] Lincoln attended Beechen Cliff School, where he had his first acting role at the age of 14 as the Artful Dodger in a school production of Oliver!. He had been encouraged to start acting and agreed to do so in the hope of attracting girls.[5][6][7] He spent a summer at the National Youth Theatre in London and became interested in acting as a career.[8] After leaving school, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) and began to use "Andrew Lincoln" as his stage name.[9]
In addition to film and television, Lincoln also performed in the theatre. He appeared in a number of plays, including the stage production of Hushabye Mountain in 1999,[19] the widely-praised Blue/Orange in 2000 and 2001,[20][21]The Late Henry Moss in 2006,[22] the Parlour Song in 2009,[6] as well as radio productions.[23] He also works as a voice-over artist, providing voice-overs for adverts and media campaigns, as well as narration for numerous documentaries.[24] He also directed two episodes in the third series of Teachers for which he won a BAFTA nomination for Best New Director (Fiction) in 2004.[9][25]
The Walking Dead
In April 2010, Lincoln was cast as Rick Grimes,[26] the star[27] of AMC television's live-action adaptation of the comic book series The Walking Dead.[28] Grimes is a sheriff's deputy who awakens from a months-long coma in the midst of a violent zombieapocalypse caused by an unknown pathogen. Grimes also seems to be looking for Stuff n Thangs quite a lot. He becomes the leader of a group of family and friends who are forced to relentlessly fight nonstop evil, in the form of flesh-eating zombies and even more-dangerous humans, just to survive. The drama has the highest Nielsen ratings in cable history,[29] having smashed all previous records. Lincoln has signed up for the show for a potential six years.[30]
Lincoln is the best friend of fellow The Walking Dead actor Jon Bernthal[33] and a close friend of actress Gwyneth Paltrow.[34] Lincoln likes to cook and sometimes invites his TWD cast mates to his house for dinner.[35] He actually speaks with an English accent but has perfected a Southern United States accent for his role on the series, which he initially fooled the show's cast and crew into believing was real.[36][37]
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