# Lee Boardman

Lee Boardman (born 2 July 1972) is an English actor and narrator. He has appeared in the films Jack the Giant Slayer and Love's Kitchen, and the television series Rome.

## Career

Boardman played Murray Priestman in Drop Dead Gorgeous as well as the drug dealer Jez Quigley in Coronation Street. He appears as Timon the Jew in the television series Rome. He also made an appearance in the fifth episode of the 2011 BBC crime-drama series Death in Paradise. In 2013 he starred in the ITV1 comedy drama series Great Night Out as Hodge. In 2014 he played the recurring character of Amerigo Vespucci in Da Vinci's Demons.
In 2006, Lee starred in the film Fated.
He was also the narrator of popular Sky 1 police documentary Road Wars and its spin off Street Wars.
His BBC series Drop Dead Gorgeous won Best Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.

## Personal life

Born in Stockport, England, in 1972, Boardman studied at Stockport College prior to winning a scholarship to the Oxford School of Drama. In 2001 he married his former Coronation Street co-star Jennifer James. They have two children; a son born in 2004 and a daughter born 2010.

## Actor Tribe

In 2013, Boardman and James launched Actor Tribe, an acting school for children and adults in Knutsford. The courses focus on the complexities of being a working actor through guest tutors who are professional actors themselves. Due to the success of the programme, an additional school in Heaton Mersey was opened in 2016, with Boardman and his wife, Jennifer, dividing their time between the two locations.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Production | Notes |
| 1997 | Gold | Tomkins | ITV | Appeared in: Season 3, Ep. 3, 4 "The Catch (Two Parts)" |
| 1997–2000 | Coronation Street | Jez Quigley | ITV | Appeared in: Ep. 1.4207, 1.4730, 1.4739, 1.4745, 1.4746, 1.4747, 1.4751, 1.4886, 1.4888, 1.4890, 1.4892 |
| 1998 | Grafters | Andy | TVBBC | Appeared in: Season 1 Ep. 5, 6 |
| 1999–2001 | The Bill | Dave Carter/Waiter | | Appeared in: Season 15, Ep. 41; Season 17, Ep. 40 |
| 2000–2003 | Hotel Getaway | Standup Comic, Murder Mystery Actor, Promo Video Director | ITV | Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 3; Season 2, Ep. 4, 5 |
| 2003-2009 | Road Wars | Narrator | Broadcast on Sky 1 |
| 2003 | Holby City | Peter Gaskell | BBC | Appeared in: Series 5, Ep. 24 |
| 2004 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Sgt. Brian Skinner | BBC | Appeared in: Season 8, Ep. 1 "A Game of Soldiers" |
| 2004 | Making Waves | Leading Chef | ITV | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1 |
| 2005 | Street Wars | Narrator | Broadcast on Sky 1 |
| 2005–2007 | Rome | Timon | BBC/HBO | Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 1, 3, 6, 9, 11; Season 2 (All) |
| 2006 | Longford | Talk Show Host | HBO | Made for TV Movie |
| 2006–2007 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Murray Priestman | BBC | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1–4; Series 2, Ep. 1–4, 6 |
| 2009 | Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Stygian Assassin | Comedy Central | Appeared in Season 1, Ep. 1-2 |
| 2009 | Moving On | Colin | BBC | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 2 |
| 2009 | The Street | Bomber | BBC | Appeared in: Series, Ep. 6 |
| 2009 | Blue Murder | Donnie Shoreham | ITV | Appeared in: Series 5, Ep. 2 |
| 2010 | Ladies of Letters | Damon | ITV | Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1-7 |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Matt Rowntree | ITV | Appeared in: Series 14, Ep. 3 |
| 2011 | Trollied | Craig Fallon | Sky One | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 6 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Samuel King | BBC | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 5 |
| 2011 | Little Crackers | Reg | Sky One | Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 9 |
| 2012 | Secrets and Words | Jimmy | BBC | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 4 |
| 2013 | Great Night Out | Paddy "Hodge" Hodgkinson | ITV | Series 1 |
| 2013 | Playhouse Presents | Lenny | Sky Arts | Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1 "Hey Diddly Dee" |
| 2014 | Inspector George Gently | Todd Stretch | BBC | Appeared in: Series 6, Ep. 2 |
| 2014 | Da Vinci's Demons | Amerigo Vespucci | Starz | Appeared in: Season 2, Ep. 2–5, 9 |
| 2015 | Sun Trap | Elton Juan | BBC | Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 5 |
| 2015 | The Interceptor | Xavier | BBC | Appeared in: Series 1 |
| 2016 | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands | Hane | ITV | Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 6-12 |
| 2016 | Boomers | Matt | BBC | Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 2 "Matt & Seb" |
| 2016 | The Five | Jay Newman | Sky 1 | Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 |
| 2017 | In the Dark | Kevin Sherwood | BBC | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 4 |
| 2017 | Bancroft | George Morris | ITV | Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1–4 |
| 2018 | The Last Kingdom | Guthlac | BBC America/Netflix | Appeared in: Season 3, Ep.7 |
| 2019 | Brexit: The Uncivil War | Arron Banks | Channel 4/HBO | |
| 2019–2020 | Absentia | Holt Thompson | |
| 2020 | The Trouble with Maggie Cole | Brian Daniels | ITV | Series 1 |
| 2022 | Andor | Kravas adretter | Disney+ | Appeared in: Ep.1 |
| TBA | The Crow Girl | David White | Paramount+ | Filming |

### Film

| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
| 2000 | P.O.V. | Shaun | |
| 2002 | Sleep My Love | Tramp | Short Film |
| 2006 | Fated | Jack | |
| 2010 | London Boulevard | Lee | |
| 2010 | The Story of F*** | Gilford Bell | |
| 2011 | Leila | Paul | |
| 2011 | Love's Kitchen | Loz | |
| 2011 | Being Sold | Chris Hope | |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Badger | |
| 2015 | Monochrome | Agent Walcott | Independent Film |
| 2016 | The Young Messiah | Roman Squad Leader | |
| 2017 | Tremor Cordis | Ricky | Short Film |
| 2017 | Mum | Carl | Independent Short Film |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Nadin's Constable | Directed by Mike Leigh |
| 2019 | The Runaways | Blythe | In Post Production |
| 2022 | Memory | Mauricio | |
| 2022 | Enola Holmes 2 | Mr. Bill Crouch | |
| 2025 | Cleaner | Gerald Milton | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
| 2011 | The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | Additional Voices | |
| 2011 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine | Alexander/Imperial Guardsman | |
| 2012 | Assassin's Creed III | Additional Voices | |
| 2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Additional Voices | |
| 2014 | Assassin's Creed: Unity | Additional Voices | |
| 2014 | Assassin's Creed: Rogue | Additional Voices | |
| 2015 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone | Vlodimir von Everec | English Version |
| 2017 | Assassin's Creed: Origins | Voice Talent | |