Andrew Lincoln

**Andrew James Clutterbuck** (born 14 September 1973), better known by his stage name **Andrew Lincoln**, is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Rick Grimes in the AMC drama series _The Walking Dead_. 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 movie _Love Actually_.

## Early life

Lincoln was born in London. He is the son of a civil engineer father and a nurse mother. His family moved to Kingston upon Hull when he was 18 months old. Then they moved to Bath, Somerset when he was eight or nine. He attended Beechen Cliff School. He had his first acting role at the age of 14 as the Artful Dodger in a school production of _Oliver!_. He spent a summer at the National Youth Theatre in London. He became interested in acting as a career. After leaving school, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). He began to use "Andrew Lincoln" as his stage name.

### Film

|Year|Film|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_Boston Kickout_|Ted||||
|1998|_Understanding Jane_|Party Stonehead 1||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_A Man's Best Friend_|Man|Short film||
|_Human Traffic_|Felix|||||
|rowspan="2"|2000|_Gangster No. 1_|Maxie King|||
|_Offending Angels_|Sam|||||
|2003|_Love Actually_|Mark||||
|2004|_Enduring Love_|TV Producer||||
|rowspan="3"|2006|_These Foolish Things_|Christopher Lovell|||
|_Hey Good Looking!_|Paul|||||
|_Scenes of a Sexual Nature_|Jamie|||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Heartbreaker_|Jonathan|||
|_Made in Dagenham_|Mr Clarke|||||
|2020|_Penguin Bloom_|Cameron Bloom||||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|_Drop the Dead Donkey_|Terry|Episode: "Births and Deaths"|||
|1995|_N7_|Andy|Unaired pilot|||
|rowspan="2"|1996|_Over Here_|Cappy|2 episodes||
|_Bramwell_|Martin Fredericks|Episode: "The Return of the Betrayer"||||
|1996–1997|_This Life_|Edgar "Egg" Cooke|32 episodes|||
|1997|_The Woman in White_|Walter Hartright|2 episodes|||
|2000|_Bomber_|Captain Willy Byrne|Television film|||
|2000–2001|_Shipwrecked_|Narrator (voice)|27 episodes|||
|2000|_A Likeness in Stone_|Richard Kirschman|Television film|||
|2001–2003|_Teachers_|Simon Casey|20 episodes; also directed 2 episodes|||
|rowspan="3"|2003|_Trevor's World of Sport_|Mark Boden|Episode #1.1||
|_State of Mind_|Julian Latimer|3 episodes||||
|_The Canterbury Tales_|Alan King|Episode: "The Man of Law's Tale"||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Lie with Me_|DI Will Tomlinson|2 episodes||
|_Whose Baby?_|Barry Flint|Television film||||
|2005–2006|_Afterlife_|Robert Bridge|14 episodes|||
|2007|_This Life + 10_|Edgar "Egg" Cooke|Television special|||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_Wuthering Heights_|Edgar Linton|2 episodes||
|_The Things I Haven't Told You_|DC Rae|rowspan="2"|Television film|||
|_Moonshot_|Michael Collins|||||
|2010|_Strike Back_|Hugh Collinson|6 episodes|||
|2010–2018, 2020, 2022|_The Walking Dead_|Rick Grimes|111 episodes|||
|2014|_Tigers About the House_|Narrator (voice)|4 episodes|||
|rowspan="2"|2017|_Red Nose Day Actually_|Mark|Television short||
|_Robot Chicken_|Rick Grimes (voice)|Episode: "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking"||||
|2018|_Fear the Walking Dead_|Rick Grimes|Episode: "What's Your Story?"|||
|2022|_Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities_|Edgar Bradley|Episode: "The Murmuring"|||
|rowspan="2"|2024|_The Walking Dead: The Return_|Himself|TV special||
|_The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live_|Rick Grimes|Lead role, also executive producer and co-creator||||
|TBA|''Cold Water|John|Filming|||

### Theatre

|Year|Title|Role|Location|Playwright|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998|_Sugar Sugar_|Joe|Bush Theatre|Simon Bent|
|1999|_Hushabye Mountain_|Danny|Hampstead Theatre|Jonathan Harvey|
|2000–2001|_Blue/Orange_|Bruce|Cottesloe Theatre (2000) Duchess Theatre (2001)|Joe Penhall|
|2002|_Free_|Alex|Loft (Lyttelton Theatre)|Simon Bowen|
|2006|_The Late Henry Moss_|Ray|Almeida Theatre|Sam Shepard|
|2009|_Parlour Song_|Dale|Almeida Theatre|Jez Butterworth|
|2020|_A Christmas Carol_|Ebenezer Scrooge|The Old Vic|Jack Thorne|

### Video games

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2021|_Fortnite Battle Royale_|rowspan="2"|Rick Grimes|Likeness||
|2024|_Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III_|Playable Character (DLC); Voice and Likeness||||

### Audio

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2024|_A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath_|Dr Mark Tyborn||||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Result|Work||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2004|British Academy Television Awards|Best New Director (Fiction)||_Teachers_||
|Phoenix Film Critics Society Award|Best Ensemble Acting||_Love Actually_|||
|Empire Awards|Best Newcomer|||||
|2007|Golden Nymph Award|Outstanding Actor – Drama Series||_Afterlife_||
|2010|IGN Summer Movie Award|Best TV Hero||_The Walking Dead_||
|2011|Saturn Awards|Best Actor on Television||||
|Scream Awards|Best Horror Actor|||||
|2012|Satellite Awards|Best Ensemble – Television <small> (Special Achievement Award) </small>||||
|2013|Saturn Awards|Best Actor on Television||||
|Critics' Choice Television Award|Best Actor in a Drama Series|||||
|TV Guide Award|Favorite Actor|||||
|2014|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor||||
|Favorite TV Anti-Hero||||||
|2015|Saturn Awards|Best Actor on Television||||
|Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|Best TV Actor|||||
|2016|Saturn Awards|Best Actor on Television||||
|Teen Choice Awards|Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi|||||
|2017|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor||||
|Saturn Awards|Best Actor on Television|||||
|2018|Saturn Awards|Best Actor on Television||||
|People's Choice Awards|Best TV Actor|||||
|2019|Saturn Awards|Best Actor on Television||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Andrew Lincoln
- **image**: Andrew Lincoln (42749683025) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Lincoln at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
- **birthname**: Andrew James Clutterbuck
- **birth place**: London, England
- **alma mater**: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- **occupation**: Actor, activist
- **yearsactive**: 1994–present
- **known for**: _Love Actually_ (2003)
 _The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead_ (2010–2018, 2022)
- **children**: 2