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Lee Boardman
British actor

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.

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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.1 In 2013 he starred in the ITV1 comedy drama series Great Night Out as Hodge.2 In 2014 he played the recurring character of Amerigo Vespucci in Da Vinci's Demons.3

In 2006, Lee starred in the film Fated.4

He was also the narrator of popular Sky 1 police documentary Road Wars and its spin off Street Wars.5

His BBC series Drop Dead Gorgeous won Best Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.6

Personal life

Born in Stockport, England, in 1972, Boardman studied at Stockport College prior to winning a scholarship to the Oxford School of Drama.7 In 2001 he married his former Coronation Street co-star Jennifer James.89 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.10 The courses focus on the complexities of being a working actor through guest tutors who are professional actors themselves.11 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.12

Filmography

Television

YearTitleCharacterProductionNotes
1997Gold13TomkinsITVAppeared in: Season 3, Ep. 3, 4 "The Catch (Two Parts)"
1997–2000Coronation Street14Jez QuigleyITVAppeared in: Ep. 1.4207, 1.4730, 1.4739, 1.4745, 1.4746, 1.4747, 1.4751, 1.4886, 1.4888, 1.4890, 1.4892
1998Grafters15AndyTVBBCAppeared in: Season 1 Ep. 5, 6
1999–2001The Bill16Dave Carter/WaiterAppeared in: Season 15, Ep. 41; Season 17, Ep. 40
2000–2003Hotel Getaway17Standup Comic, Murder Mystery Actor, Promo Video DirectorITVAppeared in: Season 1, Ep. 3; Season 2, Ep. 4, 5
2003-2009Road Wars18NarratorBroadcast on Sky 1
2003Holby City19Peter GaskellBBCAppeared in: Series 5, Ep. 24
2004Dalziel and Pascoe2021Sgt. Brian SkinnerBBCAppeared in: Season 8, Ep. 1 "A Game of Soldiers"
2004Making Waves2223Leading ChefITVAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1
2005Street Wars24NarratorBroadcast on Sky 1
2005–2007Rome25TimonBBC/HBOAppeared in: Season 1, Ep. 1, 3, 6, 9, 11; Season 2 (All)
2006Longford26Talk Show HostHBOMade for TV Movie
2006–2007Drop Dead Gorgeous27Murray PriestmanBBCAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1–4; Series 2, Ep. 1–4, 6
2009Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire28Stygian AssassinComedy CentralAppeared in Season 1, Ep. 1-2
2009Moving On29ColinBBCAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 2
2009The Street30BomberBBCAppeared in: Series, Ep. 6
2009Blue Murder31Donnie ShorehamITVAppeared in: Series 5, Ep. 2
2010Ladies of Letters32DamonITVAppeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1-7
2011Midsomer Murders33Matt RowntreeITVAppeared in: Series 14, Ep. 3
2011Trollied34Craig FallonSky OneAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 6
2011Death in Paradise35Samuel KingBBCAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 5
2011Little Crackers36RegSky OneAppeared in: Series 2, Ep. 9
2012Secrets and Words37JimmyBBCAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 4
2013Great Night Out38Paddy "Hodge" HodgkinsonITVSeries 1
2013Playhouse Presents39LennySky ArtsAppeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1 "Hey Diddly Dee"
2014Inspector George Gently40Todd StretchBBCAppeared in: Series 6, Ep. 2
2014Da Vinci's Demons41Amerigo VespucciStarzAppeared in: Season 2, Ep. 2–5, 9
2015Sun Trap42Elton JuanBBCAppeared in: Season 1, Ep. 5
2015The Interceptor43XavierBBCAppeared in: Series 1
2016Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands44HaneITVAppeared in: Season 1, Ep. 6-12
2016Boomers45MattBBCAppeared in: Series 2, Ep. 2 "Matt & Seb"
2016The Five46Jay NewmanSky 1Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 2, 3, 7, 8, 10
2017In the Dark47Kevin SherwoodBBCAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 4
2017Bancroft48George MorrisITVAppeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1–4
2018The Last KingdomGuthlacBBC America/NetflixAppeared in: Season 3, Ep.7
2019Brexit: The Uncivil WarArron BanksChannel 4/HBO
2019–2020AbsentiaHolt Thompson
2020The Trouble with Maggie ColeBrian DanielsITVSeries 1
2022AndorKravas DrezzerDisney+Appeared in: Ep.1
TBAThe Crow GirlDavid WhiteParamount+Filming49

Film

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2000P.O.V.50Shaun
2002Sleep My Love51TrampShort Film
2006Fated52Jack
2010London BoulevardLee
2010The Story of F***53Gilford Bell
2011Leila54Paul
2011Love's Kitchen55Loz
2011Being Sold56Chris Hope
2013Jack the Giant Slayer57Badger
2015Monochrome5859Agent WalcottIndependent Film
2016The Young Messiah60Roman Squad Leader
2017Tremor CordisRickyShort Film
2017Mum61CarlIndependent Short Film
2018Peterloo62Nadin's ConstableDirected by Mike Leigh
2019The Runaways63BlytheIn Post Production
2022MemoryMauricio
2022Enola Holmes 2Mr. Bill Crouch
2025CleanerGerald Milton

Video games

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2011The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings64Additional Voices
2011Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine65Alexander/Imperial Guardsman
2012Assassin's Creed III66Additional Voices
2013Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag67Additional Voices
2014Assassin's Creed: Unity68Additional Voices
2014Assassin's Creed: Rogue69Additional Voices
2015The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone70Vlodimir von EverecEnglish Version
2017Assassin's Creed: Origins71Voice Talent

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