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Lee Boardman

Lee Boardman is an English actor and narrator. He has appeared in the films Love's Kitchen (2011) and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), and the television series Rome.

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Lee Boardman
Boardman in November 2012
Born (1972-07-02) 2 July 1972
Stockport, Cheshire, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • narrator
Years active1996–present
Spouse
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(m. 2001)​
Children2

Lee Boardman (born 2 July 1972) is an English actor and narrator. He has appeared in the films Love's Kitchen (2011) and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), 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.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.1

His BBC series Drop Dead Gorgeous won Best Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.5

Personal life

Born in Stockport, Cheshire, England, in 1972, Boardman studied at Stockport College prior to winning a scholarship to the Oxford School of Drama.6 In 2001 he married his former Coronation Street co-star Jennifer James.78 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.9 The courses focus on the complexities of being a working actor through guest tutors who are professional actors themselves.6 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.10

Filmography

Television

Year Title Character Production Notes
1997 Gold11 Tomkins ITV Appeared in: Season 3, Ep. 3, 4 "The Catch (Two Parts)"
1997–2000 Coronation Street12 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 Grafters13 Andy TVBBC Appeared in: Season 1 Ep. 5, 6
1999–2001 The Bill14 Dave Carter/Waiter Appeared in: Season 15, Ep. 41; Season 17, Ep. 40
2000–2003 Hotel Getaway15 Standup Comic, Murder Mystery Actor, Promo Video Director ITV Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 3; Season 2, Ep. 4, 5
2003-2009 Road Wars16 Narrator Broadcast on Sky 1
2003 Holby City17 Peter Gaskell BBC Appeared in: Series 5, Ep. 24
2004 Dalziel and Pascoe1819 Sgt. Brian Skinner BBC Appeared in: Season 8, Ep. 1 "A Game of Soldiers"
2004 Making Waves2021 Leading Chef ITV Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1
2005 Street Wars22 Narrator Broadcast on Sky 1
2005–2007 Rome23 Timon BBC/HBO Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 1, 3, 6, 9, 11; Season 2 (All)
2006 Longford24 Talk Show Host HBO Made for TV Movie
2006–2007 Drop Dead Gorgeous25 Murray Priestman BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1–4; Series 2, Ep. 1–4, 6
2009 Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire26 Stygian Assassin Comedy Central Appeared in Season 1, Ep. 1-2
2009 Moving On27 Colin BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 2
2009 The Street14 Bomber BBC Appeared in: Series, Ep. 6
2009 Blue Murder28 Donnie Shoreham ITV Appeared in: Series 5, Ep. 2
2010 Ladies of Letters29 Damon ITV Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1-7
2011 Midsomer Murders30 Matt Rowntree ITV Appeared in: Series 14, Ep. 3
2011 Trollied31 Craig Fallon Sky One Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 6
2011 Death in Paradise1 Samuel King BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 5
2011 Little Crackers32 Reg Sky One Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 9
2012 Secrets and Words33 Jimmy BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 4
2013 Great Night Out2 Paddy "Hodge" Hodgkinson ITV Series 1
2013 Playhouse Presents34 Lenny Sky Arts Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1 "Hey Diddly Dee"
2014 Inspector George Gently35 Todd Stretch BBC Appeared in: Series 6, Ep. 2
2014 Da Vinci's Demons3 Amerigo Vespucci Starz Appeared in: Season 2, Ep. 2–5, 9
2015 Sun Trap17 Elton Juan BBC Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 5
2015 The Interceptor36 Xavier BBC Appeared in: Series 1
2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands37 Hane ITV Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 6-12
2016 Boomers38 Matt BBC Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 2 "Matt & Seb"
2016 The Five39 Jay Newman Sky 1 Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 2, 3, 7, 8, 10
2017 In the Dark40 Kevin Sherwood BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 4
2017 Bancroft1 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 Drezzer Disney+ Appeared in: Ep.1
TBA The Crow Girl David White Paramount+ Filming41

Film

Year Title Character Notes
2000 P.O.V.8 Shaun
2002 Sleep My Love13 Tramp Short Film
2006 Fated4 Jack
2010 London Boulevard Lee
2010 The Story of F***42 Gilford Bell
2011 Leila43 Paul
2011 Love's Kitchen44 Loz
2011 Being Sold45 Chris Hope
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer46 Badger
2015 Monochrome4748 Agent Walcott Independent Film
2016 The Young Messiah49 Roman Squad Leader
2017 Tremor Cordis Ricky Short Film
2017 Mum50 Carl Independent Short Film
2018 Peterloo51 Nadin's Constable Directed by Mike Leigh
2019 The Runaways52 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 Kings53 Additional Voices
2011 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine53 Alexander/Imperial Guardsman
2012 Assassin's Creed III53 Additional Voices
2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag53 Additional Voices
2014 Assassin's Creed: Unity53 Additional Voices
2014 Assassin's Creed: Rogue53 Additional Voices
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone53 Vlodimir von Everec English Version
2017 Assassin's Creed: Origins53 Voice Talent
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