Andrew Lincoln facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Andrew Lincoln
Lincoln at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Andrew James Clutterbuck (1973-09-14) 14 September 1973 (age 51) London, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Gael Anderson ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	2

Andrew James Clutterbuck (born 14 September 1973), known as Andrew Lincoln, is an English actor. He is famous for playing Rick Grimes in the TV series The Walking Dead.

Before The Walking Dead, Andrew Lincoln had important roles in British TV shows. He played Egg in the drama This Life (1996–1997) and Simon Casey in the comedy Teachers (2001–2003). He was also Mark in the popular Christmas movie Love Actually (2003).

In 2010, Andrew Lincoln became very well-known for his role as Rick Grimes. Rick is the main character in the AMC show The Walking Dead. This show is about a world after a zombie apocalypse. Andrew Lincoln won awards for his acting as Rick Grimes, including the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television in 2015 and 2017. He left the main cast of The Walking Dead in 2018. However, he came back as Rick in the series finale in 2022 and in the spin-off show The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live in 2024.

Early Life and First Roles

Andrew Clutterbuck was born in London, England, on 14 September 1973. His father was an engineer and his mother was a nurse from South Africa. His family moved to Hull when he was very young, and then to Bath, Somerset when he was about eight or nine.

He went to Beechen Cliff School. When he was 14, he had his first acting role as The Artful Dodger in a school play called Oliver!. After school, he studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). This is when he started using "Andrew Lincoln" as his stage name, which is a different name actors use for their work.

Acting Career

Andrew Lincoln started his TV career in 1994 in an episode of the show Drop the Dead Donkey. In 1995, he got his first big role as Edgar "Egg" Cooke in the BBC drama This Life.

He appeared in many other British TV shows and movies. These included The Woman in White and Wuthering Heights. He also played a teacher, Simon Casey, in the comedy series Teachers. In movies, he was in Human Traffic and Gangster No. 1. His role as Mark in the 2003 movie Love Actually made him more widely recognized.

Andrew Lincoln has also acted in plays, like Blue/Orange and The Late Henry Moss. He has done voice-overs for documentaries and advertisements. He even directed two episodes of Teachers and was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best New Director in 2004.

Becoming Rick Grimes

In April 2010, Andrew Lincoln was chosen to play Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead. Rick Grimes is a sheriff's deputy who wakes up from a coma to find the world taken over by zombies. He becomes the leader of a group of survivors who fight against both zombies and other dangerous humans.

Andrew Lincoln was on the show for many years. He decided to leave in 2018 to spend more time with his children. His role as Rick Grimes made him a huge star in one of the world's biggest TV shows. After leaving, it was planned for him to star in movies about Rick Grimes. These plans changed, and he returned for a new TV series called The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live with actress Danai Gurira.

Andrew Lincoln has won several awards for playing Rick Grimes. He won the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television twice, in 2015 and 2017.

In 2019, Andrew Lincoln acted in the drama Penguin Bloom. This was his first role outside of The Walking Dead since 2010.

Personal Life

Andrew Lincoln married Gael Anderson on 10 June 2006. Gael is the daughter of Ian Anderson, who is a musician from the band Jethro Tull. Andrew and Gael have two children, a daughter named Matilda (born 2007) and a son named Arthur (born 2010).

When he was a child in Bath, he was friends with Paul Tisdale, who later became a football manager.

Politics

In 2014, Andrew Lincoln appeared in a video to support the Robin Hood tax. This tax aims to collect money from financial deals to help people in need. He encouraged people to support this idea, noting that it had a lot of support across Europe.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Video games

Audio

Awards and Nominations

See Also

In Spanish: Andrew Lincoln para niños