Lennie Michael James is a British actor, screenwriter, and playwright. His work includes playing Morgan Jones in the television series, The Walking Dead and in its spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead, and starring as DCI Tony Gates in Line of Duty series one.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Critics' Choice Super Awards (2021)
Guest starring as Lennie James
- Episode 1x01: 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards (Jan 10, 2021)
Friday Night In with The Morgans (2020)
Guest starring as Lennie James
- Episode 1x12: Lennie James, Bethany Joy Lenz, Dr. Sharagim Kemp (Jul 17, 2020)
Save Me (2018)
Starring as Nelson "Nelly" Rowe
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Feb 28, 2018)
Genius (2017)
Guest starring as Martin Luther King Sr.
(5 episodes)
- Episode 4x08: Can You Imagine (Feb 22, 2024)
- Episode 4x05: Matriarchs (Feb 15, 2024)
- Episode 4x03: Protect Us (Feb 8, 2024)
- Episode 4x02: Who We Are (Feb 1, 2024)
- Episode 4x01: Graduation (Feb 1, 2024)
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Starring as Morgan Jones
(59 episodes)
- Episode 8x06: All I See Is Red (Jun 15, 2023)
- Episode 8x05: More Time Than You Know (Jun 8, 2023)
- Episode 8x04: King County (Jun 1, 2023)
- Episode 8x02: Blue Jay (May 18, 2023)
- Episode 8x01: Remember What They Took From You (May 11, 2023)
- Episode 7x16: Gone (May 29, 2022)
- Episode 7x15: Amina (May 22, 2022)
- Episode 7x13: The Raft (May 8, 2022)
- Episode 7x12: Sonny Boy (May 1, 2022)
- Episode 7x11: Ofelia (Apr 24, 2022)
- Episode 7x09: Follow Me (Apr 17, 2022)
- Episode 7x08: PADRE (Nov 28, 2021)
- Episode 7x07: The Portrait (Nov 21, 2021)
- Episode 7x06: Reclamation (Nov 14, 2021)
- Episode 7x04: Breathe With Me (Oct 31, 2021)
- Episode 7x03: Cindy Hawkins (Oct 24, 2021)
- Episode 7x02: Six Hours (Oct 17, 2021)
- Episode 6x16: The Beginning (Jun 13, 2021)
- Episode 6x15: USS Pennsylvania (Jun 6, 2021)
- Episode 6x13: J.D. (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 6x12: In Dreams (May 9, 2021)
- Episode 6x11: The Holding (May 2, 2021)
- Episode 6x10: Handle with Care (Apr 25, 2021)
- Episode 6x09: Things Left to Do (Apr 18, 2021)
- Episode 6x08: The Door (Apr 11, 2021)
- Episode 6x07: Damage from the Inside (Nov 22, 2020)
- Episode 6x05: Honey (Nov 8, 2020)
- Episode 6x04: The Key (Nov 1, 2020)
- Episode 6x03: Alaska (Oct 25, 2020)
- Episode 6x02: Welcome to the Club (Oct 18, 2020)
- Episode 6x01: The End is the Beginning (Oct 11, 2020)
- Episode 5x16: End of the Line (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 5x15: Channel 5 (Sep 22, 2019)
- Episode 5x14: Today and Tomorrow (Sep 15, 2019)
- Episode 5x11: You're Still Here (Aug 25, 2019)
- Episode 5x10: 210 Words Per Minute (Aug 18, 2019)
- Episode 5x09: Channel 4 (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 5x07: Still Standing (Jul 14, 2019)
- Episode 5x06: The Little Prince (Jul 7, 2019)
- Episode 5x05: The End of Everything (Jun 30, 2019)
- Episode 5x04: Skidmark (Jun 23, 2019)
- Episode 5x03: Humbug's Gulch (Jun 16, 2019)
- Episode 5x02: The Hurt That Will Happen (Jun 9, 2019)
- Episode 5x01: Here to Help (Jun 2, 2019)
- Episode 4x16: ... I Lose Myself (Sep 30, 2018)
- Episode 4x15: I Lose People... (Sep 23, 2018)
- Episode 4x14: MM 54 (Sep 16, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: Blackjack (Sep 9, 2018)
- Episode 4x12: Weak (Sep 2, 2018)
- Episode 4x11: The Code (Aug 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x09: People Like Us (Aug 12, 2018)
- Episode 4x08: No One's Gone (Jun 10, 2018)
- Episode 4x07: The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now (Jun 3, 2018)
- Episode 4x06: Just in Case (May 20, 2018)
- Episode 4x05: Laura (May 13, 2018)
- Episode 4x04: Buried (May 6, 2018)
- Episode 4x03: Good Out Here (Apr 29, 2018)
- Episode 4x02: Another Day in the Diamond (Apr 22, 2018)
- Episode 4x01: What's Your Story? (Apr 15, 2018)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Lennie James
- Episode 2021-01-13: Paul Bettany, Lennie James (Jan 13, 2021)
Low Winter Sun (2013)
Starring as Joe Geddes
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Surrender (Oct 6, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Ann Arbor (Oct 6, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Revelations (Sep 29, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: There Was a Girl (Sep 22, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: The Way Things Are (Sep 15, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: Cake on the Way (Sep 8, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Catacombs (Sep 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: No Rounds (Aug 25, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: The Goat Rodeo (Aug 18, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Aug 11, 2013)
Line of Duty (2012)
Starring as DCI Tony Gates
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: The Probation (Jul 24, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: Terror (Jul 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: In the Trap (Jul 10, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: The Assault (Jul 3, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: A Disastrous Affair (Jun 26, 2012)
Talking Dead (2011)
Guest starring as Lennie James
(24 episodes)
- Episode 9x29: Home Edition: The Beginning (Jun 13, 2021)
- Episode 9x28: Home Edition: J.D. (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 9x27: Home Edition: The Door (Apr 11, 2021)
- Episode 9x19: Home Edition: Damage from the Inside / The Sky Is a Graveyard (Nov 22, 2020)
- Episode S09 Special: The Walking Dead Universe Preview Special (Sep 27, 2020)
- Episode 8x20: End of the Line (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 8x19: Channel 4 (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 8x18: Is Anybody Out There? (Jul 21, 2019)
- Episode 8x17: Here to Help (Jun 2, 2019)
- Episode 7x31: ...I Lose Myself (Sep 30, 2018)
- Episode 7x30: I Lose People... (Sep 23, 2018)
- Episode 7x29: MM 54 (Sep 16, 2018)
- Episode 7x28: Blackjack (Sep 9, 2018)
- Episode 7x27: Weak (Sep 2, 2018)
- Episode 7x26: The Code (Aug 26, 2018)
- Episode 7x24: People Like Us (Aug 12, 2018)
- Episode S07 Special: The Walking Dead Season 9 Preview Special (Aug 5, 2018)
- Episode 7x16: Wrath / What's Your Story? (Apr 15, 2018)
- Episode 7x06: The King, the Widow, and Rick (Nov 26, 2017)
- Episode 7x01: Mercy (Oct 22, 2017)
- Episode S06 Special: The Walking Dead Season 8 Preview Special (Sep 10, 2017)
- Episode 6x13: Bury Me Here (Mar 12, 2017)
- Episode 5x04: Here's Not Here (Nov 1, 2015)
- Episode 4x16: Conquer (Mar 29, 2015)
The Walking Dead (2010)
Starring as Morgan Jones
(29 episodes)
- Episode 8x16: Wrath (Apr 15, 2018)
- Episode 8x15: Worth (Apr 8, 2018)
- Episode 8x14: Still Gotta Mean Something (Apr 1, 2018)
- Episode 8x13: Do Not Send Us Astray (Mar 25, 2018)
- Episode 8x11: Dead or Alive Or (Mar 11, 2018)
- Episode 8x09: Honor (Feb 25, 2018)
- Episode 8x08: How It's Gotta Be (Dec 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x07: Time for After (Dec 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x03: Monsters (Nov 5, 2017)
- Episode 8x02: The Damned (Oct 29, 2017)
- Episode 8x01: Mercy (Oct 22, 2017)
- Episode 7x16: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Apr 2, 2017)
- Episode 7x13: Bury Me Here (Mar 12, 2017)
- Episode 7x10: New Best Friends (Feb 19, 2017)
- Episode 7x09: Rock in the Road (Feb 12, 2017)
- Episode 7x08: Hearts Still Beating (Dec 11, 2016)
- Episode 7x02: The Well (Oct 30, 2016)
- Episode 7x01: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 6x16: Last Day on Earth (Apr 3, 2016)
- Episode 6x15: East (Mar 27, 2016)
- Episode 6x14: Twice as Far (Mar 20, 2016)
- Episode 6x12: Not Tomorrow Yet (Mar 6, 2016)
- Episode 6x09: No Way Out (Feb 14, 2016)
- Episode 6x08: Start to Finish (Nov 29, 2015)
- Episode 6x07: Heads Up (Nov 22, 2015)
- Episode 6x05: Now (Nov 8, 2015)
- Episode 6x04: Here's Not Here (Nov 1, 2015)
- Episode 6x02: JSS (Oct 18, 2015)
- Episode 6x01: First Time Again (Oct 11, 2015)
Guest starring as Morgan Jones
(6 episodes)
- Episode 11x24: Rest in Peace (Nov 20, 2022) [Uncredited]
- Episode 5x16: Conquer (Mar 29, 2015)
- Episode 5x08: Coda (Nov 30, 2014) [Uncredited]
- Episode 5x01: No Sanctuary (Oct 12, 2014) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x12: Clear (Mar 3, 2013) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x01: Days Gone Bye (Oct 31, 2010)
Human Target (2010)
Guest starring as Baptiste
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: The Return of Baptiste (Dec 8, 2010)
- Episode 1x12: Christopher Chance (Apr 14, 2010)
- Episode 1x08: Baptiste (Mar 17, 2010)
Hung (2009)
Starring as Charlie
(8 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: "The Whole Beefalo" (Dec 4, 2011)
- Episode 3x09: "A Monkey Named Simian" or "Frances is Not a Fan" (Nov 27, 2011)
- Episode 3x07: "What's Going on Downstairs?" or "Don't Eat Prince Eric!" (Nov 13, 2011)
- Episode 3x06: "Money on the Floor" (Nov 6, 2011)
- Episode 3x05: "We're Golden" or "Crooks and Big Beaver" (Oct 30, 2011)
- Episode 3x04: "Fuck Me, Mr. Drecker" or "Let's Not Go to Jail" (Oct 23, 2011)
- Episode 3x03: "Mister Drecker" or "Ease Up on the Whup-Ass" (Oct 16, 2011)
- Episode 3x02: "Take the Cake" or "Are You Packing?" (Oct 9, 2011)
Guest starring as Charlie
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x03: "Mind Bullets" or "Bang Bang Bang Bang Motherfucker" (Jul 18, 2010)
- Episode 2x01: "Just the Tip" (Jun 27, 2010)
Lie to Me (2009)
Guest starring as Terry "Tel" Marsh
- Episode 2x05: Grievous Bodily Harm (Oct 26, 2009)
Jericho (2006)
Starring as Robert Hawkins
(29 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Patriots and Tyrants (Mar 25, 2008)
- Episode 2x06: Sedition (Mar 18, 2008)
- Episode 2x05: Termination for Cause (Mar 11, 2008)
- Episode 2x04: Oversight (Mar 4, 2008)
- Episode 2x03: Jennings & Rall (Feb 26, 2008)
- Episode 2x02: Condor (Feb 19, 2008)
- Episode 2x01: Reconstruction (Feb 12, 2008)
- Episode 1x22: Why We Fight (May 9, 2007)
- Episode 1x21: Coalition of the Willing (May 2, 2007)
- Episode 1x20: One If by Land (Apr 25, 2007)
- Episode 1x19: Casus Belli (Apr 18, 2007)
- Episode 1x18: A.K.A. (Apr 11, 2007)
- Episode 1x17: One Man's Terrorist (Apr 4, 2007)
- Episode 1x16: Winter's End (Mar 28, 2007)
- Episode 1x15: Semper Fidelis (Mar 14, 2007)
- Episode 1x14: Heart of Winter (Mar 7, 2007)
- Episode 1x13: Black Jack (Feb 28, 2007)
- Episode 1x12: The Day Before (Feb 21, 2007)
- Episode 1x11: Vox Populi (Nov 29, 2006)
- Episode 1x10: Red Flag (Nov 22, 2006)
- Episode 1x09: Crossroads (Nov 15, 2006)
- Episode 1x08: Rogue River (Nov 8, 2006)
- Episode 1x07: Long Live the Mayor (Nov 1, 2006)
- Episode 1x06: 9:02 (Oct 25, 2006)
- Episode 1x05: Federal Response (Oct 18, 2006)
- Episode 1x04: The Walls of Jericho (Oct 11, 2006)
- Episode 1x03: Four Horsemen (Oct 4, 2006)
- Episode 1x02: Fallout (Sep 27, 2006)
- Episode 1x01: The First 17 Hours (Sep 20, 2006)
Robot Chicken (2005)
Guest starring as Morgan Jones
- Episode S09 Special: The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (Oct 9, 2017)
Buried (2003)
Starring as Lee Kingley
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Mar 4, 2003)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Feb 25, 2003)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Feb 18, 2003)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Feb 11, 2003)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Feb 4, 2003)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Jan 28, 2003)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Jan 21, 2003)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Jan 14, 2003)
A Touch of Frost (1992)
Guest starring as DC Carl Tanner
- Episode 2x01: A Minority of One (Jan 9, 1994)
Crew Credits
Save Me (2018)
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Writer
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Apr 1, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Feb 28, 2018)
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 7x10: Mourning Cloak (Apr 17, 2022)
- Episode 7x05: Till Death (Nov 7, 2021)
- Episode 6x02: Welcome to the Club (Oct 18, 2020)