Andrew Lincoln

Birthday: 14 September 1973, London, England, UK

Birth Name: Andrew Clutterbuck

Height: 178 cm

Andrew Lincoln is a British actor. Lincoln spent his early childhood in Hull, Yorkshire before his family relocated to Bath, Somerset when he was age 10. He was educated at Beechen Cliff School in Bath, and then the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His father is a civil engineer and his mother is a nurseLincoln's first big break came when he was cast as Edgar 'Egg' Cook in the popular UK drama series This Life (1996). Various roles followed including that of teacher Simon Casey in the Channel 4 series Teachers (2001), and as Mark in the hit film Love Actually (2003). In 2010, he was cast in The Walking Dead (2010), a live action drama series based on the comic of the same name. Lincoln plays the lead character of Rick Grimes.Lincoln is married to Gael Anderson, his father-in-law is legendary musician Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame. Show less «

When you are an actor every day kind of morphs into one as there is no set structure to my job.

I'm like a magpie. I use lots of different things to build a character.

I would find myself getting deeply distressed if I lived in hindsight all the time.

I like to think that I've got determination, and I'm fiercely protective of the people I love.

I don't really have any regrets because if I choose not to do something there is usually a very good...Show more »

I don't really have any regrets because if I choose not to do something there is usually a very good reason. Once I've made the decision I don't view it as a missed opportunity, just a different path. Show less «

I spend my working life pretending to be someone else.

Just to have the opportunity to play an American in America is a dream come true for me.

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

I don't feel that fear is a good incentive on a film set.

Atlanta is an incredibly cool city.

When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film w...Show more »

When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film when I came out and I moved that way. Show less «

The whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest.

I think my wife has always been aware, whatever country we have been in, of my dramatic leading man ...Show more »

I think my wife has always been aware, whatever country we have been in, of my dramatic leading man status; a little too dramatic she would probably say. Show less «