Adrian Lester OBE was born on August 14, 1968 in Birmingham, England as Adrian Anthony Lester. He is a multi award winning actor and director, known for seven seasons of the hit TV show Hustle (2004 - 2012), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Primary Colors (1998) and his extensive classical work in the theatre playing Othello, Henry V, Rosalind and...
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor
Nominations
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical, British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor, WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play
Movies
Primary Colors, Doomsday, Case 39, The Day After Tomorrow, Maybe Baby, Born Romantic, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Starting Out in the Evening, As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost, Jason and the Argonauts, The Final Curtain, Storm Damage, Les Soeurs Soleil, Dust, Best, The Affair, Grey Lady, Breakabl...
TV Shows
London Spy, Hustle, Bonekickers
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
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Nominated for Best Actor for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2012 (Red Velvet).
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Nomination for Best Actor for the Whatsonstage Award 2013 (Red Velvet).
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Nominated for Most Promising Newcomer for the Chicago Critics Circle 1998 (Primary Colors).
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Won Best Actor for the Critics Circle 2012 (Red Velvet).
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Won Best Actor for the Evening Standard Theatre Award 2013 (Othello).
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Nominated for Best Actor for the Olivier Award 1995 (As You Like It).
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London, England: Actor [December 2012]
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.
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Portrayed Ellis Carter on the third season of the the US show Girlfriends (2000).
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1996 (1995 season) for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Company at the Donmar Warehouse.
performer: "I'd Rather Charleston", "I Won't Dance", "I've Got A Crush On You", "Cheek To Cheek", "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "They Can't Take That Away From Me"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Of Mary
2011
Short
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Theatre Lives: Adrian Lester
2016
Himself
BAFTA Televsion Awards 2016
2016
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
VE Day 70: A Party to Remember
2015
TV Movie
Himself
Britain's Racist Election
2015
TV Special documentary
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Shakespeare Uncovered
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Kumars
2014
TV Series
Himself
Respect: A Felix Dexter Special
2013
TV Movie
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Horizon
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Narrator
The One Show
2009-2012
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
The 5 O'Clock Show
2010
TV Series
Himself - Guest
When Romeo Met Juliet
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Live from Studio Five
2010
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast
2010
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Merlin: Secrets & Magic
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'
2008
Video short
Himself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2008
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Roots Remembered
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
British Film Forever
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Empire's Children
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
As You Like It: From Page to Screen Featurette
2007
Video short
Himself
Film '72
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Paul O'Grady Show
2006
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Scenes of a Sexual Nature: Making of Documentary
2006
Video documentary short
Himself / Peter
Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons
2005
TV Movie documentary
Presenter
2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards
$6 Million
