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 (2005–2007).
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. In 2013 he starred in the ITV1 comedy drama series Great Night Out as Hodge. In 2014 he played the recurring character of Amerigo Vespucci in Da Vinci's Demons.
In 2006, Lee starred in the film Fated.
He was also the narrator of popular Sky 1 police documentary Road Wars and its spin off Street Wars.
His BBC series Drop Dead Gorgeous won Best Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.
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. In 2001 he married his former Coronation Street co-star Jennifer James. 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. The courses focus on the complexities of being a working actor through guest tutors who are professional actors themselves. 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.
Filmography Television Year Title Character Production Notes 1997 Gold Tomkins ITV Appeared in: Season 3, Ep. 3, 4 "The Catch (Two Parts)" 1997–2000 Coronation Street 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 Grafters Andy TVBBC Appeared in: Season 1 Ep. 5, 6 1999–2001 The Bill Dave Carter/Waiter Appeared in: Season 15, Ep. 41; Season 17, Ep. 40 2000–2003 Hotel Getaway Standup Comic, Murder Mystery Actor, Promo Video Director ITV Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 3; Season 2, Ep. 4, 5 2003-2009 Road WarsNarratorBroadcast on Sky 1 2003 Holby City Peter Gaskell BBC Appeared in: Series 5, Ep. 24 2004 Dalziel and Pascoe Sgt. Brian Skinner BBC Appeared in: Season 8, Ep. 1 "A Game of Soldiers" 2004 Making Waves Leading Chef ITV Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1 2005 Street WarsNarratorBroadcast on Sky 1 2005–2007 Rome Timon BBC/HBO Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 1, 3, 6, 9, 11; Season 2 (All) 2006 Longford Talk Show Host HBO Made for TV Movie 2006–2007 Drop Dead Gorgeous Murray Priestman BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1–4; Series 2, Ep. 1–4, 6 2009 Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire Stygian Assassin Comedy Central Appeared in Season 1, Ep. 1-2 2009 Moving On Colin BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 2 2009 The Street Bomber BBC Appeared in: Series, Ep. 6 2009 Blue Murder Donnie Shoreham ITV Appeared in: Series 5, Ep. 2 2010 Ladies of Letters Damon ITV Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1-7 2011 Midsomer Murders Matt Rowntree ITV Appeared in: Series 14, Ep. 3 2011 Trollied Craig Fallon Sky One Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 6 2011 Death in Paradise Samuel King BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 5 2011 Little Crackers Reg Sky One Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 9 2012 Secrets and Words Jimmy BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 4 2013 Great Night Out Paddy "Hodge" Hodgkinson ITV Series 1 2013 Playhouse Presents Lenny Sky Arts Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 1 "Hey Diddly Dee" 2014 Inspector George Gently Todd Stretch BBC Appeared in: Series 6, Ep. 22014 Da Vinci's Demons Amerigo Vespucci Starz Appeared in: Season 2, Ep. 2–5, 9 2015 Sun Trap Elton Juan BBC Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 5 2015 The Interceptor Xavier BBC Appeared in: Series 1 2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Hane ITV Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 6-122016 BoomersMatt BBC Appeared in: Series 2, Ep. 2 "Matt & Seb"2016 The Five Jay Newman Sky 1 Appeared in: Season 1, Ep. 2, 3, 7, 8, 102017 In the Dark Kevin Sherwood BBC Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 42017 Bancroft George Morris ITV Appeared in: Series 1, Ep. 1–42018 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 ITVSeries 12022 Andor Kravas Drezzer Disney+ Appeared in: Ep.1 TBA The Crow Girl David White Paramount+ Filming
Film Year Title Character Notes 2000 P.O.V. Shaun 2002 Sleep My Love Tramp Short Film 2006 Fated Jack 2010 London Boulevard Lee 2010 The Story of F*** Gilford Bell 2011 Leila Paul 2011 Love's Kitchen Loz 2011 Being Sold Chris Hope 2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Badger 2015 Monochrome Agent Walcott Independent Film 2016 The Young Messiah Roman Squad Leader 2017 Tremor Cordis Ricky Short Film 2017 Mum Carl Independent Short Film 2018 Peterloo Nadin's Constable Directed by Mike Leigh 2019 The Runaways 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 Kings Additional Voices 2011 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Alexander/Imperial Guardsman 2012 Assassin's Creed III Additional Voices 2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Additional Voices 2014 Assassin's Creed: Unity Additional Voices 2014 Assassin's Creed: Rogue Additional Voices 2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone Vlodimir von Everec English Version 2017 Assassin's Creed: Origins Voice Talent
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