Background
Andrew Clutterbuck was born in London, the son of an English civil engineer and a South African nurse
Andrew Clutterbuck was born in London, the son of an English civil engineer and a South African nurse
He attended Beechen Cliff School, where at age 14 he had his first acting role as the Artful Dodger in a school production of Oliver!. After leaving school, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and began to use "Andrew Lincoln" as his stage name.
He is most recognised for his portrayal of Rick Grimes, the lead character on the Administrative Management College horror drama series The Walking Dead. His family moved to Hull when he was 18 months old, and then to Bath when he was eight or nine. He spent a summer at the National Youth Theatre in London and became interested in acting as a career.
Lincoln made his first on-screen appearance in "Births and Deaths", a 1994 episode of Channel 4 sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey.
In 1995, soon after finishing drama school, he was offered his first major role playing Edgar "Egg" Cook, one of the leading characters in the acclaimed British Broadcasting Corporation drama This Life. He also had a lead role as university lecturer and psychologist Robert Bridge in Afterlife, and starred in the 2010 Sky One series Strike Back with Richard Armitage.
Lincoln appeared in several films such as Human Traffic and Gangster Number. 1 and starred alongside Vanessa Paradis in Pascal Chaumeil"s Heartbreaker.
In particular, his role as Mark in the 2003 film Love Actually gained him wider recognition.
Lincoln has also performed in plays, including Hushabye Mountain in 1999, the widely-praised Blue/Orange in 2000 and 2001, The Late Henry Moss in 2006, the Parlour Song in 2009, as well as radio productions. He has done voice-overs for documentaries, advertisements, and government campaigns. The Walking Dead
In April 2010, Lincoln was cast as Rick Grimes, the protagonist of Administrative Management College"s live-action adaptation of the comic book series The Walking Dead.
Grimes is a sheriff"s deputy who awakens from a months-long coma in the midst of a violent zombie apocalypse caused by an unknown pathogen.
He becomes the leader of a group of family and friends who are forced to relentlessly fight off flesh-eating zombies and evil humans. The drama has the highest Nielsen ratings in cable television history, including the most 18- to 49-year-old viewers of any cable or broadcast television series during its third through (current) sixth seasons.
In 2010, Lincoln signed up for the show for a potential six years.