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Adam Leese

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Adam Leese

Adam is an English born character actor who's worked extensively in Film and TV in both comedy and dramas. Adam gained his first job in Victoria Woods 'Dinnerladies' whilst in his last term at Arts Ed Drama School in London and since then has worked on movies such as 'Bridget Jones Baby' (Dir Sharon McGuire), 'King of Thieves' (dir James Marsh) and has worked with Joe Cornish on both of his movies; 'Attack The Block' and 'The Kid Who Would be King'. Adam's first lead film role was also his first feature film 'EMR' which also starred an up and coming Tom Hardy. 'EMR' won several awards worldwide including the 'Best UK Feature Award' at London's prestigious 'Raindance Fesitval', seeing off tough competition such as Shane Meadows 'Dead Mans Shoes'. TV credits include many of the UK's favourite TV shows including playing Olivia Coleman's 'fling' in Broadchurch, Eastenders, Humans and Guerrilla.

Known for

7.6

Bad Girls

1999 · TV Series · Drama · Crime

7.5

Humans

2015 · TV Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama

6.8

Grace

2021 · TV Series · Crime · Drama

7.7

One Day

2024 · TV Series · Drama

5.4

Love Bite

2012 · Movie · Horror · Comedy

6.1

EMR

2004 · Movie · Thriller

4.0

Confine

2012 · Movie · Thriller

Adam Leese — movies & series · Netflix Discovery