Lee Boardman is an English actor and narrator.

Television

He is best known for playing Murray Priestman in Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series)

Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb , whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency...

as well as the drug dealer Jez Quigley in Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

. He appears as Timon the Jew

Timon (character of Rome)

Timon, is a character in the HBO/BBC2 original television series Rome, played by Lee Boardman. He is a Jew, depicted as a "hired sword" – from bodyguard to assassin – for Atia of the Julii, from whom he is quite willing to take her body in lieu of coin.-Personality:Timon initially appears as little...

 in the television series Rome.

Narrations

He was also the narrator of popular Police documentary Road Wars and its spin off Street Wars

Street Law (TV series)

Street Wars is a police reality television programme produced by Raw Cut TV for British Sky Broadcasting and broadcast on Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3. Beginning in 2005, the series followed the Tactical Team from Kent Police in Medway, Kent and the Tactical Support Group from the Police Service of...

.

His BBC series Drop Dead Gorgeous won Best Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.

Personal life

He attended Reddish Vale Technology College

Reddish Vale Technology College

Reddish Vale Technology College is a school in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England and is a mixed community comprehensive Technology College, educating 1400 pupils in the 11-16 range....

 in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Boardman then graduated from Oxford Drama School and is married to Jennifer James

Jennifer James

Jennifer James, is an English actress born on 3 December 1977 in Billinge Higher End, Wigan, Greater Manchester.-Early life:...

. They have one son, Jack Alexander, born March 2004 and a daughter, Scarlett Marie, born April 2010.

Major appearances

• Craig Falcon in Trollied SKY1 (2011)
• Matt Rowntree in Midsomer Murders
  Midsomer Murders
  Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
  
  ITV (2011)
• Timon in Rome
  Rome (TV series)
  Rome is a British-American–Italian historical drama television series created by Bruno Heller, John Milius and William J. MacDonald. The show's two seasons premiered in 2005 and 2007, and were later released on DVD. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic...
  
  HBO (2005–2007)
• Bomber in The Street
  The Street (TV series)
  The Street is a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern and produced by Granada Television for the BBC. The series follows the lives of various residents of an unnamed street in Manchester and features an all-star cast including Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Bob...
  
  BBC1 (2009)
• Colin in Moving On
  Moving On (TV series)
  Moving On is a British television series consisting of standalone contemporary dramas first shown on daytime BBC One. Although originally broadcast in an early-afternoon slot, less than a month after the initial airing the first series was repeated to an evening audience...
  
  BBC1 (2009)
• Murray Priestman in Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006)
• Talk Show Host in Longford
  Longford
  Longford is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 7,622 according to the 2006 census. Approximately one third of the county's population resides in the town. Longford town is also the biggest town in the county...
  
  HBO (2006)
• Gilford Bell in The Story Of... (2010)
• Jack in Fated (2006)
• Leading Chef Art Francis in Making Waves ITV (2004)
• Sgt. Brian Skinner in Dalziel and Pascoe
  Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)
  Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...
  
  BBC1 (2004)
• Fight School
  Fight School
  Fight School was a British reality television series broadcast between September and November 2002. It was made by Granada Television for Sky One....
  
  , Sky One (2002) – Narrator
• Jez Quigley in Coronation Street
  Coronation Street
  Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
  
  ITV (1997, 1999–2000)
• Voice of BBC Radio 5Live (Radio Station)
• Road Wars/Street Wars
  Street Law (TV series)
  Street Wars is a police reality television programme produced by Raw Cut TV for British Sky Broadcasting and broadcast on Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3. Beginning in 2005, the series followed the Tactical Team from Kent Police in Medway, Kent and the Tactical Support Group from the Police Service of...
  
  – Narrator (2003–2009)
• British version of World's Most Amazing Videos
  World's Most Amazing Videos
  World's Most Amazing Videos is a reality television series, similar to Real TV and Maximum Exposure. Like these shows, it showcases accidents, disasters, police chases and other extraordinary events that are caught on video camera. Although it is similar in content to Maximum Exposure, it takes a...
  
  2 and 3 – Narrator
• No Ordinary Trifle
  No Ordinary Trifle
  Love's Kitchen is a 2011 British romantic comedy film directed by James Hacking and starring Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, and Michelle Ryan...
  
  (2011)

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