Andrew Lincoln (born Andrew James Clutterbuck; September 14, 1973) is an English actor. His first major role was as the character Egg in the BBC drama This Life (1996–1997). Lincoln later portrayed Simon Casey in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers (2001–2003), Mark in the Christmas-themed romantic comedy film Love Actually (2003) and Dr. Robert Bridge in the ITV television series Afterlife (2005–2006). Beginning in 2010, Lincoln gained international fame for his portrayal of Rick Grimes, the lead character on the hit AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. For his portrayal of Rick Grimes, Lincoln won the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television in 2015 and 2017. He departed the cast of The Walking Dead in 2018, but reprised the role of Rick in the 2024 Walking Dead Spin-off, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

Filmography

• 2026Elsinore — Thanks
• Coldwater — John, Executive Producer
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live — Rick Grimes, Story, Executive Producer, Creator
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — Edgar
• 2021Penguin Bloom — Cameron Bloom
• 2020A Christmas Carol — Ebenezer Scrooge
• 셜록 홈스는 어떻게 세상을 바꿨는가
• Big Cats About The House — Narrator
• 2018Who? — Rick Grimes (Tv Series Footage)
• 2017Red Nose Day Actually — Mark
• 2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking — Rick Grimes (voice)
• 2016The Day Will Come When You Won't Be — Rick Grimes
• The Sun — Narrator
• Fear the Walking Dead — Rick Grimes
• Tigers About the House — Narrator
• 2013How Sherlock Changed the World — Narrator
• 2013Too Far Gone — Rick Grimes
• 2010Heartbreaker — Jonathan Alcott
• 2010Made in Dagenham — Mr. Clarke
• Natural Paradises of Africa — Narrator
• Strike Back — Hugh Collinson
• The Walking Dead — Rick Grimes
• Wildest Africa
• 2009Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
• 2009Moonshot — Michael Collins
• Wuthering Heights — Edgar Linton
• 2008The Things I Haven't Told You — DC Rae
• 2007This Life +10 — Edgar 'Egg' Cook
• 2006Comme t'y es belle ! — Paul
• Rick Grimes demolishes the pure Existence of Fiction — The Goat
• 2006Scenes of a Sexual Nature — Jamie
• 2006The Sun — Narrator
• 2006These Foolish Things — Christopher Lovell
• Afterlife — Robert Bridge
• 2004Enduring Love — TV Producer
• Lie with Me — DI Will Tomlinson
• 2004Whose Baby? — Barry Flint
• Canterbury Tales — Alan King
• 2003Love Actually — Mark
• 2003State of Mind — Julian Latimer
• Trevor's World of Sport — Mark Boden
• 2002Offending Angels — Sam
• Teachers — Simon, Director
• 2000Gangster No. 1 — Maxie King
• 1999Human Traffic — Felix
• 1998Understanding Jane — 1st Party Stonehead
• 1997The Woman In White — Walter Hartright
• The Woman In White — Walter Hartright
• This Life — Egg
• 1995Boston Kickout — Ted
• Drop the Dead Donkey
• A Man's Best Friend — Man

Appearances as themselves (8)

• Force of Nature — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2024The Walking Dead: The Return — Self / Rick Grimes
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self
• Ride with Norman Reedus — Self
• 2013The Image Revolution — Self
• 2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead — Self
• 2010The Making of The Walking Dead — Self
• Do You Wanna Wrap Here?: The Making of Boston Kickout — Self