Lester, Adrian 1968–

PERSONAL

Born August 14, 1968, in Birmingham, England; married Lolita Chakrabarti (an actress), August, 1997; children: Lila, Jasmine. Education: Trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Addresses: Agent—William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. Manager—Seven Summits Pictures & Management, 8906 West Olympic Blvd., Ground Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Actor.

Awards, Honors: Laurence Olivier Award nomination, Society of London Theatre, Time Out Award nomination, Time Out London magazine, Ian Charleson Award nomination, best actor, Sunday Times-Royal National Theatre Awards, all 1994, for As You Like It; Laurence Olivier Award, best actor in a musical, 1996, for Company; Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, most promising actor, 1999, for Primary Colors; London Critics Circle Award nomination, most promising newcomer, and Time Out Award, both for Six Degrees of Separation; Laurence Olivier Award nomination, best supporting actor, for Sweeny Todd; British Independent Film Award nomination, best actor, 2000, for Love's Labour's Lost.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Lute, Touch and Die, 1991.

Les soeurs soleil, NTV-PROFIT, 1997.

Scott, Up on the Roof, Carlton Film Distributors, 1997.

Henry Burton, Primary Colors (also known as Mit aller macht and Perfect Couple) Universal, 1998.

Dumaine, Love's Labour's Lost, Miramax, 2000.

Best, Optimum Releasing, 2000.

George, Maybe Baby, USA Films, 2000.

Born Romantic, 2000.

Edge, Dust, Lions Gate, 2001.

Jonathan Stitch, The Final Curtain, Universal, 2002.

Simon, The Day After Tomorrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Pete, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Tin Pan, 2006.

Oliver De Boys, As You Like It, Miramax, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Rosalind, As You Like It (all-male version), Brooklyn Academy of Music Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, 1994.

Bobby, Company, London production, 1996.

Also appeared in As You Like It, Albery Theatre, London; Six Degrees of Separation, Royal Court Theatre, London; Antigone; Castle; Fences; Hanging the President; Kiss of the Spider Woman; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sweeny Todd; and A Winter's Tale.

Television Appearances; Series:

Crossroads, ITV, 1984–88.

Mickey 'Bricks' Stone, Hustle, BBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ray, The Affair (also known as Black Tuesday), HBO, 1995.

Robert, Company, BBC2, 1996.

Danny, Storm Damage, 1999.

Hamlet, The Tragedy of Hamlet, BBC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Orpheus, Jason and the Argonauts, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Orange British Academy Film Awards, E! Entertainment, 2002.

Presenter, Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons (documentary), BBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mokete Malange, "Divided Loyalties," Soldier Soldier, ITV, 1996.

Ellis Carter (recurring), Girlfriends, UPN, 2002–2003.

Loose Lips, 2003.

The Terry and Gaby Show, Channel 5, 2004.

GMTV, ITV, 2004.

Felix George, "Lower than Bones," Afterlife, ITV, 2005.

Other Television Appearances:

Appeared in British television shows, including Ball and Chain, The Bill, In the Dark, Silent Witness, and Teaching Matthew.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

The Times, March 12, 1996, pp. 41.