Adam Long (British actor)

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Adam Long
Born (1991-04-25) April 25, 1991 (age 33)
England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Adam Long (born 25 April 1991) is a British actor, perhaps best known for his appearance as Lewis Whippey in Happy Valley in 2014. [1] He also starred in Act of Grace (2008), Waterloo Road (2009), Spike Island , The Thirteenth Tale (both 2013), Vera (2014), and The Kill Team (2019). Long is represented by the agency Curtis Brown. [2]

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Early life and education

Long attended De La Salle School, St Helens. [3]

Career

In 2014, Long starred as Lewis Whippey in six episodes of the first series of Happy Valley . [4] [5]

From 2017 to 2020, Long appeared as Joe Bancroft in ITV1's Bancroft , lead Sarah Parish's son. [6] In 2019, he starred as Vincent Chapman/Victor Cook in the first series of The Bay . [7]

In 2023, Long featured as DC Andrew Laptew in the ITV1 drama series, The Long Shadow , based on the five-year manhunt for the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, commonly referred to as the Yorkshire Ripper. [8] In 2024, he appeared as Capt Bernard DeMarco in Masters of the Air . [9] Long is to appear as Dan in the upcoming television series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue . [10] [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2008Act of GraceYoung Joey
2009History of Made Up ThingsSleeper
2013 The Thirteenth Tale Ambrose Proctor
Spike Island Little Gaz (Garreth Barrett)
2017 Dunkirk Sub-Lieutenant Jeffries
2018 Peterloo Wroe's printer
2019 The Kill Team Rayburn
The Corrupted Warren Byford
2021 Cherry Staff Sgt. Greene
TBA The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie! Mr. Small (shared with Adam Long)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Unnatural Acts Various Characters
2009 Waterloo Road Colin HastingsEpisode #4.13
2010, 2013 Moving On Sam / Hugh Penrose2 episodes
2013 Vera KyleEpisode: "Poster Child"
The Thirteenth Tale Ambrose ProctorTelevision film
2014 Father Brown Alfred TattonEpisode: "The Grim Reaper"
Happy Valley Lewis Whippey6 episodes
The Passing Bells Anthony5 episodes
2015 Home Fires Jack Heaton3 episodes
Don't Take My BabyTomTelevision film
2017 When the Streetlights Go On Casper TatumEpisode: "Pilot"
2017–2020 Bancroft Joe Bancroft7 episodes
2019 The Bay Vincent Chapman6 episodes
2020 Strike Raff Chiswell4 episodes
2021 Wolfe Steve6 episodes
2023 The Long Shadow DC Andrew Laptew4 episodes
Platform 7 Luke WarrenEpisode #1.2
2024 Masters of the Air Capt. Benny DeMarco7 episodes
TBA Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue DanPost-production
2025Film ClubJoshUpcoming comedy-drama [12]

Video games

YearTitleRole
2015 Need for Speed Spike

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