Biography
Talented British actor Adrian Lester first became known to American audiences with his role as an idealistic presidential campaign worker in
Mike Nichols'
Primary Colors (1998). Lester, who was born in Birmingham, England, in 1970, got his start on the stage, winning an Olivier Award in 1996 for his performance in
Company. He made his film debut in 1991, acting in a number of British productions, and got his first Hollywood break with
Primary Colors. In 2000, he could be seen interpreting the Bard as Dumaine, one of the noblemen in
Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of
Love's Labour's Lost who finds that the demands of the body are liable to undermine the noble pursuits of the mind. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide