“In 2007 I took a two-year break from shooting the BBC series 'Hustle,' in which I played a big-time con artist. I'd been making the series for four years and I was afraid of being typecast. For a change I got involved in a series called 'Bonekickers,' about a team of archaeologists.”

British actor

Adrian Anthony Lester is a British actor known for his work on the London stage. He has won a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award, and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award, and has also been nominated for a Tony Award. His reputation rests on stage performance, especially in London, where his work has drawn major theatrical recognition. The awards and nomination point to a career shaped by serious stage acting and regular attention from the theatre press and awards bodies.