Adam Long (British actor)

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]

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

Year Title Role
2008 Act of Grace Young Joey
2009 History of Made Up Things Sleeper
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

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Unnatural Acts Various Characters
2009 Waterloo Road Colin Hastings Episode #4.13
2010, 2013 Moving On Sam / Hugh Penrose 2 episodes
2013 Vera Kyle Episode: "Poster Child"
The Thirteenth Tale Ambrose Proctor Television film
2014 Father Brown Alfred Tatton Episode: "The Grim Reaper"
Happy Valley Lewis Whippey 6 episodes
The Passing Bells Anthony 5 episodes
2015 Home Fires Jack Heaton 3 episodes
Don't Take My Baby Tom Television film
2017 When the Streetlights Go On Casper Tatum Episode: "Pilot"
2017–2020 Bancroft Joe Bancroft 7 episodes
2019 The Bay Vincent Chapman 6 episodes
2020 Strike Raff Chiswell 4 episodes
2021 Wolfe Steve 6 episodes
2023 The Long Shadow DC Andrew Laptew 4 episodes
Platform 7 Luke Warren Episode #1.2
2024 Masters of the Air Capt. Benny DeMarco 7 episodes
TBA Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Dan Post-production
2025 Film Club Josh Upcoming comedy-drama[12]

Video games

Year Title Role
2015 Need for Speed Spike

References

  1. ^ "Adam Long". IMdB. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Adam Long". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. ^ Mulligan, Simon (29 August 2024). "Adam Long stars in ITV thriller Platform 7". St Helens Star. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Series 1, Episode 1 Who lives in a valley like this?". BBC. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ^ Mwitumwa, Monde (24 January 2023). "BBC Happy Valley series 1, 2 and 3 cast and where they are now". Yorkshire Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  6. ^ Griffiths, Eleanor Bley (3 January 2020). "Meet the cast of Bancroft series 2". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ^ Ramsden, Sam (27 March 2019). "Who Is Adam Long? This Actor From 'The Bay' Counts Emilia Clarke & Harry Styles As Previous Co-Stars". Bustle. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  8. ^ Mulligan, Simon (6 November 2023). "Adam Long stars in ITV's The Long Shadow about Yorkshire Ripper hunt". St Helens Star. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  9. ^ Hibbs, James (15 January 2024). "Meet the cast of Masters of the Air". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  10. ^ "BBC acquires mystery thriller Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue". BBC. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  11. ^ Hibbs, James (20 May 2024). "BBC lands Anthony Horowitz mystery with Happy Valley and The Tourist stars". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Aimee Lou Wood to star alongside Nabhaan Rizwan and Suranne Jones in new BBC romantic comedy-drama Film Club". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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