Jamie St John Bamber Griffith (born 3 April 1973) is a British actor, known professionally as Jamie Bamber and known best for his role as Lee Adama on the reimagining of the television show Battlestar Galactica.
Bamber was born in Hammersmith, London, to Northern Irish mother Elizabeth (Liz) and an American father Ralph. He holds American citizenship through his father.
Bamber was educated at the independent St Paul's School in Barnes, London, an...
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Jamie St John Bamber Griffith (born 3 April 1973) is a British actor, known professionally as Jamie Bamber and known best for his role as Lee Adama on the reimagining of the television show Battlestar Galactica.
Bamber was born in Hammersmith, London, to Northern Irish mother Elizabeth (Liz) and an American father Ralph. He holds American citizenship through his father.
Bamber was educated at the independent St Paul's School in Barnes, London, and received a first class honours degree in Modern Languages (Italian and French) at St John's College, Cambridge, before attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
In 2003, Bamber starred as Lee 'Apollo' Adama, a Captain in the Colonial Fleet, in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.
In the role of Lee Adama, Bamber speaks with an American accent. He also has darkened hair, in an effort to more closely resemble Edward James Olmos, who plays his character's father. Reciprocally, Olmos wears contact lenses with blue irises...
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