Danny Lee Wynter
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| Born |
25 May 1982 Barking, London, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Danny Wynter (born 25 May 1982), known professionally as Danny Lee Wynter, is an English actor, writer, and campaigner. He is best known for playing the lead role of Joe in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC films Joe's Palace and Capturing Mary, alongside Sir Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie Smith. He is also recognised for his stage work.
Primarily through an actors perspective, Lee Wynter has written many articles on the topic of diversity, addressing issues of race, class, disability and gender within TV, theatre, art, history, sexuality and mass media. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including The Stage Newspaper, The Huffington Post, The Guardian and The Evening Standard. He is currently a columnist for Attitude (magazine).
He is founder of the campaigning group the Act For Change Project, a charitable organisation which operates from the National Theatre in London.
Lee Wynter was born in Barking, East London and grew up in a single parent family in Essex. His mother, a train attendant, is of Romany Gypsy and Italian ancestry, and his father, a local businessman, is of Jamaican descent. He is openly gay.
In 2000, Lee Wynter studied performing arts at Middlesex University, where he trained in clown under John Wright, founder of Trestle Theatre Company and As Told By An Idiot. In 2003, he won a place at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art to train in classical acting. During this period he ushered for five years at The Royal Court theatre. He left the security of this job to make his professional debut inStephen Poliakoff's 2007 BBC/HBO films Joe's Palace and Capturing Mary.
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