---
name: "Lee Warburton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-warburton"
fi1m_id: "lee-warburton"
imdb_id: "nm0911316"
tmdb_id: 1220381
wikidata_id: "Q16213837"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T15:42:58.060991+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lee Warburton

## Identity

Lee Warburton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-warburton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-warburton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0911316
- **TMDB ID:** 1220381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16213837
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Warburton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16213837, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911316/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220381

Writer. Born 27 June 1971 in Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 June 1971, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–2011
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Noreen Kershaw](https://film.one/person/noreen-kershaw.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (1), 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Warburton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16213837, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911316/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220381

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Scott & Bailey*](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md) (75), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lee Warburton is an English actor and writer. He was born on 27 June 1972 in Cheshire.

As an actor, he is known for playing Tony Horrocks in *Coronation Street* (1995–1998), appearances in *Queer as Folk* (1999) and *Casualty* (2001–2003), and the role of DS Steve Mulligan in *Wire in the Blood* (2002). He later moved into writing and script editing, contributing to *Shameless* (2004) as a writer, script editor and assistant to the producer, and writing episodes of *Scott & Bailey* (2014–2016) and *Banana* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, theagency.co.uk, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Queer as Folk* (1999), Fi1m 79, as Striking Man — [page](https://film.one/tv/queer-as-folk.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Banana* (2015), series, Writer
- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)
- *Hollyoaks: In the City* (2006), series, as Burton Phillips
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as Lee Kemp
- *Wire in the Blood* (2002), series, as DS Steve Mulligan
- *Hope and Glory* (1999), series, as Tony Elliott
- *Queer as Folk* (1999), series, as Striking Man — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/queer-as-folk.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Richard Baxter
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Tony Vincent — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *The Light Fantastic*, Screenplay

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