---
name: "Lemn Sissay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lemn-sissay"
fi1m_id: "lemn-sissay"
imdb_id: "nm1160359"
tmdb_id: 1087415
roles: []
born: "21 May 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:36:09.822929+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."
---

# Lemn Sissay

## Identity

Lemn Sissay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lemn-sissay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lemn-sissay
- **IMDb ID:** nm1160359
- **TMDB ID:** 1087415
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160359/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087415

Actor. Born 21 May 1967 in Higher End, Orrell, United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 May 1967, Higher End, Orrell, United Kingdom
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160359/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087415

## Biography

Lemn Sissay is an English poet, author, broadcaster and occasional actor. Born on 21 May 1967 in Higher End, near Wigan, he has appeared in the BBC series *Alma's Not Normal* (2021) as Jerry.

He served as the official poet for the 2012 London Olympics and was chancellor of the University of Manchester from 2015 to 2022. Sissay was appointed MBE in 2010 and OBE in 2021 for services to literature.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alma's Not Normal* (2020), Fi1m 84, as Jerry — [page](https://film.one/tv/almas-not-normal.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Alma's Not Normal* (2020), series, as Jerry — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/almas-not-normal.md)
- *Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts* (2019), Writer
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/lemn-sissay