Adam Long (born 25 April 1991) is an English actor, perhaps best known for his appearance as Lewis Whippey in Happy Valley in 2014. 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.
Early life and education Long attended De La Salle School, St Helens.
Career In 2014, Long starred as Lewis Whippey in six episodes of the first series of Happy Valley.
From 2017 to 2020, Long appeared as Joe Bancroft in ITV1's Bancroft, lead Sarah Parish's son. In 2019, he starred as Vincent Chapman/Victor Cook in the first series of The Bay.
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. In 2024, he appeared as Capt Bernard DeMarco in Masters of the Air. Long recently appeared as Dan in the television series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue.
Filmography Film YearTitleRole 2008 Act of Grace Young Joey 2009 History of Made Up Things Sleeper2013 The Thirteenth Tale Ambrose Proctor Spike Island Little Gaz (Garreth Barrett) 2017 Dunkirk Sub-Lieutenant Jeffries 2018 Peterloo Wroe's printer2019 The Kill Team Rayburn The Corrupted Warren Byford 2021 Cherry Staff Sgt. Greene 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 episodes2013 Vera Kyle Episode: "Poster Child" The Thirteenth Tale Ambrose Proctor Television film2014 Father Brown Alfred Tatton Episode: "The Grim Reaper" Happy Valley Lewis Whippey 6 episodes The Passing Bells Anthony 5 episodes2015 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 episodes2025 Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Dan Maclean Main roleProtection Patrick Ellis2 episodes Film Club Josh 6 episodes
Video games Year Title Role 2015Need for Speed Spike
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