Adam Long (British actor)

Adam Long is a British actor, perhaps best known for his appearance as Lewis Whippey in Happy Valley in 2014.
He also starred in Act of Grace, Waterloo Road, Spike Island, The Thirteenth Tale, Vera, and The Kill Team. 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.