Colin Lawrence was born on September 7th 1970 in London and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Colin is of Jamaican descent and an English-Canadian actor known for his roles in film and television. He is best known for playing John 'Preacher' Middleton in Netflix series Virgin River.

Colin has been acting Since 1994, he has participated in many TV series, either as guest star or in recurring roles.

From 2006 to 2009, Colin gained recognition as Hamish "Skulls" McCall on the rebooted Battlestar Galactica TV series. In the TV series Blade (2006) he was the protagonist's father. In the TV series Endgame (2011) he appeared as detective Jason Evans.

In 2011 and 2012, Colin appeared in 12 episodes as Benjamin Abani on The Killing. More recently, he has appeared in recurring roles as Janko in The CW series iZombie, as Damien in the TV Land sitcom Impastor, and as Coach Clayton in The CW series Riverdale. Since 2019, He has played the main character John "Preacher" Middleton in the Netflix series Virgin River.

Besides his career as a TV actor, Colin also appeared in many feature films, including Watchmen and Afghan Knights

Lawrence married Lucia Walters in 1999 and they have two daughters. Lucy Walters is a British American actress best known for playing the role of Holly Weaver on Power for the first three seasons.

Colin's wife Walters starred as Ann in the 2016 horror film Here Aloneand played Holly on the crime-drama television series Power.