- Nickname
- Captain scarlet
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- ANDREW TRAINED AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA, WITH A B.A PERFORMANCE DEGREE IN DRAMA WITH AND ACTING MAJOR , BEING NAMED AS ONE OF THE PROMISING NEWCOMERS ON GRADUATION. ANDREW WAS CHOSEN FROM OVER 7000 APPLICANTS , HAVING GOT IN TO 3 DRAMA SCHOOLS , AND IS GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO TRAIN ,THANKS TO BEING ELIGABLE FOR A GRANT , GIVEN TO HIM , DUE TO THE LOSS OF HIS FATHER AT A YOUNG AGE.
BORN AND RAISED IN MIDLANDS / WARWICKSHIRE , FROM A SCOTTISH / ITALIAN/UKRAINIAN /JEWISH BACKGROUND , ( " A POSH PEAKY BLINDER !" ) , ANDREW DISCOVERED THIS WAS LATER VERY USEFUL FOR ACTING JOBS , AS IT GAVE HIM A WIDE CASTING RANGE .
COMING FROM A MILITARY FAMILY . ANDREW WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO CONTINUE THIS TRADITION , SPENDING A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE NAVY RESERVES , BUT DECIDED IT WASNT FOR HIM , WHEN HE DISCOVERED DRAMA AND LAW. FOR A WHILE , IT LOOKED LIKE BEING A SOLICITOR WAS GOING TO BE THE CHOICE , BUT ACTING WON THE DAY !
ANDREW HAS BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK IN NUMEROUS AWARD - WINNING PLAYS , MUSICALS , T.V SHOWS , AND FILMS ;- FROM OLIVIER/ EVENING STANDARD WINNER , " BOUNCERS ", BY JOHNS GODBER , TO OLIVIER AND TONY AWARD WINNING SHOWS SUCH AS " WEST SIDE STORY " AND "GRAND HOTEL " , TO BAFTA WINNING SHOWS SUCH AS "TOPBOY " , AND "EASTENDERS ", AND A OSCAR NOMINATED / WINNING FILMS SUCH AS "ROBIN HOOD , PRINCE OF THIEVES ", AND "STAR WARS - PHANTOM MENACE " .
HE ENJOYS LEARNING NEW SKILLS ON EVERY JOB HE UNDERTAKES . TO DATE , HE HAS ACTED IN ENGLISH , FRENCH , ITALIAN , GERMAN AND RUSSIAN . OFTEN CAST AS " MILITARY , MEAN , BIG AND FUNNY " , HE ALWAYS WELCOMES THE CHANCE TO SING AND DANCE A BIT !
--- IMDb Mini Biography By: micheal johnson
- He has also done lots of classical and musical theatre work on tour and in the West End , and swims with dolphins around the world as a hobby!.
- Coached privately, by Amanda Redman and her school, during initial work in London.
- Once attacked and jaw broken, having to be fixed by wiring his mouth together for 2 months, during which he lived on liquids, lost 2 and half stone, which he then used to play the role of the writer, D.H. Lawrence , dying of T.B.
- Lost out on jobs in "Braveheart" , and "First Knight" , as was unable to get the time off from the theatre contract he was working on.
- Previously had a job training staff in cocktail bars.
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