Anthony Andrews

Andrews is well-known from both stage and screen. His recent theatre credits include “The Letter” at the Wyndham’s Theatre, Count Fosco in “The Woman in White” at the Palace Theatre in London’s West End, Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady” at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane and as Pastor Manders in Robin Phillip’s highly acclaimed production of Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” at the Comedy Theatre in London, produced by Bill Kenwright.

Other theatre credits include spells with the New Shakespeare Company – “Rome and Juliet” and “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. The Royal National Theatre production of Stephen Poliakoff’s “Coming in to Land” with Maggie Smith, directed by Peter Hall, “Dragon Variations” at the Duke of York’s Theatre, the much acclaimed Greenwich Theatre production of Robin Chapman’s “One of Us” and the adaptation of “Vertigo”.

Andrew’s first television appearance was in “A Beast with two Backs” by Dennis Potter. His first leading role in a series was as the title character in the BBC’s “The Fortunes of Nigel” by Sir Walter Scott. Subsequently he distinguished himself in various television classics playing Mercutio in “Romeo and Juliet”, Horner in “The Country Wife” and “French without Tears”. He also starred in the series “The Pallisers”, “Upstairs Downstairs”, “The Duchess of Duke Street” and “Danger UXB” in which he played bomb disposal hero Brian Ash which led directly to his appearance as Sebastian Flyte in the classic “Brideshead Revisited” for which he won the British Academy Award in the UK, the Golden Globe award in the USA and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor.

Other notable TV appearances include “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” for which he was nominated for an ACE award in the USA, “Sparkling Cyanide” and ”Jewels” which earned him a Golden Globe nomination as best actor in a mini series. Recent TV appearances include Mr. Murdstone in “David Copperfield”, Boy Dougdale in Nancy Mitford’s “Love in a Cold Climate” and George VI in “Cambridge Spies” for the BBC.

His films include OPERATION DAYBREAK , A WAR OF CHILDREN, IVANHOE, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, QB VII, SUSPICION, UNDER THE VOLCANO directed by John Houston, THE HOLCROFT COVENANT, HANNAH’S WAR, THE LIGHTHORSEMEN, SECOND VICTORY, and MOTHERTIME. As a producer, he co-produced LOST IN SIBERIA, filmed entirely in Russia, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film and HAUNTED produced by his own production company, Double ‘A’ Films.

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