Andrew Scarborough
Andrew Scarborough | |
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 Andrew Scarborough in Morocco, taking a rest from filming | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Notable work | Downton Abbey, Hearts and Bones |
| Television | The Bible, Jamaica Inn, Bad Girls |
Andrew Scarborough is an English actor and is most widely known for his recent role on screen as Tim Drewe in the multi BAFTA and EMMY award-winning Downton Abbey.[1] He is also known for his other roles on screen in Hearts and Bones, The Bible, Jamaica Inn, Hidden and Bad Girls. Andrew is also a theatre actor, performing in many of London's major theatres,[2] including in the West End,[3] and many provincial theatres in the UK and in Berlin.[4]
Personal life
Scarborough was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He has a sister, Victoria Scarborough,[5] and trained at the London Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[citation needed]
Career
Scarborough made his professional debut on stage at the Harrogate Theatre in three plays, beginning with The Government Inspector as Dobchinsky, then A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon, and lastly as the Genie of the Lamp in the British 'panto' version of Aladdin. He then went on to play Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and from there played Renaldo[6] in the 1995 London Almeida theatre production of Hamlet starring Ralph Fiennes.[7]
Andrew made his television debut on the BBC's popular medical drama Casualty. He then went on to play roles in many TV dramas, including The Bill (ITV), Streets of Gold (S4C), Heartbeat (ITV) and Silent Witness (BBC1).[8]
His film debut was in a Hallmark production of Jason and the Argonauts.[citation needed]
He then went on to starring roles as Kevin Spiers in ITV's Bad Girls,[9] Stewart Diamond in Channel 5's Suburban Shootout, Mark in The Innocent, a film for ITV, Michael Owen in the BBC comedy drama Hearts and Bones, Joshua in The Bible {History Channel), Magistrate Bassat in Jamaica Inn (BBC1) and Tim Drewe in Downton Abbey {ITV).[10]
References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/arts/television/downton-abbey-season-6-episode-2-of-pearls-and-swine.html?ref=television&_r=0
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-entertaining-bag-of-tricky-questions-1198454.html
- ^ http://www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk/reviews/masterbuilder2003.htm
- ^ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mark-ravenhills-neues-stueck--handbag--war-als-vor-welturauffuehrung-zu-sehen-das-prinzip-baby-16589680
- ^ https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76672961.html
- ^ http://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/hamlet-6-1200441159/
- ^ http://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/hamlet-6-1200441159
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769084/
- ^ http://badgirls.shed-insider.net/kevin-spiers/
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/arts/television/downton-abbey-season-6-episode-2-of-pearls-and-swine.html?ref=television&_r=0
External links
- English actors
- Living people
- Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- English male film actors
- English male stage actors
- English male television actors
- English male voice actors
- British male film actors
- British male stage actors
- British male television actors
- Male actors from Yorkshire
- Male actors from London
- English male Shakespearean actors